- Hadley (Burwick building)
- Odd Fellows Building (next to old Mart)
- Standish Building (diagonally across from the YMCA)
- May Street (old Mattress factory)
- Piedmont Street (empty lots next to old Manoog Plumbing)
At the most that is a half mile and we have invested I bet you this represents 70 million invested in "affordable" housing.
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Got an email this week from the manager of dev. for EDF Corp. asking if Sprout would be interested in the retail space in Hadley/Burwick. I'll admit, from outside it looks like a very pretty space that we would love to be in, but in terms of potential customers it looks pretty dismal.
Typical flower consumers are female affluent empty nesters and women, 35-55, college educated, who work outside of the home. I'm not seeing that demographic for that area.
The flowers the crack heads buy with vases that then use for smoking crack would be quite popular.
Parking? Oh yeah there is none. The ZBA waived pretty much all the parking requirements.
Worcester loves its parking at the door, so without parking Hadley/Burwick is screwed. Where I am right now, a pretty safe spot, if folks can't get a spot at one of the 6 meters out front they keep on driving. They won't even walk half a block or around a corner.
I'd be so depressed if I had to look at Kirsch's Liquors eight hours a day, every day...
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