In a message dated 4/3/03 9:44:10 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > I have heard that Cub is looking at two sites in North Minneapolis: > Lowry/Emerson and Penn/Lowry. > > Anyone know anything about this rumor? Have there been any community > meetings about it? > > and does the addition of a Cub Foods improve the quality of life to a > neighborhood? or just traffic? > Keith says; The most likely reason Cub will never be on Lowry is physical. They require something like three acres to site the business. It just ain't available there. Cub, of course does not belong on Lowry, anyway. The County is seeking to make Lowry Ave. more of a Parkway, in the near future. Future plans include concentrating retail at specific nodes. Retail nodes shall be Lyndale, Emerson, and Penn; and these to be neighborhood friendly C-1 uses, ideally. The rest of the Avenue shall be residential; both current low density, and higher density. West Broadway is the appropriate place for the needed, new, Northside Cub. West Broadway is the unique, main, commercial corridor of the Northwest quadrant of our City. Commercial uses are appropriate on most all of this corridor. It is the "Avenue with the Most Potential" for serving the bulk grocery needs of Northside families. Providing convenience and saving families money is why West Broadway exists. It is failing at this function now, and will be robbed of potential to serve this function in the future. Unfortunately, the City Planning Dept. is creating a Zoning plan that reduces the potential for unique, and larger, retail uses on this; our unique arterial/commercial corridor. West Broadway has far too few C-2 classified parcels to serve our Northside. It needs more C-2 Zoning. It is the most convenient, and only appropriate, place for certain vitally needed business activities. It is a 'destination' Avenue. Smart urban growth design demands: Big Avenue/Big Zoning---little avenue/littlezoning. All Northside avenues are not created equal. West Broadway IS our Big Avenue. The other avenues are not big. All are vital; and must be zoned, and used, correctly. The Northside will be denied potential for vitality in direct proportion to West Broadway being denied potential for growth, and use. Keith Reitman NearNorth TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
