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re: Is downtown BR going back to a ghost town?
Posted on 6/11/19 at 12:02 pm to HenryParsons
Posted on 6/11/19 at 12:02 pm to HenryParsons
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They should move the zoo down there to attract more people to downtown BR
Kip actually tried to do something like that with his Downtown Alive! plan back in like 2008. He was WAAAAAAAY ahead of the curve, but dreamed too big. Despite tying it to a road plan, it failed at the ballot box.
This post was edited on 6/11/19 at 12:03 pm
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Posted on 6/11/19 at 12:04 pm to theantiquetiger
The 2 F's don't help: Fightin' & Floodin'.
Posted on 6/11/19 at 12:13 pm to theantiquetiger
Met Kip once he was a personable guy.
OT group should raise money and open Fonic.
A Sonic with a boxing ring.
We could franchise that next to bars where people feel like their 6 feet tall and bullet proof or they are hungry after partying.
OT group should raise money and open Fonic.
A Sonic with a boxing ring.
We could franchise that next to bars where people feel like their 6 feet tall and bullet proof or they are hungry after partying.
Posted on 6/11/19 at 12:18 pm to kingbob
How is the downtown Matherne's store doing ?
Posted on 6/11/19 at 12:21 pm to kingbob
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Kip actually tried to do something like that with his Downtown Alive! plan back in like 2008.
The vote on the Kipland tax was in 2009.
Posted on 6/11/19 at 12:22 pm to kingbob
The floods of 2016 halted some of the momentum of downtown. It peaked in the late 2000’s.
Posted on 6/11/19 at 12:23 pm to Drop4Loss
It's doing great. I work downtown and it's very busy during work week hours, and gets a fair bit of business on the weekends from the times I've been.
Posted on 6/11/19 at 12:27 pm to marcus3000
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It's doing great. I work downtown and it's very busy during work week hours, and gets a fair bit of business on the weekends from the times I've been.
You are either invested in downtown or have never ventured to an actual downtown for a functioning city
Posted on 6/11/19 at 12:31 pm to wildtigercat93
He's talking about the grocery store.
It does well
It does well
Posted on 6/11/19 at 12:33 pm to wildtigercat93
Because I visit a grocery store downtown I have to be invested there? I don't follow.
Posted on 6/11/19 at 12:34 pm to theantiquetiger
A couple of new bars are opening downtown.
In the past 5 years, Matherne's opened up. There's also been about 250-300 housing units build up in the area to support things like the grocery and gym.
It's not in a bad place, but I do think open containers need to be allowed on 3rd street.
In the past 5 years, Matherne's opened up. There's also been about 250-300 housing units build up in the area to support things like the grocery and gym.
It's not in a bad place, but I do think open containers need to be allowed on 3rd street.
Posted on 6/11/19 at 12:36 pm to Drop4Loss
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How is the downtown Matherne's store doing ?
It's doing well. The residential growth downtown props that up, not the shitty bars that have closed.
I think as more housing and hotels keep going up, there will be more demand for casual bar/dining establishments like Walk-On's over shitty bars.
This post was edited on 6/11/19 at 12:38 pm
Posted on 6/11/19 at 12:38 pm to Jones
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He's talking about the grocery store.
It does well
Ahh
misunderstood Posted on 6/11/19 at 12:44 pm to member12
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In the past 5 years, Matherne's opened up. There's also been about 250-300 housing units build up in the area
Almost all are for rent only. Downtown needs more quality options to buy.
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to support things like the grocery and gym.
Mathernes is doing fine. That gym upstairs has been stuggling.
Posted on 6/11/19 at 12:46 pm to facher08
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Almost all are for rent only. Downtown needs more quality options to buy.
I would like to see more units for sale.
Either way, the leased spaces are filling up. I'm assuming it's actual residents and not corporate apartments (usually occupied on weekdays only).
Posted on 6/11/19 at 12:48 pm to facher08
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Mathernes is doing fine. That gym upstairs has been stuggling.
I was not a fan of the gym at all.
Posted on 6/11/19 at 12:49 pm to Bunta
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I was not a fan of the gym at all.
I like it better than the other downtown options, but if it fails I'll just go back to the Y.
Posted on 6/11/19 at 12:52 pm to member12
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I think as more housing and hotels keep going up, there will be more demand for casual bar/dining establishments like Walk-On's over shitty bars.
Bringing in an NBA G-League team and adding a Walk-On's would provide a serious option for Friday nights but I don't think downtown is there yet.
Posted on 6/11/19 at 1:02 pm to Tigeralum2008
Need to fully update the Canes river center. That place is a shithole
Posted on 6/11/19 at 1:05 pm to MAUCKjersey1
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Need to fully update the Canes river center. That place is a shithole
No reason to pour money into that place. It's barely used now.
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