Outdoor Eating on Jefferson - Crowne Plaza update!

**stasu1213** · July-11-13, 09:05 PM

I had said in another thread that Bing and these inspectors had made this city a businesses unfriendly city. Who is really pulling the strings. I will be glad when Duggan or some other community minded candidate will take over the rings. Bing had been for big business such as GM and, in my opinion could care less for the small business community. A liquor store could open within a month from announcing that it will open but a hotel, retail stores, grocery stores that are not Bing endorsed, and restaurants, have to wait a whole years after announcing that they will be opening soon

**downtownguy** · July-12-13, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by stasu1213

Bing had been for big business such as GM and, in my opinion could care less for the small business community. A liquor store could open within a month from announcing that it will open but a hotel, retail stores, grocery stores that are not Bing endorsed, and restaurants, have to wait a whole years after announcing that they will be opening soon

Wait! A liquor store is big business, but a hotel is not?

**stasu1213** · July-12-13, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by downtownguy

Wait! A liquor store is big business, but a hotel is not?

I did not say that a liquor store is big business and a hotel is not. I had said that many liquor stores throughout Detroit had opened in a timely manner, within 10 months or a year. Other businesses that have not anything to do with booze, soft porn, etc are given the maze of red tape to go through to open. The Crown Plaza Hotel was set to open in late June and it is a month later. The shops that were to open along Agnes street in West Village were due to open this past March but the city had given those potential shop owners problems. I had spoken to many small business owners who had said that they had a hell of a time trying to open their shops due to the hoops they had to jump through since the city had privatized building and safety dept. It was hard for them to even get a permit. I would not be surprised if Dan Gilbert is having a time convencing retail to open in downtown Detroit due to the red tape.