Re: Corridor car lot--on Moscow reply

["Mike Curley" <curley@CYPHER.TURBONET.COM>]

Aside from all our worst fears, this appears to be the clarion call for us to 
mobilize in Moscow for that which we could not accomplish in Pullman/Whitman 
County--mainly making a difference in corridor development.  Someone (from 
Moscow) please tell me this scenario is wrong:

Corridor development will take place primarily at the eastern end (Moscow) of 
the corridor.  Because:  Pullman folks will drive there because it is out of 
downtown and just plain "new" and, more importantly, because developers will 
want to be visible and available to all the west Moscow shoppers, diners, 
students who visit the Palouse Mall, Wal-Mart, Applebees, Staples. If I were 
locating a new car dealership, restaurant, retail store on the corridor, I 
would sure want it as close to the Idaho border as possible.  I wouldn't 
intentionally want to take sales dollars (and taxes) out of Idaho, but that 
would be the net effect.  On the west end of the corridor there is very little 
retail development now.  While that end would perhaps be more attractive 
(economically) than other parts of Pullman or Whitman County in which to 
locate, none seems as good to me as near Moscow.  And what will Moscow do about 
that?  Why, sell them water so their businesses can sprout all over the 
corridor.  

If that's inaccurate, let me know, and I'll stop trying to figure out what 
business I can take out there.  Meanwhile, maybe we should be sure that our 
city and county ELECTED officials understand clearly where we stand on the 
corridor development issue--if Whitman County doesn't want to proceed in an 
orderly and cooperative fashion, then let's help to insure that they proceed 
with their development from the west end of the corridor--or let them run their 
pipes out ten miles to service the businesses from which they will derive the 
revenue.  I've heard it argued that Moscow should just charge more for the 
water.  Well, NO, I'm not interested in that.  There were/are ways to develop 
the area between Moscow and Pullman in rational, beneficial-to-business-AND-the 
community ways.  It's their court, their goal, their net.  We brought the ball, 
but they didn't want to let us play.  I suggest we take our ball and go home, 
not let them buy the flippin' ball from us.

Mike Curley


> From:          "bill london" <bill_london@hotmail.com>
> To:            psalant@moscow.com, vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject:       Re: Corridor car lot
> Date:          Thu, 26 Aug 1999 09:40:37 PDT

> Priscilla-
> I think your worst fears are justified.
> According to a 2-page ad in the Daily News (Wed. Aug 25), this weekend  we 
> will be treated to this FIRST ANNUAL event--the 3 big Pullman car 
> dealerships are joining forces to haul some of their clunkers out to the 
> rock-crushing site on the Corridor and wrap them all up in garish, crass, 
> and shiny commercialism.
> For those who think that somehow careful development in the Corridor is 
> really an option, this should be an awakening.
> To those (especially in the Pullman business community) who think that 
> Corridor development is an economic boost for the towns, perhaps they will 
> reconsider when the big auto dealers permanently move to the Corridor, 
> taking all their tax base with them.
> To those who wanted a safe, enjoyable Corridor, too bad.
> BL
> 
> 
> >From: "Priscilla Salant" <psalant@moscow.com>
> >To: <vision2020@moscow.com>
> >Subject: Corridor car lot
> >Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 07:02:03 -0700
> >
> >Can anyone give me the facts on how a car lot could have materialized
> >overnight on the corridor?  Perhaps the Whitman County Commissioners are
> >not legally required to formally approve the new development plan before
> >auto sales begin?
> >
> >Before I express unwarranted outrage at the knot of traffic (as shoppers
> >tried turning left into the gravel pit at rush hour), can someone tell me
> >it was all a mirage?  Before I admit the foolishness of my sympathetic
> >instincts for the revenue strapped commissioners and property owners, can
> >someone assure me this is not an in-your-face, we won kind of move?
> >
> >Surely I misunderstand what's happening in the corridor.  It can't be as
> >bad as it appears.
> >
> >--Priscilla Salant
> >
> >
> 
> 
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