As a downtown resident who such a store is intended to serve-a coop would be my first choice!
David Strand Loring Park Ward 7 --- Annie Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mt two cents worth... > It is my understanding that there are about 30,000 > resident's in the new, > growing downtown neighborhood. Sounds like plenty of > people that could > build a co-operative grocery store. Cooperatives are > owned by their members > who by and large are residents of the area > geographically surrounding the > cooperative. > > Subsidy for the parking lot might be easier to > swallow if the community had > some part of the negotiating of what kind of grocery > store and run by whom. > The Wedge hasn't done so bad at reconfiguring a > block and figuring out the > parking thing. And another thing - aren't we > supposed to be doing "smart > growth or transit-oriented development" which I > though meant getting people > out of their cars and on to walking and biking (with > all those bags of > groceries - right!) > > So about the big parking ramp again - why does it > cost so much per stall to > build parking ramps? Shouldn't we be looking at that > question? It's the > cost of the land underneath it - hmmm! I liked the > e-mail that suggested > using a block that already is surface parking and > doesn't need to relocate > as many other businesses or ruin the idea of keeping > the historic building > section of Hennepin. A waiver for less parking stall > seems much more > appropriate. > > I think co-ops can work and should be part of the > consideration for this > downtown (much needed) grocery store. > And a co-op doesn't have to just sell only natural > foods - it can sell > anything - it's about the members owning it and what > they want. > And for the wine lovers maybe a "Wine Cellar" liquor > type store could be > next door to the co-op (like the Surydk's deli - > just much, much larger) > and a seperate entity. > Annie Young > > > > > Fortunate are the people whose roots are deep. Agnes > Meyer > > _______________________________________ > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic > Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
