I think you've hit the nail on the head, and the reason why Cookman now looks abandoned. Practically everything is a specialty store. If there were something akin to a modern Woolworths, you'd generate traffic and lead the curious to the specialty shops.
--- In [email protected], "oakdorf" <oakdorf@...> wrote: > > You have to define what a "weekday shopper" is. > > What would draw one to to shop AP - is it selection, price, the scene, food, > proximity to other place of interest that day and parking. > > that comes down to is it a weekday destination shopping trip? Or are those > people more likely to go to the mall on a rainy day or The Grove in > Shrewsbury. > > You want daytime life on cookman? Then like it or not, you need a major co > (or groups of little ones) who have employees with disposable incomes and or > a major shopping destination - like a Marshalls where people just walk in and > buy tons of useless items. We had this discussion before. > > What you have now is the funkiness that you want so cater to the night > business of music and restaurants ( that means be open when people ARE > there). You can't be closed when people are there and open when they aren't > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
