I understand that Northgate was, until very recently, utter shite. Why can't the city step in to make sure we see the area develop with personality, rather than a bunch of 5 Guys and smoothie places?

There's no reason we can't have a bar/shopping district with character.

ETA: I'm talking about the barbed wire fence days. Other cities are seeing a renaissance of gentrification spurred by intelligent zoning/urban planning. I don't want to start a St. George debate in this thread, but there must be SOMEONE in the BR/LSU community who can step up and make sure the area directly abutting our campus turns into something we can be proud of, rather than a strip mall.

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Posted by Red Stick Tigress

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Posted on 9/29/14 at 9:39 am to Acadien

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Why can't the city step in to make sure we see the area develop with personality, rather than a bunch of 5 Guys and smoothie places?

I don't think you can discriminate against a business who wants to open in a particular location like Northgate (unless it was something like a strip club that violated a city ordinance or something...)

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Posted by magildachunks

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Posted on 9/29/14 at 9:40 am to Acadien

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I understand that Northgate was, until very recently, utter shite. Why can't the city step in to make sure we see the area develop with personality, rather than a bunch of 5 Guys and smoothie places?

There's no reason we can't have a bar/shopping district with character.

We're trying to do that on government, but catching resistance from Denham fricks who don't want their "shortcut" home taken away.

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