When i read all the grandiose plans for the Goderich Station I can,t help
of thinking of Muskoka where there allways somebody coming along withnsome
plan for a great bussiness which if it gets built The entrepenure goes
bankrupt but some how skips town driving his new Mercedes and the local
taxpayers are left with another white elephant. Now is a restaurant going to
be that much more financially sucessful 300 feet west I don,t thinks so . If
they put in a good restaurant that serves top notch food and hires
professional couterious wait staff . It will work. maybe the restaurant
bussiness is a crap shoot. lookat Leaside station. That was run by Canadian
Pacific Hotels I loved the place went thee very often . My friends even
organied my bachelor dinner there. But it closedup. Then another person came
along with 2 dinnig cars and tried well thse cars are trackside in Lake
Louise last time I was there. So as I say a restaurant is a crap shoot .
Then theres the possibility that Goderich gets a chance for expanding
commerical development . The relocated station is in the way and the
restaurant is abandoned what happens the wrecking ball and Goderich looses
big time. I say leave the station where it is . Put the money into hiring a
real top notch chef . Pay some professional wait staff well and people will
come and keep coming back . All this novelty restaurant goes down the tube
when they serve swill with trailertrash wait staff. The Sagamo in
Gravenhurst I,M dating myself A restaurant aboard a old Steamer in a
harbour . The food was absolute trash nand the staff well . They went
bankrupt. The ship was under renovations when it burned. The second owner
would have really had it rough because of the previous reputation. just a
warning before the Goderich council gets all stary eyed and bites for this
pie in the sky dream. regards DAVID HILL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve" <shoshel@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 10:15 AM
Subject: [cpsig] Re: Speaking of station plans
--- In cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Andrew Jeanes <yahoo@...> wrote:
Measuring would probably have to
On 29-Jul-10, at 8:34 PM, Steve wrote:
> be done before the station is moved though. Don't ask me why they
> want to move the station though.
>
Hi Steve,
I couldn't believe it was possible that the Town of Goderich was
seriously thinking of moving the former CP Goderich Station, which it
protected with a designation under the Ontario Heritage Act in 2005.
Then I saw this article in the Signal-Star: http://www.goderichsignalstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2677010
Regards,
Andrew
It's amazing what some money will accomplish.
Steve
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