A person walks a dog down Hack Street, the main thoroughfare of downstate Cullom, on May 9, 2023.

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“I think it’s important to have a balance geographically, having two of us on the board from downstate and having six on the board from the U.P.,” Young said.

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Since he tries to combine his bank trips with other work-related trips “downstate,” the Augusta location is more convenient.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/08/06/despite-all-the-growth-cannabis-businesses-struggle-for-basic-banking-help/

“The average day for my boys and us, we get on the school bus around four o’clock in the morning, drive downstate, wrestle in the tournament all day, and then drive back,” he said.

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Yes, a true downstate Illinoisian.

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