I was cruising down First Street in Snohomish recently and was impressed with the flower baskets hanging on the street light poles in the historic district. They always look nice this time of year. I turned north on Avenue D and was disappointed to see that the flower baskets stopped.
Avenue D in our part of town has zero flower baskets. That seems a little odd to me. Considering the fact that the historic district businesses produce a fraction of the tax revenues of the city yet that district receives nearly all the city’s discretionary expenditures for beautification seems a little unfair to me.
If the city decides it needs flower baskets to beautify business districts, it needs to make sure the benefits are distributed more even handedly.
I think in a part of town where the businesses are close to together, the businesses themselves would take the initiative to beautify the area to attract business. The Collector’s Choice, Mardini’s and the Cabbage Patch all invest in landscape features that beautify their area. I don’t think the city pays for any of those improvements.
My point is that the clear favoritism the city council and staff shows for a part of town that takes so much already and contributes so little to the whole is not healthy for the city. It makes us business owners on Avenue D wonder what we have to do to get some respect.
Posted on July 26, 2008 at 2:32 am in Snohomish County Political Commentary, Snohomish Washington | RSS feed
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Flowers should not be political!
by Steve DanaI was cruising down First Street in Snohomish recently and was impressed with the flower baskets hanging on the street light poles in the historic district. They always look nice this time of year. I turned north on Avenue D and was disappointed to see that the flower baskets stopped.
Avenue D in our part of town has zero flower baskets. That seems a little odd to me. Considering the fact that the historic district businesses produce a fraction of the tax revenues of the city yet that district receives nearly all the city’s discretionary expenditures for beautification seems a little unfair to me.
If the city decides it needs flower baskets to beautify business districts, it needs to make sure the benefits are distributed more even handedly.
I think in a part of town where the businesses are close to together, the businesses themselves would take the initiative to beautify the area to attract business. The Collector’s Choice, Mardini’s and the Cabbage Patch all invest in landscape features that beautify their area. I don’t think the city pays for any of those improvements.
My point is that the clear favoritism the city council and staff shows for a part of town that takes so much already and contributes so little to the whole is not healthy for the city. It makes us business owners on Avenue D wonder what we have to do to get some respect.
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Posted on July 26, 2008 at 2:32 am in Snohomish County Political Commentary, Snohomish Washington | RSS feed | Reply | Trackback URL