Comments on: Better streetscape needed in Lents /news/2010/06/29/better-streetscape-needed-in-lents/ Building and Construction News in Portland, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:17:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.6 By: Ryan /news/2010/06/29/better-streetscape-needed-in-lents/#comment-30453 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:17:57 +0000 /?p=55680#comment-30453 Why is there a coffee shop on the wish list when there is already a coffee shop, a new business on 92nd & Foster a mere 2 blocks from Assurety. Lents Commons!

]]> By: Old Town /news/2010/06/29/better-streetscape-needed-in-lents/#comment-30125 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:34:35 +0000 /?p=55680#comment-30125 Infrastructure like sidewalks in the business area has little, if any, impact on attracting and retaining local businesses. Old Town has been in URA or another for more than 30 years and despite PDC spending $5 plus mil of public funds on infrastructure – local businesses moved out and few moved in. Infrastructure is not the problem or solution to lack of businesses.

A Perspective

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