Another "What If"

 March 16, 1966, Twin City News-Record

From our periodic  "what could have been" department, Copp's had had its eye on the Plank Road area of Menasha for a new store but, for whatever reason, it never happened.  Weeks before, the mayor hinted at this possibility without naming names. He did say that the company was determined to locate in Neenah-Menasha and though I don't know the timing, I wonder if this all fell through because Schmitt's Department store on West Winneconne Avenue in Neenah eventually sold out to Copp's and the company then didn't need to build a new property.  Another loss for Menasha.  One wonders how Plank Road might have grown commercially if this store had been out there.