CARVER
Sometimes, nostalgia can win as a business strategy after all. Just witness the surprising return of the Edaville railroad, an amusement park in Carver that seemed destined for a date with a bulldozer a year ago.
At that time, owner Jon Delli Priscoli was actively looking for a buyer to keep Edaville USA going, while also holding out a residential subdivision as a backup plan. When no buyer emerged for the park, Delli Priscoli dropped the plan to subdivide the place and instead decided to pump more than $100,000 into repairs to improve the park for the 2011 fall season.