Article source for : Erie Street Market: Another "Lesson" for Toledo
Do you go to the Erie Street Market? What kind of customer is attracted there? I used to go to the Farmer's Market, but I tend to go to Monette's more often now. This collection of shops doesn't seem to be surviving. Why is that? They have "free" parking (which is at a premium downtown). I have eaten at a restaurant there, but it seemed more pricey (for what I ate) than other places. But I haven't been there in a year. This link, http://uac.utoledo.edu/Publications/Erie-Street-Market.pdf, shows a study from 2004. It reads about the problems then. How would you deal with the problems of the Erie Street Market? Sell it, or even auction it, to the highest bidder? And what of its future? Will it be a drag on the city's revenues, or could it be a "money maker". It will be interesting to find out how it affected Citifest.
