07-02-2017, 10:32 AM
(07-02-2017, 08:46 AM)goggolor Wrote:(07-01-2017, 09:25 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: Actually the gate between the plaza and the trail has been open for some time now. Still no bike parking, but I think it is one of the reasons that plaza is flourishing. All those businesses, I think First Choice is the only chain/non-independent one, seem to be doing well. Chopan Kabob is a regular in our rotation and we frequent a number of the businesses there. Highland Camera just moved in too.
Good to know the gate is open - when I started going a couple summers ago there was no visible point of entry from the trail so since then I've always cut down Patricia. The lack of bike racks is a bigger issue I think - it doesn't make me feel welcome to have to lock my bike to a hydro pole or a metal sign on Highland. In the back of my mind I'm always wondering if my bike is going to get taken away for being chained to something it shouldn't.
I'm in the reverse boat. I've used that trail for years, and I know there's a plaza there, but because of inaccessibility and zero visibility from the trail I have no idea what businesses are there, and consequently never consider patronizing them.
As for no bike parking, that problem is epidemic on Highland Rd., I have complained numerous times to the Sobeys.