Sentences with phrase «downtown business owners»

Kendall Park — at 84 W. 5th Ave., just north of the Burlington Northern railroad tracks — was the top contender selected by a group of downtown business owners, Park District officials and teen skaters who have been trying to find a place near the city's downtown for the past year.

«They need a place to go now,» said Brian Quarles, co-owner of the RQ Boardshop in downtown Naperville, who has been working with the Park District and other downtown business owners to find a place for the skate park.

That money, collected from downtown business owners, is used to support the Downtown Committee and services like security patrols, hanging flowers, the farmer's market and marketing.

About two dozen downtown business owners and residents gathered Thursday evening to express concerns over the current plans for the Plattsburgh Downtown Redevelopment Initiative and strategize on potential alternatives.

However, the population is rapidly increasing in the city center, with 3,500 housing units completed since 1999, and up to another 8,500 either under construction or planned, according to the Los Angeles Business Improvement District, a non-profit group of downtown business owners.

«Basically the only legal spot to skate is in your driveway or your back yard if you can build a ramp and get past the homeowners association,» said Quarles, the board shop owner who is on a committee, along with the Park District, downtown business owners and area police officers, that has sought a site for the skate park.

But some downtown business owners are skeptical about the plans.

Guerriero is serving his first term on the board and has been a downtown business owner for 40 years.

Some downtown business owners oppose it.

To that end LARA's VanderBunt has been using the photomorph in presentations before the planning commission, the local chamber of commerce and even to a group of downtown business owners.