"YESTERDAYS PAPERS" rolling stones
Great article in Sundays News-Herald written by Devon Turchan on the rise and fall of Painesville. He used lifetime resident Tony Torre and the analogy of restoring a classic car to restoring a classic city.
As Mr. Torre claimed he was unimpressed with the Main St. streetscape for many reasons such is how will you plow snow?
The analogy of rebuilding a classic car is to not first purchase new whitewall tires and hubcaps along with not doing any major engine or body work.
Former city manager Rita McMahon believes the city "has turned the corner" and is very optimistic. Sorry I'm not and when the resident get to see what 1.3 million dollars in grant and general fund revenue buys them on Main St. I believe many will think the same. Again lipstick and a wig.
Nothing will revitalize our downtown until Painesville finds an anchor store to promote business. Then where on Main St. would you put it? First the commerce than the improvements.
I have always considered the streetscape project to be Mr. Hada's and Ms. McMahon's own little mini urban renewal project. Sorta takes the peoples minds off of what's going on.
posted by terminator1 @ 8:33 AM
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4 Comments:
I remember several years ago being told by Main St. shop owners that new stores will be put up in front of the Human service building. They were going to take some of the parking lot and build that side of the street to resemble the other side. What has happened to that thought? I dont understand all the time and money spent in these ideas and then never come to fruition.
That idea was mentioned afew years ago but it was at the expense of the county losing all their parking. It never went further than a drawing.
Remember Painesville seems to teardown a lot better than keep things in place.
Another meeting another missing councilman.
That council person had a very good reason to miss that meeting. Let's just leave it at that.
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