GRJohn

I've always wondered what makes some areas NIMBY and other YIMBY. Is there any correlations between NIMBYISM and other factors? Why are northern townships so against development and the southern townships less against (at least how it seems to me). I wish we would build as many housing units (of all types) as we can but others would cheer no growth. I'm sure there have been studies on this but I have yet to seen any of them.

I wonder if they could do what East Brook Mall (Center Point) did and de-mall themselves. That seemed to work well for them.

I went last night. It is very nice and slightly more upscale that it used to be. In the basement there is a speakeasy called Mo's Cocktail Lounge which was very nice as well.

17 matches would presume that they are looking at USL Championship and not League 1 like I thought they would. That would mean we would be one level below MLS and we would be playing Detroit.

I also saw this retreat being offered. I hope that GR becomes a hub for AI. https://lp.ratliffconsulting.com/airetreat2

With the new addition of 8 gates in Concourse A, has there been any word (speculation) on what new flights there might be to and from GRR? I'm assuming they would be Delta and/or Allegiant since those seem to be the airlines assigned to that Concourse.

I use the wave card now and it is awesome. It's so quick to board and I don't have to worry about having exact change.

I noticed that Buddy's Pizza was having a contest to guess where their next location would be on Twitter. They haven't announced but they linked to an article in Mlive about Carrabba's on 28th street closing. I've never had their pizza but it seems people are pretty excited about it.

Looks like Detroit has the opposite problem. https://www.freep.com/in-depth/money/business/john-gallagher/2018/11/30/detroit-parking-lot-owners/1980619002/

Awesome! Thank you. So how do those numbers stack up against Buffalo, Rochester, Madison, Des Moines, Sioux City, etc. I'm just curious how we measure up to similar cities.

Is there a resource that we can go to find the number of parking spaces available in a city's core? I'd be curious to compare the cities that everyone listed with GR. For instance, I know Lansing is a state capital and has a major university but what is their parking situation compared to ours? I would assume with both the capital and MSU, they would have more parking or similar parking as GR even though they have a smaller MSA. I'd also be curious to see what Ann Arbor has done to mitigate their parking woes. I think it would be wise to see what similar cities are doing and take good ideas from them.

Is there a city similar in size and climate that we can compare GR to for parking access and availability? I'd be curious to see how similar cities are grappling with this issue.

I think we often talk about critical mass for retail or for residential but I think it can also apply to office space. It's much more expensive to put your office in downtown Chicago than it would be to put it in Waukegon but in order to be in the thick of things, you'd pay the higher prices. I don't think GR is to the point where a major company would see a benefit of moving downtown just yet. I think if we continue to see more residential and retail/entertainment, the office space will eventually get there but it will be a long time coming. I never thought that the office building of this development was the crown jewel. It was nice to see office use move south of Fulton but the movie theater is what I saw as the most important part of this development.

I'm not sure it's taxes since Detroit charges 2.4% income tax and GR charges 1.5%. I know Detroit has the name recognition but I'm not sure that's a good thing regarding the perception of Detroit.

My wife and I have been in the Beta test group for about 9 months and we love the wave card. It's so much easier than having to worry about loose change. Plus we never overpay with the fare capping. I highly recommend even if you don't travel a lot on the bus.