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Mayor Whitfield: Traffic is definitely a priority for us there, because as Greg mentioned, with the amount of people it's a hotspot right now. You know it's similar to how Crocker and Avon Commons heated up. That area is heating up so you have to figure out the traffic patterns.
Greg: To that point, yes. When you think about what happened to the mall here in Elyria, we need to lean in to the best possibility. Do you want to include other retailers in your market? Do you want TJ Maxx, Ulta or others? Perhaps some of them are in Lorain, but most of them are in Avon or Westlake. We have to lean in to figure out a way to alleviate that issue, because there is momentum on that quadrant. There is absolute momentum for additional retailers.
Greg: Think about the community itself getting some of those national brands back that left the mall and went to Avon. Avon said, “Come on, we'll build this or we'll build that. We'll build the new Target.” And that's part of the reason that the mall is in the position that it's in today. So when it comes to traffic, we have to figure it out. But we have to, as a group, come together.
Councilman: Question, is ODOT going to be proactive or reactive? The answer was that they're going to be reactive. They're not going to do anything ahead of time until the need is there.
Mayor Whitfield: Now we have the option as a city to be proactive in what we invest in. But you know,the councilman is right. They want to see the need, so we have to, because the problem exists today. The only way to fix the problem, unfortunately or fortunately, is through growth. When they see more growth, they'll agree, “This is a real thing. Let's allow them to put a new entrance into there. Let's allow them to build a new road into there.” But if we just stay where we are now, the problem will just stay the way it is. So we have to solve the problem by growing, which to me, is a good challenge for the city to have.
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