Scene: North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 111, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 2006 Page: 3 of 8
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June 8, 2006
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Wednesday on www.savefrys-
treet.com, according to the Web
site.
"There is not a whole lot we
can do other than encourage
him [Freedman] to preserve and
respect the community," Mike
Cochran, a former City Council
member, said.
Any potential venues of chang-
ing the situation will be used if
necessary, the activists said.
Alternatives, such as inform-
ing Freedman of past failures
with similar redevelopment sit-
uations and music fundraisers,
arose during the meeting.
"People in the 20s were here
getting their hair cut, shoes
shined, hanging out and talking
politics," Julie Glover, Denton
downtown developer, said.
Denton would lose an impor-
tant part of what makes the city
unique, she said.
Mayor Perry McNeill, a former
engineering technology profes-
sor at NT, has interacted with
university students for close to
40 years.
"Fry Street is not a building,"
McNeill said. "Fry Street is a
state of mind. I think, no matter
what kind of buildings we end
up with down there, we're still
going to have a Fry Street atmo-
sphere in Denton."
By working with the new own-
er, the City Council can encour-
age the developer to reflect upon
the questions and concerns of
Denton's community, he said.
"These people that are trying
to do this redevelopment are
business people, and they're not
going to put in something down
there that's not financially vi-
able," McNeill said.
They want to locate in the Fry
Street area "to take advantage of
the 35,000 students," he said.
Other restaurants and bars for
students to frequent still exist on
Avenue A and on the other side
of Hickory Street, McNeill said.
"I think it's not as grim as it
first appeared, when people first
began to think about that," Mc-
Neill said.
The Fry Street area "is zoned
Downtown Commercial Gen-
eral," Shelton said in a letter
posted on www.savefrystreet,
com. "Permitted uses are at-
tached single family, dwellings
above business, multi-family,
retail sales and service, restau-
rant or private club, professional
services and office and other
similar uses."
Public hearings are not re-
quired if the developer meets
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development code regulations,
including parking and land use,
she said in the letter.
The developer is concentrating
on retail establishments instead
of housing, Shelton said.
This has left business owners,
such as Mark Neuroth, owner of
Java Flakes, and Mike Slusarski,
owner of The Tomato, question-
ing their professional fate.
Neuroth said he would relo-
cate if needed, but he has not se-
riously looked into other places
despite his lease ending in July
2007.
Joe Normile, owner of The
Garage, an outdated service sta-
tion and a few empty lots, said he
stands neutral on the Fry Street
redevelopment issue.
United Equities Inc. offered
Normile $1.2 million for his
property on Fry Street, but he
refused to sell at the time of the
offer.
"Maybe they didn't bring a big
enough check," Normile said. "I
guess if they brought me enough
money I might go, but I'm OK
with the way it is right now."
Euline Brock, Denton's former
mayor, said she is concerned
about the new owners of Fry
Street because they "apparently
don't really know much about
Denton."
The developer's work lacked
imagination and creativity, she
said.
"I did look up the Web site of
this company, and I will have
to say that it didn't fill me with
confidence to look at what they
had done in other places," Brock
said. "What we really have to
sell, I think, as a community,
is our uniqueness. That's one of
the things that makes Denton,
Denton."
Derek Garrison, owner of Tal-
ons Comics, said Loveless in-
formed him of the sale one day
after it was finalized.
"I think it [Fry Street! can be
cleaned up and made nice, but
not wiped off the face of the
Earth," Garrison said.
Glen Jacobs, owner of Spirit
Station, a shop that sells NT
memorabilia and gifts, said
Denton could gain a lot from
the new development and that
the affected area has "needed a
tuneup for quite some time."
Jacobs' lease extends into No-
vember of this year, he said.
Some business owners that are
not in direct danger of losing
their establishments have packed
up and relocated anyway.
John Rhodes, owner of Fry
Street Ink, moved his business
to the top level of Voyager's
Dream. Mike Sutton now runs
it.
Sutton owns his actual prop-
erty, thus he is in no danger of
forced evacuation. This gives
the tattoo parlor "guaranteed
longevity," Rhodes said.
The possible redevelopment of
Fry Street and increase in prop-
erty tax influenced Rhodes' de-
cision to move, he said.
A save Fry Street meeting will
be held at 7 p.m. Thursday in
the Little Guys Movers office at
109 Industrial St., next to Dan's
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