Some residents in the Edgewater neighborhood are voicing strong opposition to a proposal to rezone a building to accommodate a liquor store, claiming their alderperson isn’t listening.
On Thursday, they held a news conference to make clear they don’t want another liquor store in the neighborhood, a plan currently being pitched for the old Granville Pictures building at Broadway and Granville.Supporters of the proposal argue that the Art Deco space has been mostly empty since 2017 and is ripe for a new business.
""It’s not just allowing a liquor store to go into this building, it’s facilitating a liquor store to go into this building, and that’s because we’re going to have to go through legal somersaults," said Patricia Sharkey, president of the ENN-NEON Block Club. "We’re going to have to upend the zoning of this entire building."However, Rock Evans, another neighborhood resident, supports the liquor store proposal. "I’ve seen this building empty for so long.
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