The Brick Cafe

[Danno]

First they need to get rid of the parking meters. Having to pay to shop is a big turn off for many people. I never go to the downtown Subway because I'm not going to pay to buy a sandwich. Other suburbs with viable downtowns have free parking.

That would be a start but just removing the meters is not going to change a thing in the grand scheme of things.

[WT Reader]

Hi Danno...

So the "Wine and Cheese Art Stroll" did not draw a large crowd?
I was out-of-town on business and just returned. I had hoped to attend.

About how many were there? It was certainly well-advertised.
Possibly the semi-wet evening dampened attandance.

What do you think?

-- WT Reader

[gmg77]

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[WT Reader]

When I said cultural I meant something the majority of Waukeganites would actually go to, like <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.fiestadelsol.org/index.php">http://www.fiestadelsol.org/index.php</a><!-- m -->

Looks like a lot of fun, GMG...thnx!

Anyone stop by and go to the CARNIVAL a few weeks ago at the St. Anastasia Parish Church in Waukegan (on Glen Flora one block
east of Jackson Street)?

It was really fun to see something so different there, very refreshing. Everyone was having a really gr8 time, too !

-- WT Reader

[Danno]

When I said cultural I meant something the majority of Waukeganites would actually go to, like <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.fiestadelsol.org/index.php">http://www.fiestadelsol.org/index.php</a><!-- m -->

I'm not so sure that type of thing will help cause a renaissance in the downtown area. We already have an event like that that a lot of Waukeganites go to and it hasn't caused anything to happen yet. It's called the Festival Fiestas Patrias and is in September of each year.

[Danno]

I went to the final day of The Brick yesterday. It was a great effort by Mr. Klem. He had a lot of courage to open a business in the downtown area.

[WT Reader]

How come there is no reportage about the closing of The Brick?
Why no mention on the MAINSTREET website or in the local media?

It is definitely newsworthy, so why not report it?

-- WT Reader

[JazminH]

places go out of business all the time. Its not really news.