Comments on: Newark residents weigh in on future of NewPark Mall area

By: charlie C

charlie C — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 01:26:45 +0000

West,
West=California Guy

By: West

West — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:17:01 +0000

Charlie,
leauge = league

By: charlie C

charlie C — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 05:34:20 +0000

#6… with all due respect we could of had a major leauge baseball franchise in fremont today. those of you who opposed it at the time and won the day. a major leauge franchise would have been a 30 year cash cow that would have benifited *all* the people of fremont. with all due respect do you have any regrets?

By: West

West — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:03:47 +0000

Perhaps they can move Newpark Mall to Pacific Commons, they have moved the movie theatre there and closed the one at Newpark, same owners of both venues

By: Bbox231

Bbox231 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:41:55 +0000

Fair points, Chris. Thanks for the comprehensive coverage.

By: Chris DeBenedetti

Chris DeBenedetti — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:43:44 +0000

Respectfully, I think it’s too premature to say that. If the property owners weren’t at the meeting, that doesn’t mean they aren’t being consulted for feedback. (But the property owners’ consensus is a fair topic for you to bring up. I’ll follow it as this process unfolds.) In the meantime, Wednesday night was the first step in getting the community’s feedback, and that’s what happened. For what it’s worth, the meeting on Wednesday was one of the better public outreach meetings I’ve attended as a reporter. City Design Collective was blunt, informative and engaged. The residents offered creative ideas and honest complaints without devolving into a gripe fest. That’s unique. It was a spirited meeting that I actually enjoyed attending, which I can’t always say. Now, none of this is to say that the project is a slam dunk. We’ll have to see, at every step of the way, whether it is proceeding in a smart, sensible, creative, realistic way. But as far as first steps go, it was was a pretty good first step, IMO.

By: bbox231

bbox231 — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 02:03:08 +0000

If the “key issue” is/was, as stated, a question of “Do we tear the mall down or do we renovate it?”, and if those who are empowered to make that decision aren’t even participating in the dialogue, isn’t this event a bit of a circle jerk??

By: Chris De Benedetti

Chris De Benedetti — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:13:37 +0000

That’s a great question. No property owners were introduced, though I suppose a few of them could have been in attendance. The meeting was led by Terrence Grindall, Newark’s community development director and Ian Ross of City Design Collective. I plan to post a blog entry late this afternoon with a few more details from the meeting that I could not get into the story.

By: bbox231

bbox231 — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:10:10 +0000

Who was in attendance and represented the interests, ideas and concerns of the actual property *owners* ?