Central Roxborough Sends Out Fast Food Survey
The Central Roxborough Civic Association wants resident opinions on the former Bunting House site.
The Central Roxborough Civic Association sent out a survey asking residents for their opinions about whether or not a fast food restaurant should be built at 5901 Ridge Ave., the former site of the Bunting House.
Last week, the owners and developers of the site, the Giovannone Brothers, met with members of the community to discuss ideas for the site.
“Wendy’s is not set in stone,” Frank Giovannone told the crowd of more than 100 gathered for the Central Roxborough Civic Association last week. “We are concerned about how people feel.”
Several residents at the meeting expressed a strong desire for something other than a fast food restaurant to be built on the site.
Among the suggested development plans were a Panera Bread, an Olive Garden, a food co-op and a mixed use building with retail on the ground level and apartments or condos above it.
Giovannone acknowledged that these were all good ideas, but that the size of the lot limited what could be built there.
“It’s less than an acre,” Giovannone said. “Certain businesses don’t fit.”
Most food chains have a set of requirements for developers to meet in order for construction to move forward.
Developers need to meet requirements for parking and space.
Giovannone argued that the Bunting House site doesn’t meet a lot of those requirements, but that he was willing to listen to all suggestions.
“Whatever we build there we want it to be responsible,” Giovannone said. “We live in this community, and we understand what it means to be apart of it.”
To participate in the Central Roxborough survey please click here.
To read more about the Bunting House and the proposal for a fast food restaurant please see the following links
- Bunting House to Become a Wendy's
- Bunting House Plan Calls for Generic Fast Food
- Petition Started to Stop Wendy's
- Resident Speaks out Against Wendy's
- Down Goes the Bunting House
KitsuShel
7:38 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013
Wow, what a completely biased survey. Nice to see the CRCA can be just as underhanded as the Giovannones. [sarcasm]
RoxGuy
8:42 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013
Biased how? Anyone can participate in the survey. Do you even know what biased means?
BTW, you don't need to specify [sarc] when you're making an obvious literal criticism. Doing so only serves to undermine your argument and make you out to be a complete assclown.
kevin
1:17 pm on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
lol...assclown....
KitsuShel
8:55 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013
Wow, that was really nice of you. Aren't you the same guy who was giving a young mother shit about having to walk down Ridge with her baby? Nice that you care so much about the residents.
As for biased, yes I know the definition. Did you take the time to read the questions? They were all geared to negatively to the Wendy's proposition. The so-called purpose of the survey was to find out how the residents felt, but there's no way to do that fairly or justly.
RoxGuy
9:25 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013
Yes. That was me. Nice of you to notice. Someone needed to tell her that she was a terrible mother.
No you are wrong. The questions are fair and unbiased. Can you offer an example to the contrary? A blanket statement like "they were all geared to negatively to the Wendy's proposition" isn't at all helpful to your argument.
Ridge Runner
12:43 pm on Sunday, March 17, 2013
I agree with KitsuShel. The survey was slanted to elicit a negative response against any kind of food establishment. If you can't tell that it was biased then you probably aren't smart enough to have an opinion on this topic.
Debbie Thomas
8:30 am on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Giavannone just can't stop telling lies. They do not live in the community.
Mike Paquin
11:43 am on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
What crap they push. The previous owners had city APPROVAL for a beautiful mixed use, which by the way SAVED Bunting House, and these ass-clowns just keep bullshitting! But hey their shill(s) will keep posting stuff that portarys them having ANY support at all in screwing the public good, at least we have that!
David
1:04 pm on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Yeah. I was at the meeting last week. The very first scentence out of the mouth of the Giovannone brother (not sure which one) was "We live in this community too.". Wrong. You both live in South Philly. I was willing to hear them out but when the very first thing they said was a lie it makes everything else suspect.
Ridge Runner
5:20 pm on Sunday, March 17, 2013
What exactly are the boundaries of the community? Live here? Work here? Shop here? I think you said you live somewhere between Roxborough and Manayunk. Is that Limbo? Sounds like you may not live in the Roxborough community.
Nina S
11:42 am on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
I have nothing against Wendy's but instead I think that is a great location for a food co-op or farmer's market. There is not a permanent year-round indoor farmer's market in this neighborhood.
David
1:07 pm on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Agreed! An indoor farmer's market would be great!
kevin
1:30 pm on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
No one is on board with mixed use retail/residential or business office suite? This area is suturated with food choices; why is the arguement narrowed down to what kind of food, as if that's the only choice?
John Monaghan
3:04 pm on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
I know I'm dating myself, but who remembers Burgerville? It sat directly across from the Rec, where the bank now stands and directly across Rector St from Memorial Hospital. It had a huge neon sign with its' name and 19 cents emblazoned on it. Ridge Avenue has been a commercial byway from way back when and certainly before.
Judith Gotwald
5:56 pm on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
I would like a Wendy's there. I'd prefer a Wawa but a Wendy's would be good, too.