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

Sun Jul 1 13:20:47 PDT 2012

I agree with you, Tom.  I like the way it flows on Main St.

FWIW, the concern about "long and thin" involved merchants worrying about
shoppers having to walk all the way from one end of the market to the other
vs our current Jackson St. set-up where they can take short cuts to get to
desired vendors.

On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> I don't really see how you can refer to the current (temporary) concept as
> "long and thin".  It is certainly more robust than any "aisle" of the
> Jackson Street parking lot configuration.
>
> It also frees up more parking in the Jackson Street parking lot.
>
> Concerning the maternity shop and its parking concerns:  What guarantees
> are/were there that parking spots are/would be available during any other
> time of the week for pregnant women wanting to browse the store?
>
> I simply believe that the Jackson Street parking lot design is far too
> restrictive and is void of potential growth/expansion.
>
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "If not us, who?
> If not now, when?"
>
> - Unknown
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> On Jul 1, 2012, at 12:02, Darrell Keim <keim153 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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:
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>> 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.
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
>> "If not us, who?
>> If not now, when?"
>>
>> - Unknown
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 1, 2012, at 11:27, Darrell Keim <keim153 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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>
>> thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
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>>> Mr. Steed -
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tom Hansen
>>> Moscow, Idaho
>>>
>>> "If not us, who?
>>> If not now, when?"
>>>
>>> - Unknown
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 30, 2012, at 18:33, Walter M Steed < <wmsteed at ci.moscow.id.us>
>>> wmsteed at ci.moscow.id.us> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Interesting... In light of the Mayor's perspective...
>>> >
>>> > Walter Steed
>>> > Sent from my iPhone
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Jun 30, 2012, at 6:09 PM, "deb" < <debismith at moscow.com>
>>> debismith at moscow.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> 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
>>> >>
>>> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Hansen" <<thansen at moscow.com>
>>> thansen at moscow.com>
>>> >> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" < <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>>> vision2020 at moscow.com>
>>> >> Cc: "Dan Carscallen" < <dcarscallen at ci.moscow.id.us>
>>> dcarscallen at ci.moscow.id.us>; "Tim Brown" < <tbrown at ci.moscow.id.us>
>>> tbrown at ci.moscow.id.us>; "Walter Steed" < <wmsteed at ci.moscow.id.us>
>>> wmsteed at ci.moscow.id.us>; "Sue Scott" < <sscott at ci.moscow.id.us>
>>> sscott at ci.moscow.id.us>; "Nancy Chaney" < <nchaney at ci.moscow.id.us>
>>> nchaney at ci.moscow.id.us>; "Wayne Krauss" < <wkrauss at ci.moscow.id.us>
>>> wkrauss at ci.moscow.id.us>; "Tom Lamar" < <tlamar at ci.moscow.id.us>
>>> tlamar at ci.moscow.id.us>; "Kathleen Burns" < <kburns at ci.moscow.id.us>
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>>> >> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 7:54 PM
>>> >> Subject: [Vision2020] The Way It Was Meant to Be . . .
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>>> >>> Seeya round town, Moscow.
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>>> >>> Tom Hansen
>>> >>> Moscow, Idaho
>>> >>>
>>> >>> "If not us, who?
>>> >>> If not now, when?"
>>> >>>
>>> >>> - Unknown
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