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Reply to "Can someone explain why we need an undemocratic business improvement district in Silver Spring?"
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[quote=Anonymous]There are three companies that own most of downtown silver spring's big retail and residential developments. Lee, Peterson, and the other one. (Sorry, name escapes me.) I'm not anti-business, or anti-development--and I don't think they're soulless, evil corporations--but they do seem somewhat woefully out of touch with how to make a successful and vibrant city center. Silver Spring could be a new business incubator with the right direction, but most of the small businesses are sidelined while the developers chase chain tenants who don't add any particular value to an urban center. (Another mattress store? A tire shop? Seriously?) A chain franchise's "fast concept" food court? Five spin cycle gyms in a three-block radius? [/quote]
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