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| CLOSING AUGUST 30/14 |
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
July 30, 2014
29 Talbot Street,
Cayuga, Ontario.
To: Mayor Ken Hewitt - Haldimand County Council
cc: Councillor Fred Morison - Haldimand County, Ward 2
Subject: Open letter re: Parking in Cayuga
As we are sure you are aware, there is a petition circulating asking that Haldimand County Council purchase or lease property for the purpose of a public parking lot in the Village of Cayuga.
Our very survival as a small used bookshop in Cayuga depends at this point on the availability of parking for potential customers. Our building at the corner of Talbot (Hwy 3) and Cayuga Streets includes tenants who claim four street parking spaces on the Cayuga Street side of the bookshop. The wrecking yard adjacent to our building can claim as many as six or seven parking spaces for plated and unplated vehicles ~ not to mention the frontage that the yard takes up along both streets.
The parking spaces on Talbot Street are well signed as two-hour and snow-route parking. We feel that the parking spaces on Cayuga Street need to be signed as two-hour parking as well and two-hour parking spaces need to be enforced. Complicating the ease of parking at the bookshop door is the dangerous left turn onto Talbot from Ouse.
It is our observation that Caledonia, Hagersville and Dunnville have designated public-parking lots that are convenient to the shops and services. We understand that sometime in the future Cayuga may have limited parking available in the area of the existing fire station; however, a parking lot on Highway 3 close to the downtown businesses would serve the visitors, tourists, businesses, rental tenants, residents and service organizations, encouraging economic development. Available for sale is lot #15, Talbot Street West -- the property between the Royal Canadian Legion and the former Cayuga Hotel. It sits as a derelict eyesore, a constant reminder to those of us committed to improving our village. The location is highly visible, easily accessible to traffic coming from all directions and if converted to a public parking lot would relieve the current parking issues and work in concert with the planned downtown revitalization.
We have personally witnessed over the ten years that we have been in business the squabbling over ownership of parking spaces. It has been a comment on our lack of planning and has caused headaches for struggling shops in the downtown area.
We ask for your full support in the urgency for a parking lot with proper signage that would encourage existing business owners to stay and act as a signal to potential businesses that we are looking toward a future in Cayuga with a vibrant, attractive core. We envision a revitalized village with walkways, streets and shops where residents can proudly welcome visitors.
Thank you for your immediate attention and continued support.
Sincerely,
John & Lorna Walker
The Neat Little Bookshop 905.772.5997 or 905.577.5635
www.theneatlittlebookshop.blogspot.com
29 Talbot Street,
Cayuga, Ontario.
To: Mayor Ken Hewitt - Haldimand County Council
cc: Councillor Fred Morison - Haldimand County, Ward 2
Subject: Open letter re: Parking in Cayuga
As we are sure you are aware, there is a petition circulating asking that Haldimand County Council purchase or lease property for the purpose of a public parking lot in the Village of Cayuga.
Our very survival as a small used bookshop in Cayuga depends at this point on the availability of parking for potential customers. Our building at the corner of Talbot (Hwy 3) and Cayuga Streets includes tenants who claim four street parking spaces on the Cayuga Street side of the bookshop. The wrecking yard adjacent to our building can claim as many as six or seven parking spaces for plated and unplated vehicles ~ not to mention the frontage that the yard takes up along both streets.
The parking spaces on Talbot Street are well signed as two-hour and snow-route parking. We feel that the parking spaces on Cayuga Street need to be signed as two-hour parking as well and two-hour parking spaces need to be enforced. Complicating the ease of parking at the bookshop door is the dangerous left turn onto Talbot from Ouse.
It is our observation that Caledonia, Hagersville and Dunnville have designated public-parking lots that are convenient to the shops and services. We understand that sometime in the future Cayuga may have limited parking available in the area of the existing fire station; however, a parking lot on Highway 3 close to the downtown businesses would serve the visitors, tourists, businesses, rental tenants, residents and service organizations, encouraging economic development. Available for sale is lot #15, Talbot Street West -- the property between the Royal Canadian Legion and the former Cayuga Hotel. It sits as a derelict eyesore, a constant reminder to those of us committed to improving our village. The location is highly visible, easily accessible to traffic coming from all directions and if converted to a public parking lot would relieve the current parking issues and work in concert with the planned downtown revitalization.
We have personally witnessed over the ten years that we have been in business the squabbling over ownership of parking spaces. It has been a comment on our lack of planning and has caused headaches for struggling shops in the downtown area.
We ask for your full support in the urgency for a parking lot with proper signage that would encourage existing business owners to stay and act as a signal to potential businesses that we are looking toward a future in Cayuga with a vibrant, attractive core. We envision a revitalized village with walkways, streets and shops where residents can proudly welcome visitors.
Thank you for your immediate attention and continued support.
Sincerely,
John & Lorna Walker
The Neat Little Bookshop 905.772.5997 or 905.577.5635
www.theneatlittlebookshop.blogspot.com
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