Last Monday, 2/27, the City Council received a feasibility study/market analysis on three options proposed for the municipal liquor store:
1. Relocate to the Q-Block property on Highway 3.
2. Relocate to the current Lansing Hardware location on Division Street
3. Expand the existing liquor store at its current location.
There's some very interesting information in the study and analysis, which can be downloaded from its location on the City website, buried in the meeting packet for last week's Council meeting.
OPTION 1:
(I'm trying to ignore the fact that this looks like one of those really bad "sprawl example" photos on planning websites.)
OPTION 2:
The conclusion of the study was that the liquor store should be relocated to the Hwy. 3 location because the revenue projections indicate that it will be most profitable there. However, there are other factors, less readily quantifiable, which should be considered. I believe that the EDA will be discussing the issue at this week's meeting on Thursday morning, and I'd like to hear some civic dialog as well, so I'm posting to Northfield.org's "Issues" discussion list to kick things off. You can sign up for the list and receive the discussions via email, or read the posts to the list in the northfield.org Issues archive.
Comments
Hey Tracy:
This is a great public service that you are performing.
Thanks much,
Ross