Little Notes on little things for a Vernon town center which might improve everyday life in this beautiful town:
1. We need more little shops.
WalMart and Dollarstores we have aplenty all around us (and everywhere in Generica!), megastores which we totally love btw, but we love little independent shops more.
Need we mention the senseless closing of R.J. Mars? Talk about ripping a town's heart out and kicking it across the county. Such cruelty - and in these perilous, sad economic times, Vernon lost the place where practically EVERYBODY grew up... plus, don't even think about the holidays with no R.J.Mars downtown...
2. we need little art galleries for sure. Vernon has so many artists - and galleries are ESSENTIAL to town center daytrippers who, btw, will seek out little retail food shops nearby.
3. we need reasonably priced litttle apartments. and not age-restricted "housing" (which btw is restrictive of all commerce - and vaguely unconstitutional)
4. If there must be another supermarket, the TC econdevs should try tirelessly to get a little Wegmans, which actually generates commerce and brings serious foodshoppers to town from near & far. Go read about Wegmans and see why we should get one where Mars used to be.
The tax proceeds of a Wegmans Grand Opening alone would pay the town's bills forever.
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