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If you want no riff raff, then so much for the apartments becoming a B&B for visiting guest TRW layout labor. I'm sure some of us would work for room and board.
... What does across the street look like? How do your ideas mesh with that stuff? ...
I'm a sucker for quiet, hole-in-the-wall coffee shops where I can sip a cuppa, nibble on a scone, and read the paper or surf on the WiFi. We have none here and sure as heck could use something like that. I have no desire to run one (getting up at 5 a.m.? Not me!), but maybe I can coax someone to run it for me.
Might consider getting an agreement with the county for freezing tax assessment. Since you alone are upgrading the street and chasing out the low-lifes, up go property values and taxes for all the properties along the street. Maybe all are willing to pay that price, but it doesn't seem fair to penalize your efforts and financial outlays.Reads like the town is working with you. But the counties set the values.
Unfortunately, that sort of environment does not support such a business. Food requires table turnover or to-go customers, which requires a drive-through or parking. Unless you happen to find a business that also roasts coffee (which requires a retail space to itself) and is good at marketing to other local retailers to create volume sales to stay afloat. Don't get me wrong, I love the same type of place, they just don't stay open very long with readers hanging around half the day, who only buy a cup or two the whole time.
Oh, my... the fun continues. It weathered last night's storms, but gave up the ghost this morning. Guys at the car parts store across the street saw it fall:City is all on board with the teardown, just need to get the title transfer finished before the bulldozers do the deed.
The closest Starbucks or Panera is 60 miles away.... I have two specific shops I'm modeling it after - one in San Mateo, CA, the other in a rural suburb of St. Louis.
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