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Lack of Shopping/Dining in the city

nensie michel

nensie michel

10 points

Apr 16, 2012

I love living in the city of La Palma, I just wish that the retail plaza's were geared to a more diverse community. The city is becoming more diverse and with that the city management should think about the type of retail businesses they bring in. Perhaps if we had more diverse choices, the shopping plaza's in the city would do much better financially!

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  1. City of La Palma

    City of La Palma

    480 points

    Your suggestion is very timely. The City is currently updating its General Plan, a guide for future decisions with respect to land use, development, and related policy matters. Tonight (April 17, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.), the City Council will conduct a Study Session regarding the General Plan Update. The objective of this session is to provide a presentation of the draft Economic Development Report; and present new draft land use designations to foster new opportunities for retail and food service establishments. The community is encouraged to attend and participate in the discussions.

    More specific to your post… although the City would love to have greater influence on the type of retail businesses locating in the community, the City’s role is somewhat limited. The City can only establish zoning and encourage businesses to locate in the community; the commercial property owners ultimately determine which businesses they will lease to. Thank you for using Community Voice!

    Apr 17, 2012 1:10 PM flagFlag as Inappropriate

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  2. nensie michel

    nensie michel

    10 points

    Thank you for the information. Perhaps the limited influence should include (if not already) the demographics of the city so property owners can make wiser decisions on whom (type of shop/dining) they rent to and not limit the potential customers to an limited population. I just see that so many 'mom-n-pop' retail geared to a limited population are going out of business in our plaza's and it makes our city look less desirable.

    Example, ex-Ralphs plaza (corner of Walker/La Palma); it would be great to have a more trendy food market along with trendier shops/dining. I actually go to the cleaners there and when talking to the owner of that shop, she says that business is definitely down for all retailers in the plaza since Ralph’s closed… and quite frankly, the parking lot looks so empty all the time…depressing

    Unfortunately I can’t attend tonight’s session (work schedule), but would appreciate you taking my input to either start or be part of the brainstorming done on this topic.

    Apr 17, 2012 2:15 PM flagFlag as Inappropriate

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  3. Thomas Berg

    Thomas Berg

    14 points

    City web site stated a Wal-Mart market was in the works?

    Apr 21, 2012 3:45 PM flagFlag as Inappropriate

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