Dear Mr. Mayor,As property owners on the north side of town, we opposed the location of a fire station at 8th and F Street because we considered it incompatible with the historic character of the neighborhood. We applauded your opposition to that plan.
We are equally distressed about the plans to construct a restaurant with a bar and liquor store on Avenue I and 8th Street because it, too, is incompatible with a historical and family district. We have not opposed other restaurants in the neighborhood, even where alcohol is served, if the alcohol is only incidental to the eating establishment. But a liquor store directly in the heart of the area sends the wrong message about what the city wants the north side to stand for. Crime and violence would follow it and the improvements in the area in the past decade would be reversed. We urge you to oppose this development as it currently stands.
Neil and Karen Jumonville
120 Humphries Street
FROM THE MAYOR’S DESK: Neil Jumonville is a Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Florida State University.
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