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Old 04-03-2023, 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Altavia View Post
The restaurant isn't the problem.

Beaumont development had the opportunity to plan something new like the collections of shops and restaurants you see in communities like Wesley Chappel.

These become destinations not so different from the squares here.

And with all the new housing, they could have ended up with a state of the art walkable community for working families.

Instead Wildwood choose a developer capable of nothing more than building version 1.1 of the 466 strip.
Great point. It also would have theoretically eliminated some traffic. Drive there, park once, stay longer. Those residents walk/ride bikes.