Last month the City Council passed a law that limits storefronts to 50 feet wide on the Third Street Promenade in an effort to thwart more retail chain stores from entering the market.
“Do you think the Promenade is too homogenized? Will limiting store-fronts fix the perceived problem?” — So this week Q-Line wants to know
Many believe there aren’t enough locally-owned businesses here. So by limiting new stores to 50 feet, some corporations will shy away from the busy outdoor mall, some say.
Call (310) 285-8106 with your response before Thursday at 5 p.m. We’ll print them in Friday’s paper. Please limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to think first about the wording of your response.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 13, 2003. Read the original PDF.