[Summit] Report on Clarke's zoning hearing

[Emlyn Addison]

The traffic/noise, late nights and nearby day care do strike me as major
factors.

Having said that, what would be the effect of building a coffee shop sans
drive thru? Is this option even on the table?

Further down Hope Street, Seven Stars bakery does get busy, for sure, but it
adds buzz to the neighborhood (there's obviously a reason why this was
chosen for a scene in the movie "Dan in Real Life") and the foot traffic it
generates is no doubt a boon for local retailers. We live on Eighth street,
just up from Chez Pascal and Cook & Brown restaurants, as well as the weekly
summer farmers' market and art/craft sale, and while the traffic and parked
cars spike Thursday-Saturday, these are not open-all-day places like what's
being proposed for the coffee shop.

(I wonder if the city would now be more likely to relent on some of the
zoning issues, given that a new place of business would generate some jobs
and tax revenues. Hmm.)

Emlyn



On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 10:15 PM, <summit-request at sna.providence.ri.us>wrote:

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> Here is a report of the Clarke's zoning hearing written by Summit Neighbor
> Elva Mathiesen:
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> http://www.sna.providence.ri.us/zoning-variance-denied-for-clarkes-florist-site/
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> Dean  ?
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