Comments on: It Takes Money To Make Money! http://60646blog.com/2008/01/12/it-takes-money-to-make-money/ Suburban Living in Chicago Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:08:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Markus Azadeh http://60646blog.com/2008/01/12/it-takes-money-to-make-money/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Markus Azadeh Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:49:48 +0000 http://60646blog.com/2008/01/12/it-takes-money-to-make-money/#comment-35 I suspect that it's not going to get any better for the print media, any time in the foreseeable future. Which is why I think that neighborhood blogs are becoming so important. Thanks for that link to Crain's, JB. I suspect that it’s not going to get any better for the print media, any time in the foreseeable future. Which is why I think that neighborhood blogs are becoming so important. Thanks for that link to Crain’s, JB.

]]> By: JB http://60646blog.com/2008/01/12/it-takes-money-to-make-money/comment-page-1/#comment-34 JB Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:44:38 +0000 http://60646blog.com/2008/01/12/it-takes-money-to-make-money/#comment-34 A few days back I mentioned the demise of the Pioneer Press' Edgebrook-Sauganash newspaper. For any lurkers out there, I was mistaken in quoting the Tribune. It was Crain's Chicago Business: http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=27671 A few days back I mentioned the demise of the Pioneer Press’ Edgebrook-Sauganash newspaper. For any lurkers out there, I was mistaken in quoting the Tribune. It was Crain’s Chicago Business:

http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=27671

]]> By: Markus Azadeh http://60646blog.com/2008/01/12/it-takes-money-to-make-money/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Markus Azadeh Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:02:21 +0000 http://60646blog.com/2008/01/12/it-takes-money-to-make-money/#comment-33 That makes sense, JB. Although this parking lot reminds me somewhat of a condo homeowners association: Every unit owner is supposed to pitch into the assessment pool, for the good of the whole community, even if some unit owners may derive less of a benefit than others. But when an improvement project doesn't get completed, because some unit owners didn't contribute, the entire community suffers. My hunch tells me that when it comes down to it, shoppers who use this parking lot frequently, probably won't care whether it was Starbucks, Ace Hardware, Happy Foods or anyone else that paid up regularly. They will only care that the lot is available to them for free. Therefore, in fairness to the regular contributors, there probably should be some incentive (other than the fact that people would patronize downtown Edgebrook stores) for store owners to participate in the funding of this lot. Any type of "taxation" probably wouldn't work. Carrot-on-a-stick maybe? That makes sense, JB. Although this parking lot reminds me somewhat of a condo homeowners association: Every unit owner is supposed to pitch into the assessment pool, for the good of the whole community, even if some unit owners may derive less of a benefit than others. But when an improvement project doesn’t get completed, because some unit owners didn’t contribute, the entire community suffers.

My hunch tells me that when it comes down to it, shoppers who use this parking lot frequently, probably won’t care whether it was Starbucks, Ace Hardware, Happy Foods or anyone else that paid up regularly. They will only care that the lot is available to them for free. Therefore, in fairness to the regular contributors, there probably should be some incentive (other than the fact that people would patronize downtown Edgebrook stores) for store owners to participate in the funding of this lot. Any type of “taxation” probably wouldn’t work. Carrot-on-a-stick maybe?

]]> By: JB http://60646blog.com/2008/01/12/it-takes-money-to-make-money/comment-page-1/#comment-32 JB Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:53:38 +0000 http://60646blog.com/2008/01/12/it-takes-money-to-make-money/#comment-32 The Chamber should issue a press release thanking by name each of the merchants that contributes to the fund, and it could be distributed to the Nadig News, Times-Review (soon to be shut down according to the Tribune), the ECA newsletter, Sounds of Sauganash and websites like this. Then the readers can sort out who's getting a free ride (or a free parking lot) and patronize accordingly if they value the lot. The Chamber should issue a press release thanking by name each of the merchants that contributes to the fund, and it could be distributed to the Nadig News, Times-Review (soon to be shut down according to the Tribune), the ECA newsletter, Sounds of Sauganash and websites like this. Then the readers can sort out who’s getting a free ride (or a free parking lot) and patronize accordingly if they value the lot.

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