politics of anti business and food truck bans

[BridgeTroll]

Food trucks alone ... in excess ..... every day?

Nobody... at least here... is saying this except you.

[thelakelander]

What's the definition of food trucks alone and excess? Right now, there's probably three or four in the area between Brooklyn and Talleyrand on any given day.

[mtraininjax]

Reggie Brown has lost it, now he wants to build a 10,000-12,000 seat facility near I-295/US 1 for the Raines/Ribault football games.

http://www.actionnewsjax.com/content/topstories/story/Council-member-revives-call-for-new-city-owned/8C8iIRDFIE6paOdmKLVSJQ.cspx

I think he is delusional, what say you?

[ronchamblin]

What's awesome is that a food truck owner would probably jump into Subway's space in a heartbeat. You'd replace a corporate chain with a locally owned small business that has a much more unique menu and keeps more money locally.

We are on the same page on this fieldafm.  The food truck owner jumping into a failed brick and mortar place would be a great event, and would indeed add unique food and the benefit of a locally owned operation. 

But ...why must these food truck operators wait for Subway to fail? 

Hopefully, some of the food truck operators will actually "open" in one of the long-empty spaces in the core, without having to wait for a failure.     

Isn't this what we really want?..... Filling brick and mortar spaces with businesses... producing exciting food  .... increasing the tax base? 

"Building occupancy is king" .... and is a fundamental measure of real progress toward the goal of infill and revitalization of the core.

Food trucks alone ... in excess ..... every day? 

Nothing really good happens for the long-term goal of revitalization until residents and businesses, including food truck operators, actually "occupy" spaces and buildings in the urban core.  Therefore, we should use caution that no condition evolves to discourage potential building "occupations". 

 

Food trucks alone ... in excess ..... every day?

Nobody... at least here... is saying this except you.

What's the definition of food trucks alone and excess? Right now, there's probably three or four in the area between Brooklyn and Talleyrand on any given day.

To be fair ..... my comment "Food trucks alone (in the core) ...in excess ..... every day?" was an exaggeration.  My purpose was to expand upon fieldafm's post concerning food trucks opening brick and mortar locations in the core.  I sense that we all agree on the point that "building occupancy is king" ... for the most part. 

[BridgeTroll]

That's good to know.    The entire "controversy" and "need" for legislation and regulation is exaggeration and hyperbole.  It is making a problem where there is none.