"IT'S THE SAME OLD SONG" four tops
just a different place!
In todays (Saturday News-Herald) a front page story about our cousins to the north in the Village of Fairport Harbor are looking to put a strategy in place.
So where do they look for to get results? Painesville. A different city official once told me do everything opposite of Painesville you will be successful.
But according to a panel of state preservationist, there are proven strategies in fueling a vibrant downtown no matter it's size, proximity to larger cities, economic woes or irregular tourism traffic. Gee where have I heard that song and dance before?
Density is what we love. People are moving to places in walkable communities. ie; build more sidewalks, narrow the streets have less parking.
There must be money in these groups selling this B.S.?
What you people here in the good village of Fairport Harbor need is ... well Mr. Volpe and City Architecture to help draw up plans for your own Disneyland . I mean High & Third St.
The cherry on top of the sundae?
A recommendation by village resident Pam Morse and former village councilwoman is a strong Main St. organization. She serves on the board of trustees for Main Street Painesville which was formed in 2007 and is a downtown Painesville business owner.
"We had such a positive influence on everything from ordinances, design, selling storefronts and tourism." She believes can have the same affect on the village's direction. What is she talking about?
To my friends in Fairport the best ideas on what to do with Fairport will come from the people who live there. Not someone from some Holmes County or Norwalk, Ohio Remember there's a buck to be made from all this as well as a cost.
Get your resident's together and decide. You already have given your number one asset to Lake Metro park. (the beach) You know what's best .
posted by terminator1 @ 7:29 PM
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8 Comments:
Of course a strong Main St.! As a business person just around the corner - it is much needed for her business. But what about the residents - what do we want? Cuz what they're peddling I'm not buying. This place is the pits when Fairport has more, safer business than we do.
8:28 You have to wonder who benefits from all this?
I think Painesville council members benefit from the Main Street "improvement", the hotel demolition, and other non-entity projects around town. Come election time, they can point to these things, say that the town is "making progress" thanks to their role in such projects, and enough voters will fall for the con in order to give them another four years in office. If all council members were given truth serum at their next meeting, the first question I'd ask them is to find out what motivates their decision-making whenever they vote, not only for these projects, but for things like the AMP deal. Are they really thinking independently, or are they acting on behalf of special interests? I suspect that we may not like what we hear; even if we didn't, they would, unfortunately, still be re-elected due to name familiarity or something equally inane.
Yes, do what Painesville did! What a success!!!!
What? Regress? This is the worst I have seen it in years. Someone needs to get with the program, maybe we could annex ourselves to Concord?
Selling store fronts? Please at least be honest.
Whats with Your Vine or Mine, saw a realtor for sale sign in the window? I miss the candle and scrapbook shop. Seems nothing can make a go except a beauty and flower shop.
1:21 Drove through downtown today 10:00 AM hardly anyone downtown. After church 5:00 PM drove through again Joughin and places serving food only ones open.
This will never change no matter how many fake brick sidewalks you install until you get an anchor store. A reason to go downtown.
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