[RP TownTalk] Help make RP what you want and enjoy it too

Dwight Holmes dwightrholmes at gmail.com
Mon Jun 18 17:01:57 UTC 2007


and i meant to include a bike (or at least bike repair) shop -- with
the opening of the Trolley Line hiker-biker trail there would seem to
be a natural opening for an on-trail facility: What better than to be
able to caffeinate and browse shops while getting your flat fixed or
chain greased?

On 6/18/07, Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com> wrote:
>So what I'm picturing is a spruced up Town Center public
> space (after surrounding and framing the asphalt with trees,
> landscaping, public benches and tables) with a relocated town post
> office, and of course the groceries, coffee and ethnic
> cuisine-of-choice that we're all craving... along with pet store, doll
> store, etc. plus the old train parked on a 'siding' which serves as a
> "destination" (coupled with 'train museum' expanded beyond what's
> inside the MARC station right now), perhaps a model train store (Mt
> Airy has a wonderful one right downtown, next door, it so happens, to
> a coffee shop, and they're not even on train tracks, let alone a main
> line like CSX/MARC)
>
> So the Farmers' Market becomes sort of a "Sidewalk Days" (remember
> those from back when downtowns still existed) when the market moves
> outside, but many of those items are available year round under roof!
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