Mays Street & Old Settlers Park
Recognize Value a Local Business Can Be to a Development
RECEIVED Tue., Feb. 6, 2007
Dear Editor,
Thanks for the great story on developers preserving or incorporating existing on-site businesses into their developments [“Developing Stories,” News, Feb. 2]. This is an emerging trend that we encourage as a way to preserve our local businesses and our town's uniqueness even as we grow.
It is good to see developers recognizing the value that a local business can bring to their developments and making a commitment to preserve those businesses rather than displace them. Kudos to these developers for doing the right thing and for demonstrating that White Lodging and Marriott’s shameful treatment of Las Manitas, Escuelita, and Tesoros is the exception rather than the rule.
Thanks for the great story on developers preserving or incorporating existing on-site businesses into their developments [“Developing Stories,” News, Feb. 2]. This is an emerging trend that we encourage as a way to preserve our local businesses and our town's uniqueness even as we grow.
It is good to see developers recognizing the value that a local business can bring to their developments and making a commitment to preserve those businesses rather than displace them. Kudos to these developers for doing the right thing and for demonstrating that White Lodging and Marriott’s shameful treatment of Las Manitas, Escuelita, and Tesoros is the exception rather than the rule.
Melissa K. Miller
Executive director
Austin Independent Business Alliance
Executive director
Austin Independent Business Alliance
