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Originally Posted by Dickie B from HB
Put the restaurants (and maybe a coffee shop at the end of the pier) in the old ballroom. Put the boat showroom somewhere else.
Like I said, the other businesses will follow.
I know this works. You can't believe what happened to where I live in Huntington Beach, CA. They did this in our downtown area years ago, and it turned it from a run down surf town to a world class tourist center.
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Same thing has happened around here. My wife and I visit Portsmouth and Newburyport quite often for the waterfront atmosphere, restaurants, and shops. We occasionally visit Gloucester but there's not much there. They refuse to change their old fishing village ways and the result is they are always in financial straights. With the right people in charge, old and new can coexist to create a vibrant community.