Editorial: Proposal holds promise for downtown River Falls
September 28, 2011 at 8:46 am in River Falls Journal
A much-anticipated overhaul by a core downtown tenant along with the city’s guiding role in setting up a new Tax Increment Finance (TIF) District could revitalize a chunk of South Main Street while adding environmental protection and more public access to our beloved Kinni (Lake George). Continue Reading
As i have read the last week about, the new idea to overhaul down town River Falls I by raising lunds hardware and 2 other buildings I have become overwhelmingly frustrated. I have grown up in this town over the last 20 years. I know i have supported lunds hardware and my uncle and aunt have for over 20 years. I know that their are some that want to have environmental protection to lake george as much as i would like to see that i doubt it will happen. In my hometown i have seen Wal Mart get pushed out thankfully and Shopko a Wisconsin founded company kept. and now a grocery store company from Minneapolis, Minnesota. getting the go ahead to buy out a historic property and to put a parking lot where it once stood makes me frustrated, afterall econo has a bunch of parking no one uses on the otherside of the building. I know many may not agree with me but i do need to get this off my chest. Thanks for reading
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I was interested to read that my place of business for the last 28 years or so (Custom Framing & Art, 116/114 West Walnut) was being placed in the blight or declining property catagory. RE story by Deb Griffin in the 9/29/11 Journal. “The tiff district must aim to eliminate blight, rehabilitate a declining property, promote industry or encourage mixed-use development.”
Oh well. Looks like rehab for me.
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