http://www.hackbend.com/2007/04/29/weekend-news-bites.php Getting the most out of Bend, Oregon Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:26:48 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.hackbend.com/2007/04/29/weekend-news-bites.php/comment-page-1#comment-433 Jon Wed, 02 May 2007 17:28:36 +0000 http://www.hackbend.com/2007/04/29/weekend-news-bites.php#comment-433 I don't have a problem with the hotel going in; I even previously wrote that I thought it would be a good thing for downtown. But 18 months is not a "short period" of construction--even assuming they stay on-schedule--and I've seen enough of these types of projects to know it's gonna be a pain. A necessary pain, sure, but a pain nonetheless. I don’t have a problem with the hotel going in; I even previously wrote that I thought it would be a good thing for downtown. But 18 months is not a "short period" of construction–even assuming they stay on-schedule–and I’ve seen enough of these types of projects to know it’s gonna be a pain. A necessary pain, sure, but a pain nonetheless.

]]> http://www.hackbend.com/2007/04/29/weekend-news-bites.php/comment-page-1#comment-431 part time faineant Wed, 02 May 2007 06:54:14 +0000 http://www.hackbend.com/2007/04/29/weekend-news-bites.php#comment-431 Oxford Hotel-We've got to be more optimistic about change and less naive about empty lots in commercial business districts. Something was always going to go in that space next to the parking garage and when that something starts being built it is going to take some time. The business owners on Minnesota are ESTATIC about something going in that will add to their business. Visitors will be STOKED about being able to stay at a high end hotel in the core. The whole thing is GREAT for downtown and a short period of construction is just not a big deal in the long run. Oxford Hotel-We’ve got to be more optimistic about change and less naive about empty lots in commercial business districts. Something was always going to go in that space next to the parking garage and when that something starts being built it is going to take some time. The business owners on Minnesota are ESTATIC about something going in that will add to their business. Visitors will be STOKED about being able to stay at a high end hotel in the core. The whole thing is GREAT for downtown and a short period of construction is just not a big deal in the long run.

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