Comment 119134

By mkuplens (registered) - website | Posted June 08, 2016 at 07:32:10

I'm amazed to see these three businesses involved – all three stand to gain substantially from the project and have the least exposure to harm from construction:

  • Denninger's famously has a vast car park accessible from Main Street that not only maintains fantastic access to their store during construction but also presents them with a substantial revenue opportunity during that time

  • The Black Forest Café is located right at the corner of Ferguson, with several large car parks on King William just steps away; given their capacity, it is hard to believe that on-street parking 'out front' serves them fully.

  • To the best of my knowledge, the pawnbrokers own at least three buildings on the street: the former BBQ/deli/café at Walnut (vacant for nearly 3 years but for an anti-bus-lane sign and a brief popup Timmies), their shop, and the large, effectively vacant building beside it. The current road configuration holds much of the blame for their inability to fill these properties - poor footfall on a through-traffic racecourse.

That said, it's change – and change is scary. With name recognition that many International Village businesses would envy, I hope that Denninger's, Black Forest Café, and–to an extent–Thompson's will take a lead on any construction-time campaigns to keep customers coming.

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