[Vision2020] Varying Visions

[Phil Nisbet]

Tom,

How about enlightening me about why you are upset with them and not with a 
tax exempt store operating in the same zone, to whit, The Moscow Coop?  If 
the issue is having tax paying entities in the Downtown area, then is it 
good to have Gart's taken over by a non-tax paying store like the Coop?  
Should we be looking at driving the Non-tax paying Goodwill from the 
confines of Main Street?  How about the Eagles or the Moose or the Masons?

The thing that I am trying to suggest to you Tom, is that these tax exempt 
entities are moving into downtown because its cheap.  Its cheap because 
there is not a whole lot of economic activity.

On the Fourth of July in almost any other town USA, Main Street is swarmed 
with Parade crowds, stores having sales, street fairs and the rest.  The 
weekend of the Fourth was deathly quiet here.

How do we keep all of downtown from being swallowed up by people who are not 
tax paying?  How about gettting some economic activity generated?  If there 
was demand because we had people making good money and willing to spend it, 
then there would be no problem either generating tax revenues or seeing that 
the price and cost of those buildings would not just keep them in paying 
owners hands, but the Non-payers would look to sell and move.

So, please, instead of bickering, lets look at what we can all find 
acceptable in terms of industry and how we can attract it.  Lets stop saying 
that its the bad old legislature in Boise and start thinking of ways to 
build legislative coalitions to increase U of I activity and chances for 
grants.

Phil Nisbet

PS, Tom, I walk down to downtown to shop and hit the resteraunts all the 
time.  I live where I do so that I have no need to drive to be in the Heart 
of Moscow.

>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>To: "'Phil Nisbet'" <pcnisbet1 at hotmail.com>, <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Varying Visions
>Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 19:35:09 -0700
>
>Mr. Nisbet stated:
>
>"Take a walk downtown, for those who insist that all is well in Mudville.
>Shops are not exactly vibrant or Garts, the bridal shop, the old silver 
>shop
>and a bunch of other businesses would not have closed down and moved
>elsewhere."
>
>And your option would be to grant Main Street addresses to tax-exempt
>entities like NSA?
>
>Please enlighten us, Mr. Nisbet.
>
>Tom Hansen
>Moscow, Idaho
>
>"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
>safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
>sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body thoroughly used
>up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a ride!'"
>
>

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