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Train Depot to sell wine, beer and delicacies

Original post made on Jun 28, 2008

The six-year search for a business to take over the long-vacant Train Depot ended without a word Tuesday night, as an application for a "wine and beer bar" went unchallenged on the City Council's consent calendar.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, June 27, 2008, 1:56 PM

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Posted by Jon Wiener
a resident of another community
on Jul 6, 2008 at 9:43 am

Does it bother anyone else that the city would charge a train depot $54,000 to spend on building free parking spaces? I thought the idea of this building was to serve train and light rail passengers. All this does is subsidize driving at the expense of the depot's customers.


Posted by eric
a resident of another community
on Jul 30, 2008 at 5:11 pm

Jon, I think you misunderstand the parking fee-- I believe the tenant is being charged the fee because they will not have any dedicated parking. The funds will go into a city fund which they use to build parking structures.


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