Village Residents Share Memories During Village Mall Demolition

== 3/1/2023 ==
VILLAGE, MINECRAFT
About 14 residents of Village joined last night to watch the demolition of the former Village Mall building in Village, residents were sharing memories and stores about their time at the mall as well as chatting with some of the demolition crew. "Village Mall was the best place to go to hang out back in the 80's, me and a group of my friends used to always sit on the wooden benches throughout the mall and just talk or to go see a movie at the Village Cinemas for just a dollar." Says Kelly Miles of Village. One of the demolition crew members was also a fellow mall rat back in the day. "The Village Mall was truly the place to be, I was there when it opened back in the 70s and always used to buy candy and snacks at the Famous Dollar and sneak snacks into the movie theater, it was a great time to be alive." says Terry Etzel of Village. The mall is getting demolished bit by bit, the former A.C. Moore, the former Achievement Center and the former Fresh Healthy Cafe Restaurant were all demolished last night with plans for more of the building to be demolished today, parts of Village Plaza Road and Village Mall Drive were blocked off to traffic due to the demolition, with plans to also tear down some of the roads in replace for new roads as well as tearing down the Hills Town Center shopping center. The plans came up for the demolition of that shopping center as well as Sam's Club announced to be closing and Big Lots plans to relocate to the new Heartland Centre after it's finished with construction.