On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Helen Swart <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > Hi all > > My appologies if you receive this more than once, but I want to reach as > many as possible. > > I have just received a call from Insp. Piedt. Blue Marlin in Lwr Main has > applied for a licence, it is somewhere near the Art Shop. > > Please let me have your objection no later than Thursday in order for me to > get them to the relevant persons on Friday. > > Helen > > > Not trying to tread on anyones toes, but should we not engage in dialog with prospective owners before just asking for objections. This is the problem with having a weak Business Forum. One would hope that anyone thinking of opening a business in Obs would get in contact with the Business Forum to find out details of doing business in Obs - one important detail is that there is a lot of belligerence with regards to liquor licenses. For instance on what grounds can anyone object to this license. The shop looks nice enough and they have clearly spent a bit of money on it and it could very well be an asset to the community. By immediately shouting the owners down by calling for objections is not very neighbourly and would make them feel unwelcome and get their backs up. If we could have an introduction they could explain their vision for the business and undertake to manage their business and patrons so that they become and asset to the community and not another liability. I know how I would have felt if when I had applied for my license that their were objections from people without anyone ever having bothered to contact me to discuss it first. The reason new businesses do not make contact is that they probably do not even know of the existence of the OCA/Business forum. We need a higher profile and to engage with new businesses. I agree there are shortcomings in the way the licenses are issued and communities notified but we need to engage the business community. Was this Blue Marlin not somewhere else? Was this not one of those license removals? I get so confused sometimes with these process. I will pop by there this evening and try find out who is the responsible person. Trev --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
