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housingdevelopmenttakeoffandwasgladtoseesomecommercial <br />businessmovetothearea. <br />ThenIheardtheproposalofanotherGasStationandnotalocally <br />ownedstationlikethe3thatareonthissmallstretchalready,a <br />corporatestationwithanotherlocationlessthanamileaway.There <br />areSOmanymoreoptionsofbusinessesthatcouldbeaddedtothis <br />area,onesthatwouldnotduplicatewhatisalreadyhere.Something <br />thatthiscommunitycoulduse!Duplicatingsomethingthatwealready <br />have3ofwillonlydoonething,bleedusoutofbusiness. <br />ToddwithCornerExpress,ChadwithMinnocoandmyselfwithLakes1 <br />StophaveputtremendousamountofMONEYinimprovementstoour <br />businessestobetterservethecommunity.IspokewithToddinlength <br />abouthimputtingover150kintohiswashonlybecauseheknewthat <br />thatwouldbetterservethecommunityandhethinkthatthecity <br />thathesupportswouldchangezoningtoallowanotherwashontomain <br />streetasitcurrentlyreads.Imyselfhaveinvested240kintomywash <br />tobetterservethecommunity.Iamalsoonthevergeofnewpumps <br />fortheEMVmandate,thisisgoingtocostmeaTONofmoney.Thisis <br />hardtothinkaboutwhenthecitythatIalsosupportwouldchangethe <br />rulestoallowanotherGasStationCarWash. <br />Notonlyisthereaproposalforthisstationinthearea,theyare <br />proposinganewroadthatwouldcutofforextremelylimittrafficto <br />andMystationfromthenewhousinginthearea. <br />Whenthiscorporationcomesintoanareawithexistingstationsclose <br />by,theydoonethingverywell,theybleedthemuntilthelocallyowned <br />stationssurvive.Thenyouendupwithvacantandempty <br />businessandpropertythatishardtomove.Ihaveseenthisalloverthis <br />stateinSOmanytowns. <br />Ihopethisboardtakesareallygoodhardlookathowtheycanimprove <br />onthefoundationthatalreadyislaidwithgreatsmallbusinesses,great <br />schools,greatcommercialbusinessandgreatpeople.Ihopeyoudo <br />notchangezoningforsomethingthatisgoingtohurtthatfoundation <br />2 <br /> <br />