[Vision2020] The Way It Was Meant to Be . . .

[Darrell Keim]

Hodgins was a booster at that time, too.  I was very surprised at the
negative reaction by several businesses.  I just can't see how most
businesses couldn't find a way to take advantage of the traffic.

I also recall a number of market vendors having concerns, mostly around
foot traffic flow in a "long and thin" market, versus the current squarish
one.

On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> I have passingly chatted with employees of some of the concerned
> businesses along Main Street.  Hodgins loves the concept as their store has
> been fairly busy these past couple Saturdays.
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> Seeya round town, Moscow.
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> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
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> "If not us, who?
> If not now, when?"
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> - Unknown
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> On Jul 1, 2012, at 11:27, Darrell Keim <keim153 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I like the idea of putting the Market on Main St.  I recall this idea
> coming up while I headed the Chamber in 2007-8.  We co-hosted several
> informational meetings about it.  Hardly anyone showed for the first two
> meetings.  Then word got out among downtown business owners, and the third
> meeting was well attended by a contingent of owners that were dead set
> against it.
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> The idea was shelved after that.
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> Some of the businesses had legitimate complaints.  Like the maternity shop
> not wanting pregnant mothers to have to walk far for parking.  But, by in
> large, I couldn't see why a business would complain about an event putting
> hundreds of people at their doorstep every week during the summer.  Seemed
> like a great opportunity to me.
> On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
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>> Mr. Steed -
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>> As willing as you are to openly discuss Mayor Chaney's perspective,
>> concerning the location and operation of Moscow's Farmers' Market, what is
>> your perspective?
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>> Do you support adopting the current (albeit temporary) Farmers' Market
>> concept of blocking off Main Street between Third and Fifth Streets, thus
>> reducing/eliminating the intrusion of vehicular traffic . . . or not?
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>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
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>> "If not us, who?
>> If not now, when?"
>>
>> - Unknown
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>> On Jun 30, 2012, at 18:33, Walter M Steed <wmsteed at ci.moscow.id.us>
>> wrote:
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>> > Interesting... In light of the Mayor's perspective...
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>> > Walter Steed
>> > Sent from my iPhone
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>> > On Jun 30, 2012, at 6:09 PM, "deb" <debismith at moscow.com> wrote:
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>> >> NICE! And I love the new configuration---blocking off Main is great!
>> And, since I was downtown anyhow, I dropped into a few stores I normally
>> don't frequent; found a pair of socks at Hyperspud, a book at Bookpeople
>> for my grandson, and a pair of pants at StormCellar....also discovered I'd
>> sold a piece of art from my Howard Huges Video show from ArtWalk. Wonderful
>> day!! Huzzah, Moscow, Heart of the Arts!
>> >> Debi R-S
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>> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>> >> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>> >> Cc: "Dan Carscallen" <dcarscallen at ci.moscow.id.us>; "Tim Brown" <
>> tbrown at ci.moscow.id.us>; "Walter Steed" <wmsteed at ci.moscow.id.us>; "Sue
>> Scott" <sscott at ci.moscow.id.us>; "Nancy Chaney" <nchaney at ci.moscow.id.us>;
>> "Wayne Krauss" <wkrauss at ci.moscow.id.us>; "Tom Lamar" <
>> tlamar at ci.moscow.id.us>; "Kathleen Burns" <kburns at ci.moscow.id.us>
>> >> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 7:54 PM
>> >> Subject: [Vision2020] The Way It Was Meant to Be . . .
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>> >>> Tom Hansen
>> >>> Moscow, Idaho
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>> >>> "If not us, who?
>> >>> If not now, when?"
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