Changing times force longtime firm to change address
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A new era: John Fleming says Mitchell-Fleming Printing no longer needs the large space it has occupied on Osage Street for generations. The firm is moving to Knightstown. (Janet Helms/Daily Reporter)
GREENFIELD — It is doubtful any other business can boast having a storefront here, under the same basic name, since before the Civil War. Such is the importance of the printed word to any modern society. And such has been Mitchell-Fleming Printing’s importance to Greenfield.
The company’s 143 years of continued existence is a testament to its ability to grow and change with the times, which it is doing once again, only for the first time without a local storefront.
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