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sbenois
Citizen
Username: Sbenois
Post Number: 13187
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 14, 2005 - 7:40 pm: | 
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Story of Maplewood's Nail Salons will be on 10pm News on Channel 9 tonight. |
Meandtheboys
Citizen
Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 193
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Monday, February 14, 2005 - 7:46 pm: |
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Hard to believe this is making the news? Heard it was on FOX news earlier.
Must be a very slow news day! |
cjc
Citizen
Username: Cjc
Post Number: 3125
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 14, 2005 - 10:16 pm: |
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KFC and Starbucks NO. More Nail Salons OK.
This town must be nuts. It must be a royal pain in the ••• for a lot of business owners to get past the powers that control all the business activity here. I can't begin to figure this out. |
SoOrLady
Citizen
Username: Soorlady
Post Number: 1776
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 14, 2005 - 10:36 pm: |
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Pretty lame report.. Fred looked good. Didn't interview the new owners or either of the current ones (Kim's & Nail House).. just a few public opinions. Hardly worth staying up for. |
sbenois
Citizen
Username: Sbenois
Post Number: 13189
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 14, 2005 - 10:36 pm: |
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My mistake. It was Channel 5. Frederico was just on.
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SoOrLady
Citizen
Username: Soorlady
Post Number: 1777
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 14, 2005 - 10:41 pm: |
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It was on Channel 9 too. |
Mark Fuhrman
Citizen
Username: Mfpark
Post Number: 1298
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - 5:48 pm: |
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I will paraphrase from a PL I recently received in support of my post above--if the Town believes in restricting supply of a certain use, this is not unlike rent control for residential units. Yet, most members of the current TC are opposed to residential rent control.
Again, I do not see why we should place the burden of our preferred retail mix on individual commercial landlords. If the Village Alliance or the TC want to see a more vibrant mix than the market provides--and I am all for this--then we as a community need to pay the ancillary costs, whether in the form of grants or loans or other profers (tax incentives?) to encourage the preferred types of vendors. |
ajc
Citizen
Username: Ajc
Post Number: 3503
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 10:08 pm: |
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"it seems pretty obvious that another nail salon is not going to help downtown Maplewood."
As the song says, "It ain't necessarily so". Although the way towns generally grow and get better is by expanding.
There are several places this can happen. For starters, Baker Street, and both ends of Maplewood Avenue have room for expanding the Village Business District. The same goes for Springfield Avenue. Listen if Hilton Avenue can back up to the Avenue, it could also face it, and without having the same traffic issues as the Avenue...
The truth is what's a few residential properties here and there, especially when we consider the town is made up with over 90% residential housing stock. The advantages of providing a good mix of businesses far out-ways the alternatives.
Listen, having three nail salons is not the end of the world, but more like the continuation of what is a very successful and attractive community. When businesses are willing to make the kind of financial investment as Leo Nails, St. James Gate, The Chelsea Set, ReMax, H2TA, and of course Sbenois Industries, you know the town government is on the right track, and is continuing to do the right things...
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lumpyhead
Citizen
Username: Lumpyhead
Post Number: 1112
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 8:51 am: |
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If the townsfolk don't want a nail salon there and no one goes there, it won't be there for long. |
canismajor
Citizen
Username: Canismajor
Post Number: 308
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 10:54 am: |
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Art, are you recommending that eminent domain be used to take properties adjacent to the village to make room for new businesses, presumably more nail salons?
Are you advocating the taking of all of the properties along the north side of Hilton Avenue?
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Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 5548
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 11:59 am: |
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The TC is steadfastly against eminent domain of residences. |
extuscan
Citizen
Username: Extuscan
Post Number: 433
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 12:50 pm: |
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Do any of you remember when three Frozen Yogurt stores opened in Maplewood Center? I see a parallel... there is only the one left. May the best nail salon win.
BTW, the nail salon where the book stop used to be is probably one of the best things thats happened in a while, looks wise. They took down all that metal cladding and exposed the original store front and the large arched window on top. It really looks very nice compared to what was there.
John |
ajc
Citizen
Username: Ajc
Post Number: 3504
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 4:06 pm: |
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No Canismajor, I'm not recommending eminent domain, at least not yet. Lets just try to change the rules a little...
If the town would simply agree to allow for changes in zoning from residential to business in specific areas, some smart businessmen will make the homeowners deals they can't refuse.
For starters, I am in favor of immediately creating several limited zoning changes along parts of the north side of Hilton Avenue, Jacoby Street, Boyden Avenue, Burnett Avenue, and in several areas of the Village as well. It doesn’t have to be radical, however, the owners of property across from or butting up against a business zone, would be given a green light to change over if they wanted to.
Of course only certain types of businesses would be permitted. And, with some added professional planning, limits to building size and design, I believe we would see a gradual and beneficial improvement in all our business districts. We need to relax more of our zoning regulations in a smart and advantageous way. This would in many ways allow for a stronger commercial tax base that wouldn’t really reduce residential taxes, but would certainly help check the increases we are all seeing.
While we’re on the subject of taxes and attracting a better mix of businesses, I would again like to point to another untapped Maplewood resource. We need to help preserve some of our larger older housing stock, and allow for the use of these larger one family homes for bed and breakfast businesses.
I can personally attest to the value and incredible need for this non-polluting industry in our community. It provides a much-needed service to ALL residents and their visiting families, doesn’t add to our school population, or police problems, brings millions of dollars annually in new income into our local economy, and greatly adds to the charm of our already wonderful community.
In all of these property-zoning changes, owners would most likely enjoy increases in the value of their property, the town would get more taxes, and it becomes possible to attract a better mix of retail business to benefit the community in general.
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Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 5555
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 4:27 pm: |
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I'm interested in this. What kind of offer could a landlord offer a tenant that the tenant couldn't refuse? |
themp
Supporter
Username: Themp
Post Number: 1498
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 4:39 pm: |
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Which font is the real guy and which is internal dialogue? |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 5559
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 5:03 pm: |
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It's all Art. He changes his font several times midstream to keep your attention. |
Michael Janay
Citizen
Username: Childprotect
Post Number: 1679
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 - 4:20 pm: |
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Tom,
I could make you an offer you couldn't refuse for your house.
Everyone has a number. |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 5755
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 - 4:30 pm: |
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Sure, but I own my house.
(Actually, I only agree with you 95%. Not everyone is motivated by money.)
If I'm a landlord, what money do I have to offer a tenant to make him move? And even if I have it, what makes me want to give it to him? I can just evict him, right? I'd get to pocket the entire winnings and toss my tenant out. My question is, what is there to prevent the landlord from doing that? |
Michael Janay
Citizen
Username: Childprotect
Post Number: 1683
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 - 5:28 pm: |
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My question is, what is there to prevent the landlord from doing that?
A little thing called a lease.
While not everyone is motivated by money, everyone has a number.
My wife had a lease on her apt before we were married... the owner of the coop wanted to sell it and had to offer my wife money to buy her out of her lease so the new owners could move in. He offered her cash and a lease in another of his coop's. We actually wanted to break the lease and move in together, so we negotiated for more cash, and no other lease.
Worked out perfectly.} |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 5758
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 - 5:40 pm: |
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I do hope it comes to stuff like that. I haven't read the development plan. But it would be nice if we created some win-win deals like the one you got. I understand one of the big problems is that the existing commercial properties are too small. I wonder if it is remotely possible to replace the houses on the south side of Springfield Ave with commercial properties, with nothing but offers that the owners and tenants enjoy receiving. |
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