[Summit] Report on Clarke's zoning hearing

[Coryndon Luxmoore]

Brewed awakenings was not buying the property ACERI (sp?) was and leasing it back to them. They repeatedly said that the drive thru and business scale was required for the bank financing so any other alternative suggested was not viable.


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Coryndon Luxmoore
Interaction Designer

coryndon (at) luxmoore (dot) com
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On Apr 5, 2011, at 8:49 AM, Emlyn Addison wrote:

> The traffic/noise, late nights and nearby day care do strike me as major factors.
> 
> Having said that, what would be the effect of building a coffee shop sans drive thru? Is this option even on the table?
> 
> Further down Hope Street, Seven Stars bakery does get busy, for sure, but it adds buzz to the neighborhood (there's obviously a reason why this was chosen for a scene in the movie "Dan in Real Life") and the foot traffic it generates is no doubt a boon for local retailers. We live on Eighth street, just up from Chez Pascal and Cook & Brown restaurants, as well as the weekly summer farmers' market and art/craft sale, and while the traffic and parked cars spike Thursday-Saturday, these are not open-all-day places like what's being proposed for the coffee shop.
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> (I wonder if the city would now be more likely to relent on some of the zoning issues, given that a new place of business would generate some jobs and tax revenues. Hmm.)
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> Emlyn
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> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 10:15 PM, <summit-request at sna.providence.ri.us> wrote:
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> Here is a report of the Clarke's zoning hearing written by Summit Neighbor Elva Mathiesen:
> http://www.sna.providence.ri.us/zoning-variance-denied-for-clarkes-florist-site/
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> Dean  ?
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> ?
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