Did anyone attend the CRUNCH! neighborhood meeting?

[keithn.livejournal.com]

If anyone here attended this meeting, could you report on it?

I have a feeling that there is coordinated opposition to CRUNCH! given the wording of the Davis Action Group e-mail regarding this meeting, and the fact that Alderman Gewirtz chose to attend this meeting instead of the BiBim meeting.

Given the drama involving what is now "Rock N' Fitness," I was hoping CRUNCH! might be able to serve as a viable alternative, especially since I have little faith that "Rock N' Fitness" will survive more than a year.

From what I gathered, the opposition centered around the fact that the gym will have no parking, there are already "enough" gyms in the area, and the belief that the business isn't viable because membership goals are too high.

Comments

[somerfriend.livejournal.com]

Keith, Ron is incapable of feeling empathy for business owners and what they go through.

[ron_newman]

Really? I'm all in favor of Bibim and the gym and the grocery, and would like to see parking requirements abolished along with the artificial cap on liquor licenses.

[somerfriend.livejournal.com]

You're in favor of those things because they benefit you and the community. You are regularly dismissive in posts of the expenses/risks a business owner faces. The term "unqualified success" above is an example. If you had empathy, there would be a qualification.