JOHNSON CREEK -- The outlet mall here has been open almost 10 years.
In that time, thousands from south-central Wisconsin and beyond have flocked to this Jefferson County village for deals on shoes, bedding, clothes and pots and pans.
The impact of development on Johnson Creek since 1998 can easily be quantified, and not just by the number of gargantuan cream puffs and caramel apples sold at the Pine Cone, an eight-acre truck stop with 9,000 square feet of convenience store and restaurant space adjacent to the outlet mall.