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Originally Posted by Risuli
Now, if the squares had actual shops and restaurants that were outstanding in their offerings, we'd gladly frequent them even if it was a drive to get to. Unfortunately, we haven't found any truly unique shopping and far and away the restaurants are lucky to achieve mediocre. We do have a handful of restaurants that we will drive to (some as far a 40-50 minutes away), but it has to be "worth the drive".
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These kinds of things makes me skeptical that Eastport will deliver on expectations as far as unique shops and restaurants. Brownwood opened around 15 years ago and even now it really doesn't have a lot of useful retail other than a handful of specialty stores.
A full service bakery, a butcher and a small scale non-chain grocery store is the type of thing that would come to mind in things that would likely attract business. Even a small hardware store at Brownwood square would be really nice.