Comments for Brian Breslin's Blog http://brianbreslin.com Web Application Strategy Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Can free markets fix coconut grove? by Brian Breslin http://brianbreslin.com/can-adam-smith-fix-coconut-grove/#comment-1647 Brian Breslin Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:19:00 +0000 http://brianbreslin.com/?p=1148#comment-1647 LOVE the popuphood idea. would be interesting to see. To get these popup shops, we would need existing merchants who would have inventory, experience, and possibly staff they can bring in for a week. would be an amazing experiment to say the least. permitting issues might hinder it all, since they move glacially in city of miami. LOVE the popuphood idea. would be interesting to see. To get these popup shops, we would need existing merchants who would have inventory, experience, and possibly staff they can bring in for a week. would be an amazing experiment to say the least.
permitting issues might hinder it all, since they move glacially in city of miami.

]]> Comment on Can free markets fix coconut grove? by Brian Breslin http://brianbreslin.com/can-adam-smith-fix-coconut-grove/#comment-1646 Brian Breslin Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:17:00 +0000 http://brianbreslin.com/?p=1148#comment-1646 Yeah, who does the marketing for the gables? Yeah, who does the marketing for the gables?

]]> Comment on Can free markets fix coconut grove? by Brian Breslin http://brianbreslin.com/can-adam-smith-fix-coconut-grove/#comment-1645 Brian Breslin Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:17:00 +0000 http://brianbreslin.com/?p=1148#comment-1645 Adrian, I'd argue Cocowalk was not the kiss of death, but contributed to a fair amount of traffic in the 90s to the grove. The theater for sure brought in lots of people. However theaters bring in kids, which turns away lots of the older people with money. Merrick park was going to do a theater and then last minute nixed the idea to keep kids out of the mall. So now rich old ladies go there to spend mucho dinero.  Adrian, I’d argue Cocowalk was not the kiss of death, but contributed to a fair amount of traffic in the 90s to the grove. The theater for sure brought in lots of people. However theaters bring in kids, which turns away lots of the older people with money. Merrick park was going to do a theater and then last minute nixed the idea to keep kids out of the mall. So now rich old ladies go there to spend mucho dinero. 

]]> Comment on Can free markets fix coconut grove? by Adrian Salgado http://brianbreslin.com/can-adam-smith-fix-coconut-grove/#comment-1644 Adrian Salgado Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:09:00 +0000 http://brianbreslin.com/?p=1148#comment-1644 "There are dozens of empty retail and restaurant locations sprinkled throughout the grove. Why is that? Well many were never smartly designed, or were designed for a different era (1990s)".  Bingo! CocoWalk was the (long-term) kiss of death for the Grove. I have a picture book of the Grove in the '60s that I peruse every here and then in an attempt to capture that feeling. I hope to see the Grove relive those glory days (albeit, in a much different way...no way it's going back to the Grove of the '60s). I just think it's going to take a long, long time.  Great post, Brian. “There are dozens of empty retail and restaurant locations sprinkled throughout the grove. Why is that? Well many were never smartly designed, or were designed for a different era (1990s)”. 

Bingo! CocoWalk was the (long-term) kiss of death for the Grove. I have a picture book of the Grove in the ’60s that I peruse every here and then in an attempt to capture that feeling.

I hope to see the Grove relive those glory days (albeit, in a much different way…no way it’s going back to the Grove of the ’60s). I just think it’s going to take a long, long time. 

Great post, Brian.

]]> Comment on Can free markets fix coconut grove? by Giovanny Gutierrez http://brianbreslin.com/can-adam-smith-fix-coconut-grove/#comment-1643 Giovanny Gutierrez Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:19:00 +0000 http://brianbreslin.com/?p=1148#comment-1643 Interesting read: http://coconutgrovegrapevine.blogspot.com/2012/02/disappointed-and-embarrassed.html Interesting read: http://coconutgrovegrapevine.blogspot.com/2012/02/disappointed-and-embarrassed.html

]]> Comment on Can free markets fix coconut grove? by Giovanny Gutierrez http://brianbreslin.com/can-adam-smith-fix-coconut-grove/#comment-1642 Giovanny Gutierrez Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:09:00 +0000 http://brianbreslin.com/?p=1148#comment-1642 I couldn't agree more with some of these comments. Specially in the marketing/advertising aspect. The Gables does great work and you can see their ads and its a brand. I don't even know what the Grove logo looks like.  PopUpHood is a great idea. Thanks for sharing Andrew. PS. I love Lokal. Much needed in that area... need more of that... even if temporary... pop-up restaurants or bars... something cool that'll attract more of the affluent locals that spent $.  I couldn’t agree more with some of these comments. Specially in the marketing/advertising aspect. The Gables does great work and you can see their ads and its a brand. I don’t even know what the Grove logo looks like. 

PopUpHood is a great idea. Thanks for sharing Andrew. PS. I love Lokal. Much needed in that area… need more of that… even if temporary… pop-up restaurants or bars… something cool that’ll attract more of the affluent locals that spent $. 

]]> Comment on Can free markets fix coconut grove? by Andrew perez http://brianbreslin.com/can-adam-smith-fix-coconut-grove/#comment-1641 Andrew perez Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:25:00 +0000 http://brianbreslin.com/?p=1148#comment-1641 Awesome post Brian, the Grove is lucky to have community leaders like you spearheading the movement.   One of the points you mentioned was convincing property owners to accept lower rents. I think it would be easier if at first they can commit for extremely short periods of time, like one weekend. I’m referring to pop-up stores…   I live in Fort Lauderdale so I’m not so familiar with the Grove but I’m sure there are plenty of creative locals who would love a location to sell their goods for a short time.  If we can convince some property owners to lease their property for a week, then they can see firsthand the tremendous traffic and energy that these types of businesses can generate.  Once the property owners see the results over a week/weekend they’ll be way more inclined to lower rent to keep these tenants long term.     One awesome example of this theory is www.popuphood.com in Oakland, if you haven’t heard of it please check it out, it’s very inspiring.    I really believe in what you’re doing and I’d love to know how I can contribute more to this cause. I’m strongly considering moving to the Grove once my lease is up. Best of luck.   Awesome post Brian, the Grove is lucky to have community leaders like you spearheading the movement.
 
One of the points you mentioned was convincing property owners to accept lower rents. I think it would be easier if at first they can commit for extremely short periods of time, like one weekend. I’m referring to pop-up stores…
 
I live in Fort Lauderdale so I’m not so familiar with the Grove but I’m sure there are plenty of creative locals who would love a location to sell their goods for a short time.  If we can convince some property owners to lease their property for a week, then they can see firsthand the tremendous traffic and energy that these types of businesses can generate.  Once the property owners see the results over a week/weekend they’ll be way more inclined to lower rent to keep these tenants long term.  
 
One awesome example of this theory is http://www.popuphood.com in Oakland, if you haven’t heard of it please check it out, it’s very inspiring.
 
 I really believe in what you’re doing and I’d love to know how I can contribute more to this cause. I’m strongly considering moving to the Grove once my lease is up. Best of luck.  

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