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What new business is needed or wanted downtown?

Submitted by security_six on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 8:28pm.

Donut shop

8% (2 votes)

adult novelty shop

4% (1 vote)

gun shop

17% (4 votes)

magazine stand

8% (2 votes)

pawnshop

0% (0 votes)

some combination of the above five choices

4% (1 vote)

something else

33% (8 votes)

business owners oppress the masses

4% (1 vote)

the masses oppress business owners

8% (2 votes)

choices 8 and/or 9 offend me

13% (3 votes)

Total votes: 24

Was thinking about this stuff today

Submitted by security_six on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 8:30pm.

Plenty of vacant space downtown. Lots of dining, coffee, book stores, antiques, etc... downtown. What is missing?

"si vis pacem, para bellum"

A healthy confection shop

Submitted by Chia on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 8:33pm.

A healthy confection shop such as chocolate sweetened with agave syrup and other sweets made from unrefined ingredients.

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Submitted by a.future.with.n... on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 1:54am.

A freaking grocery store and a freaking pharmacy. Maybe a 24 hour dinner (or the reef could extend hours).

OH! And I want to see the Manium come back. All ages show spaces bring families downtown.

I voted to be offended

Submitted by emmettoconnell on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 7:17am.

I voted to be offended because I think we need a new Thai food restaurant/coffee shop that serves beer too.

Emmett, we need another

Submitted by NWarty on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 11:31am.

Emmett, we need another asian restaurant downtown like a hole in the head! My opinion of course :P

Isn't there something like 8 or 9 places within two blocks of one another?

I'd love to have a good Cajun place down this way. As much as I love the Bayou up in Parkland, it's just a long way to drive.

And, we don't need another

Submitted by emmettoconnell on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 12:30pm.

And, we don't need another coffee shop or bar either. I was being tongue in cheek, but I probably would have more obvious if I had said: "a place where I can get pad thai! There is no place in Olympia to get Pad Thai! And a spring roll."

Sheesh, I feel dense now!

Submitted by NWarty on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 12:41pm.

Sheesh, I feel dense now!

Yeah...

Submitted by JstPlnOnry on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 9:25am.

If you're gonna do a poll S6, the least ya can do is include a "other" option...

hehehehehehehe!

"A point of view is only a view from a point..." ~ Unknown

doesn't "something else" = "other"?

Submitted by Rob Richards on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 10:59am.

Urban Rest Stop

Submitted by Sarah on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 11:36am.

We could use an Oly version of the Urban Rest Stop in Seattle.

YES YES YES!!

Submitted by Rob Richards on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 11:49am.

That's a cool idea.

Submitted by Guglielmo on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 12:21pm.

I vote for a rest stop...

Submitted by jlw on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 3:46pm.

...especially now that B&B has put a lock on their bathroom door.

no vote, but...

Submitted by chad360 on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 11:59am.

...I'd say the a "health & wellness spa" would do great.

Community Center

Submitted by Chia on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 9:18pm.

I was thinking along the same line but rather of a free community center with an indoor walking track, a universal weight system, a small gym with a couple of basketball hoops, and why not have some sort of Urban Rest Stop portions within a center meant for use by all community members instead of yet more segregation of various parts of the community? The center could have a health and wellness theme and offer free blood pressure check clinics as well as information about social services.

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A place with eats and drinks without a dukebox or TV

Submitted by Guglielmo on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 12:29pm.

but with an open mike and a agreement that the entertainment shouldn't so loud that you can't hear your table mates...unless everyone decides to sing along. That's what we need downtown.

I voted for gun shop, because I think it would be nice, but...

Submitted by Norm on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 12:41pm.

I like this idea.

I would also like to see a really good karaoke bar.

thank you!

Submitted by epersonae on Tue, 03/04/2008 - 12:25pm.

An evening hangout where you can actually hear other people talk!

YARDBIRDS!!!!!

Submitted by Guglielmo on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 12:34pm.

...those were the days...

Submitted by chad360 on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 12:40pm.

no text

To be serious

Submitted by emmettoconnell on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 12:45pm.

I don't accept the assumption of the question. Well, actually, I just don't think too much about downtown businesses lately.

What I am thinking about is neighborhood businesses, like the SF Bakery and Rosey's on Rogers. So, maybe that's why I'm cracking wise about Pad Thai.

Hmmm....

Submitted by security_six on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 2:26pm.

Gun shops and donut shop have the same number of votes (2) right now... IIRC, I have heard of a store that combined the two... :-)

I like the idea of something like the Urban Rest Stop, but that is not a business per se, so out of the scope of this thread, but it would be great to see something like that downtown.

"si vis pacem, para bellum"

As a downtown business owner....

Submitted by einmaleins on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 2:56pm.

... it's really amusing to read this thread... mathias

Well

Submitted by security_six on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 2:57pm.

Now you know downtown wants pad thai, guns, donuts, special non processed sweets, adult novelties and showers. :-)

"si vis pacem, para bellum"

And a Grocery Store!

Submitted by a.future.with.n... on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 3:11pm.

that i can afford i should say. like maybe, i don't know... a downtown food co-op! It's my WILDEST dream.

There is a grocery store

Submitted by security_six on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 3:16pm.

And if you shop around the premium items, it is affordable.

I shopped at Bayview when I was cashing $300 paychecks...

"si vis pacem, para bellum"

Urban Rest Stop

Submitted by Rob Richards on Tue, 03/04/2008 - 12:33pm.

Is in the lead with 4 votes.

People should contact LIHI and tell them that we want one here, contact our city council also.

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