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from the shut tered window retailed storefronts and street corners where at one point a young boy was shot dealing drugs. other avenues instrumental in helping to establish and sustain these businesses in their incubations by helping to build orders and supply businesses at cost and hang go medley and outer lands cafe. our generosity in support of these businesses that helped to create a thriving business sector that reclaiming our streets as a destination in flooding the neighborhood with an engaged and savvy dem graphic here not to just spend money but to invest in relationships. it is these relationships that keep me hear. but it said that a rising tide lifts all boats and so has the effects of the outer sunset parklet. and in our own financial profit and loss of our other avenues which is a $1.4 million business, we have always experienced a dip in our summer. and the locals referred to july as julumber due to the fact that it gets so chilly. and yet since the arriv ....
as well. hello. good evening commissioners and thank you for hearing our case here. my name is wane riders and i am the president of upper avenues food store cooperative. and we thank the board for hearing us and the directors and supporters for being here including joe selinski who is from the restaurant who will be sharing the park with us and i should make note that at the may 2 hearing that other avenues representatives came and spoke and there was no one else here and no opposition but the opposition and members of the opposition came later and spoke on their own. and we, you know there was no rebuttal process or rely process. and so i am glad that we have a chance here to have some back and forth. i just want to note that kind of through the design and permit process we have received hundreds of signatures in support of this and 80 or so letters of support and a number of them from nearby business owners and civil organizations as well as large organizations s ....
basically, you know, the sole proprier one guy running his little business and we were not able to adequately nor they, are able to adequately represent themselves or their perspectives at the may second 2012, hearing. today many of those business owners are present at this hearing and we have letters and you have names up this and others are here to offer the testimony as well. this owner who hosts a parklet at trouble coffee, previously supported the parklet at 3930, and 40 juda and she has since submitted a letter stating that she now opposes the approved parklet. and if i may take the opportunity to display some photos? can you hear me here? all right. the names that you will see highlighted in the green and the following pages, they are, you know, businesses that contest the parklet as well. but this is on judah street looking west on judah between 45th and 46th avenues. and you can see right about here it is a little bit hard to see, but as a pedestrian island ....
stores out of our neighborhood and most notably starbucks who wanted to move into the corner location, which may be familiar to you as the appellant s current juice bar. soon after our victory many small businesses began emerging from the shut tered window retailed storefronts and street corners where at one point a young boy was shot dealing drugs. other avenues instrumental in helping to establish and sustain these businesses in their incubations by helping to build orders and supply businesses at cost and hang go medley and outer lands cafe. our generosity in support of these businesses that helped to create a thriving business sector that reclaiming our streets as a destination in flooding the neighborhood with an engaged and savvy dem graphic here not to just spend money but to invest in relationships. it is these relationships that keep me hear. but it said that a rising tide lifts all boats and so has the effects of the outer sunset parklet. and in our own financ ....
submit. in the board will accept them. and but for my. could you put them on the overhead. sure. okay, do the appellants have a copy of this? i could give the appellants a copy, yeah. what is it that you want to show us? it is just the plans for the parklet. it is not necessary. okay. thank you for your time tonight, the cultural renaissance started when i embarked on the ownership of other avenues in 2003. at that time, my co-owner, murphy was spearheaded a petition to keep the chain stores out of our neighborhood and most notably starbucks who wanted to move into the corner location, which may be familiar to you as the appellant s current juice bar. soon after our victory many small businesses began emerging from the shut tered window retailed storefronts and street corners where at one point a young boy was shot dealing drugs. other avenues instrumental in helping to establish and sustain these businesses in their incubations by helping to build ord ....