====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 0086 from reel: NP 8956 (2000-08-21 to 2000-11-30) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/26202 Title: Locals: 'National Retailers Threaten Downtown Integrity' Summary: Article examines how national retailers are affecting downtown Lawrence businesses, with local business owners expressing concerns about economic impact and changing character of downtown area. Category: local news Subjects: retail development; small business; urban planning; economic impact Named Entities: Wascko, Brent [reporter]; Campbell, Win [business owner]; Thurmaier, Kurt [professor]; Bottenfield, Jerry [executive director]; Enslinger, Dennis [head of Lawrence Design Guidelines Task Force]; Cromer, Greg [executive vice president of American Real Estate and Investment] Confidence: 0.9 Title: [advertisements] Advertisers include: Jefferson Category: advertisements Confidence: 0.9 Note: Descriptive metadata for this item has been generated in part using AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and may be incomplete, misleading, or inaccurate. Please contact the Kenneth Spencer Research Library with specific questions or concerns.