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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]I live in Mt. Pleasant and have for 11 years.  Just take a walk down Mt. Pleasant street and you will know all you need to know about ANCs.  They have stifled any type of progress or development that would "gentrify" the area, that is, any business that does not cater to the Latino community.  Meanwhile, a good deal of the Latino community no longer lives in Mt Pleasant and the residents would like to have a more vibrant streetscape with more restaurants and other businesses serving the people who live here.  The community has changed and there are many boarded up storefronts.  Over the years, Mt Pleasant has also gained a reputation as being business unfriendly due to the intransigent ANC.   A few new businesses have moved in recently, but Mt. Pleasant Street is still crappy.

I take advantage of approximately 5 places on the street Radius Pizza, Heller's Bakery, Old Time Hardware, Flying Fish Coffee & Tea and Nana.

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I may be wrong, but I believe this is another case where the ANC is being unfairly blamed. I think the real issue in MP is the Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Alliance. One of the previous posters mentioned "VAs" which are "voluntary agreements". In some people's minds, the MPNA is the worse case scenario for voluntary agreements. To open a restaurant or get a liquor license or so on, a business has to agree to a VA. MPNA has used this to drastically restrict music, for instance, in MP establishments. Mt. Pleasant fights between MPNA and other MP residents -- including at least one very vocal ANC commissioner -- are legendary.
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