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Property manager Melissa Sevy visits the commercial space in the Ruston Corner Building in Ruston on Friday. The town council has frozen all development in Ruston’s commercial zones for six months. (PETER HALEY/Staff photographer)

Ruston moratorium baffles business owners

Some Ruston building owners say they've seen signs that the darkest days of The Great Recession might be ending. And yet, the town's council took what some merchants say was an inexplicable action, voting to freeze all development and building permits in the commercial zones for six months.

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Ruston moratorium baffles business owners
Published May 19th, 2013 - 4:50PM
Some Ruston building owners say they've seen signs that the darkest days of The Great Recession might be ending. And yet, the town's council took what some merchants say was an inexplicable action, voting to freeze all development and building permits in the commercial zones for six months.
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