Neighbors,

I am happy for more businesses and activities that will be contributing to Nob Hill’s revival! Welcome!

The only impediment to our collective happiness will be highly accelerated parking needs. In a recent meeting with CABQ Planning and Nob Hill Main Street, a survey of area businesses listed parking as one of the top issues facing the commercial corridor’s successful growth between Girard and Carlisle. I know it seems silly at this moment with so many businesses either gone for good or still at limited capacity, but once the world returns to normal, it's going to get crowded. One of ART’s little known legacies was the reduction of parking along Central Avenue. Months before construction of the bus route began, city employees quietly restriped every block, resulting in an approximate reduction of about 20% fewer spaces (about 25 spaces less). Nob Hill buildings are old style (thank goodness!) and many cannot provided the needed off street parking (read parking lots) that are required to service their customers. This, of course is why the district is still one of the most charming areas in our city.

Additionally, the old Kelly’s has been purchased (don’t know by whom yet) but assume it will be a brewery type place. Nob Hill will once again be alive with people hopefully visiting from other parts of the world AND Albuquerque. With increased popularity will come more cars. So, here we are again - the decades old dilemma of Nob Hill’s potential success marred by the love/hate relationship between popular businesses’ parking needs and residents’ desire for control of their streets. I seem to remember that Nob Hill Neighborhood requested and got parking by permit only to keep overflow parking off their streets.

I don’t have the answers but there are some mutually acceptable solutions. For example, there are some commercial side streets that still have some parking capacity. This I do know - we will all need to work together as businesses and neighbors to nurture Nob Hill’s continued success and evolution into a healthy business district that works for everyone. We will need CABQ to make this happen but only if NHNA and NM Main street unite to co-operate for this important cause.

I’ve been around long enough to see the results of what happens when the businesses and neighborhood are at odds. After years of waiting here’s our chance to really get the district going in a great direction!

Jean Bernstein

Flying Star Cafes

From: Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm-bounces@mailman.swcp.com> On Behalf Of Sharmin Dharas via Neighbors_nobhill-nm
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 7:14 PM
To: Rahim Kassam <rahim.kassam@gmail.com>
Cc: David Garcia <david@halflifedigital.com>; Gary Eyster <meyster1@me.com>; KateGerwin@me.com; donna@cabq.gov; Neighbors Nob Hill <neighbors@nobhill-nm.com>; TheBoard NobHill-NM <theboard@nobhill-nm.com>
Subject: Re: [Neighbors] Liquor License Request, Happy Accidents, 3225 Central Ave. NE

Here here!

Well said David. I am in absolute support of this. “ We NEED adventurous new entrepreneurs to be supported in their endeavors in this neighborhood.” We as a community need to support new endeavors and give guidance and support where needed. Nob Hill does need a rebirth along with the new lights. I look forward to the new and bold! I am in favor for the request.

Kindest regards,

Sharmin

Sharmin S. Dharas

Heritage Hospitality Group

3711 Central Ave NE | Albuquerque, NM | 87108

Direct: 505.401.6549 | Email: sharmin@heritagehospitalitygroup.com

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On Mar 24, 2021, at 3:27 PM, Rahim Kassam via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm@mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

We NEED adventurous new entrepreneurs to be supported in their endeavors in this neighborhood.