The Bowl and Board space

[dangone.livejournal.com]

So I was just thinking, is there anything that we can do as a community to prevent the landlords from charging an exorbitant amount of rent for that space?

I had posted yesterday that the space is on loopnet.com for 20k and people started tweeting about it, everyone in shock.  Basically it got me thinking, do residents have a say in what gets placed in the space?

Only a restaurant or bar or chain will be able to afford that rent.

It would really suck if it was a Qdoba. 

Dan

Comments

[ron_newman]

Which city? My impression was that Cambridge had a more diverse residential population, and more interesting businesses, when rent control was still in effect. If people are spending less money on rent, they have more money to spend at local businesses.

(Somerville had rent control for only a few years in the early 1970s, not long enough to have any real effect)