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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.---------
Nonviolence Includes Animals:
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"PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk's address to the International Nonviolence Conference in Bethlehem"
I Know! I Know!
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.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.Sheesh, I feel dense now!
Submitted by NWarty on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 12:41pm.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.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.no vote, but...
Submitted by chad360 on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 11:59am.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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Nonviolence Includes Animals:
audio
"PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk's address to the International Nonviolence Conference in Bethlehem"
A place with eats and drinks without a dukebox or TV
Submitted by Guglielmo on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 12:29pm.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.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.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.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.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.People should contact LIHI and tell them that we want one here, contact our city council also.