[Summit] Report on Clarke's zoning hearing

[Daren Bulley]

Emlyn & Others

There are other business people here, who would love to look at the location
for a Cafe & Garden center concept.

If I was to look at the facility I would use a business model allowing
residents to use the greenhouses and including farmers like Red Planet Farms
who have several small farm lots within Providence.
I would open it as a cafe & coffee shop, food emporium and garden
center where you can get a light lunch as well as a selection of garden
tools, and people would not have to give up on Holiday pies as we do make
pies every year with local ingredients.

If the bulk of the cooking is done at my current commissary then the
business would not be needing a big variance on the current zoning, provided
the building is structurally sound.

I also believe that I could generate support from the community on such a
project and develop a business that is a real asset to the neighborhood.

It is possible to have the plus side of a successful business that people
enjoy without the downside of drive through traffic.

Daren Bulley
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On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Emlyn Addison <noisyblocks at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 15:27:53 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: Dream W <dreammail22 at yahoo.com>
>> To: Summit list <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
>> Subject: [Summit] Report on Clarke's zoning hearing
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>> Here is a report of the Clarke's zoning hearing written by Summit Neighbor
>> Elva Mathiesen:
>>
>> http://www.sna.providence.ri.us/zoning-variance-denied-for-clarkes-florist-site/
>>
>>
>> Dean  ?
>>
>> ?
>>
>>
>>
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