[Vision2020] Dispel the anti-growth myth

[Paul Rumelhart]

I don't know exactly who owns what, but I believe they are managed by 
the same person.  I'm guessing they are owned by the same people.

Paul

Tom Ivie wrote:
> Wingers remodeled their current building and it holds more customers 
> than the old business.  Bonanza was a national or at least a big 
> regional franchise that went bankrupt and not because of anything that 
> had to do with Moscow.  Is Tucci's owned by the owners of Wingers?  
> Wingers has Tucci's menu in their window is why I ask.
>
> */keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com>/* wrote:
>
>     Is it fair to call Winger's a "replacement" building if the
>     building it remodeled and now occupies was vacant for years prior
>     to its acquisition by Winger's? 
>
>     keely
>
>
>
>
>     > Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:30:56 -0700
>     > From: aprilf at fingerlos.net
>     > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>     > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Dispel the anti-growth myth
>     >
>     > A perspective from Lurkerville...
>     >
>     > The only problem with Brandy's interesting list is that nearly
>     every one of them is a replacement business, not a new one. That's
>     not growth--that's maintenance. Don't forget Winger's doubled in
>     size by reworking the old Bonanza building, and Tucci's took their
>     old building. But, again, both are replacement businesses, not new
>     ones. VJ's BBQ and Loco Grindz are more replacement business.
>     Fastenal moved into a bigger building, and Animal House slowly
>     moved into their old building (returning the building to a pet
>     business). The Inland Blood Center is yet another replacement
>     business, as is the list-beloved Moscow Food Co-Op. I'm admittedly
>     not one that puts the magnifying glass to the council's meeting
>     agendas, but offhand, I don't know that the city council had much
>     influence on any of these, nor any of the additional replacements
>     Brandy lists.
>     >
>     > What about totally new construction for a totally new business
>     to Moscow? PAWS is one I can think of right off--it was neat to
>     see an Arxx building go up from bare ground. The small malls
>     (Rodeo Mall and Village Center) are businesses in their own
>     respect, but at the same time, aren't really in this context. It's
>     kind of like calling a condo complex a business--it sort of is,
>     but I'm referring primarily to general public-interacting
>     businesses in this context.
>     >
>     > If that's all the real growth there has been, I can see the
>     support for the anti-growth perception.
>     >
>     > As for future replacement predictions, I already miss Stookey's
>     for my show gelding's Purina Strategy supply, but I would guess
>     that the building will be leveled and replaced by a recycling
>     center expansion. And, of course, there's the URA ground, but who
>     knows what will ultimately wind up there.
>     >
>     > April
>     >
>     > April Fingerlos
>     > Moscow, ID
>     >
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