<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Comment Summary</title><link media="all" href="css/Export.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /></head><body style="margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px; margin-top: 15px"> <a href="http://www.lakewoodalive.com/downtown/2008/10/community-signage-survey-results.html">&nbsp;<< Back to Summary&nbsp;</a></a> <div style="margin-top: 15px"><table class="rsltsmry" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0" border="0"><thead><tr><th class="hdr" colspan="3">IDENTITY: Of the following, what do you think are the most important destinations for vistors in or around Downtown Lakewood? Check three.</th></tr></thead><thead><tr><th class="hdr dflt">#</th><th class="hdr dflt">Response Date</th><th class="hdr dflt" style="width:99%;">Other (please specify)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/19/2008 8:04:00 PM</td><td>Neither St. Ed's nor the park are downtown. If you're counting those, what of Beck Center?</td></tr><tr><td>2.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/19/2008 8:15:00 PM</td><td>West End</td></tr><tr><td>3.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/19/2008 8:23:00 PM</td><td>grocery stores</td></tr><tr><td>4.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/19/2008 8:41:00 PM</td><td>Shops and entertainment district is the primary thing, more than schools/etc. Parking signs should be functional, yes. Farmer's Market is a good thing to advertise but we need to move that out from behind drug mart, and that's so infrequent. Perhaps add event signs to advertise the next Arts Fest, Walk &amp;amp; Roll, etc. coming up?</td></tr><tr><td>5.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/19/2008 8:48:00 PM</td><td>Beck Center</td></tr><tr><td>6.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/19/2008 9:39:00 PM</td><td>All of them, depending on what degree. Some could use signs throughout the city telling you how to get there, others just need them for marking where it is at, like the farmers market.</td></tr><tr><td>7.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/19/2008 10:10:00 PM</td><td>the local restaurants and shops</td></tr><tr><td>8.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/19/2008 11:56:00 PM</td><td>All the parks. Retail centers. Beck Center.</td></tr><tr><td>9.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/20/2008 12:42:00 AM</td><td>high schools are important destinations, yet neither is a downtown destination. Lake also important destination that is not downtown.</td></tr><tr><td>10.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/20/2008 1:57:00 AM</td><td>Library is important, but already very visible. Hospital signage should be traditional blue and white for quicker recognition</td></tr><tr><td>11.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/20/2008 2:23:00 AM</td><td>antiques, restaurants, retail, historic buildings, public buildings</td></tr><tr><td>12.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/20/2008 9:53:00 AM</td><td>Banks, dining and shopping.</td></tr><tr><td>13.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/20/2008 1:48:00 PM</td><td>Beck Center &amp;amp; Civic Auditorium</td></tr><tr><td>14.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/20/2008 5:59:00 PM</td><td>Bela Dubby, The dog Park, the skateboard park, Rocky River Reservation, the closeness of everything cultural in Cleveland, the community gardens, the density, the transportation options, the churches and bars per capata... the community is represented by it's iconic structures, they are not the community, nor are they often unique to this community. The true and valueble icons that you can sell to a visitor are the groups and symbols that represent people actively coming together. If you can define Lakewood in terms that make it unique from the bottom up and show that people are rebuilding and redefining the community everyday then you have told a story that the visitor will find worth retelling.</td></tr><tr><td>15.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/20/2008 11:48:00 PM</td><td>City Hall</td></tr><tr><td>16.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/21/2008 1:10:00 AM</td><td>The Lake</td></tr><tr><td>17.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/21/2008 2:45:00 AM</td><td>Restaurants/Shopping</td></tr><tr><td>18.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/21/2008 7:17:00 AM</td><td>Winterhurst</td></tr><tr><td>19.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/21/2008 11:29:00 AM</td><td>Restaurants - people visit to eat and shop, too. For example, the &amp;quot;main street&amp;quot; section of Detroit, between Aladdin's and the Library is, I believe, a destination (especially with a place like &amp;quot;Melt&amp;quot; right there.)</td></tr><tr><td>20.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/21/2008 10:27:00 PM</td><td>would like to see it be a destination for shopping and dining</td></tr><tr><td>21.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/21/2008 11:11:00 PM</td><td>shopping on Detroit and Madison</td></tr><tr><td>22.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/22/2008 4:06:00 AM</td><td>I can't conceivably see how Lakewood High School, St. Edward, or Lakewood Park could be considered 'downtown'. It doesn't make sense to &amp;quot;place-make&amp;quot; a place within Lakewood that stretches half way across the city.</td></tr><tr><td>23.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/22/2008 1:08:00 PM</td><td>The Beck Center. Virginia Marti.</td></tr><tr><td>24.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/22/2008 1:12:00 PM</td><td>Shopping areas</td></tr><tr><td>25.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/22/2008 1:15:00 PM</td><td>City Hall</td></tr><tr><td>26.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/22/2008 1:36:00 PM</td><td>Drug Mart</td></tr><tr><td>27.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/22/2008 1:37:00 PM</td><td>I couldn't find the Farmers Market if I had to.</td></tr><tr><td>28.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/22/2008 1:44:00 PM</td><td>If it's for visitors, we want to make sure they have easy access to shops and restaurants, as well.</td></tr><tr><td>29.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/22/2008 2:01:00 PM</td><td>Concentration of restaurants like Melt, Cleats, Phoenix, Chipotle, Souper Market</td></tr><tr><td>30.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/22/2008 2:05:00 PM</td><td>It is important that the downtown area stay 'quaint'... like Geigers and many of the older stores on that side of Detroit. The Burger King was a mistake and I hope that no other chains find their way into the center of Lakewood.</td></tr><tr><td>31.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/22/2008 2:15:00 PM</td><td>all of main street</td></tr><tr><td>32.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/22/2008 3:14:00 PM</td><td>Actually restaurants, shopping and offices with professional services within &amp;quot;downtown&amp;quot; Lakewood; they all depend upon the availability of parking and it needs to be clearly identified. The center of &amp;quot;downtown&amp;quot; Lakewood itself needs to be identified so people know when they have arrived.</td></tr><tr><td>33.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/22/2008 5:42:00 PM</td><td>My choices are just guesses . .</td></tr><tr><td>34.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/22/2008 5:47:00 PM</td><td>neighborhood parks as well</td></tr><tr><td>35.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/22/2008 6:48:00 PM</td><td>Paying for signage so a visitor to Lakewood can find the post office, a school or a hospital sounds odd. With the current mix of business those who need directions who are unfamiliar with the area are more likely to be going to a bar/restaurant. Some of this signage may be better off held back until there is shopping that a visitor would like to find. Better yet establishing an antique district/arts district/retail apparel district would simplify the search for places and justify public dollars being used to advertise for private businesses.</td></tr><tr><td>36.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/23/2008 1:26:00 AM</td><td>nature's bin</td></tr><tr><td>37.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/23/2008 2:00:00 AM</td><td>Metroparks</td></tr><tr><td>38.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/23/2008 3:09:00 AM</td><td>clifton beach</td></tr><tr><td>39.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/23/2008 1:10:00 PM</td><td>A defined downtown area sign</td></tr><tr><td>40.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/23/2008 3:28:00 PM</td><td>West End entertainment district</td></tr><tr><td>41.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/23/2008 4:28:00 PM</td><td>Winterhurst (especially cause most people coming will be from out of town)</td></tr><tr><td>42.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/23/2008 5:41:00 PM</td><td>retail sector (oh wait, we don't have one) antiques sector (oh wait, we don't have one)</td></tr><tr><td>43.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/23/2008 5:56:00 PM</td><td>all public schools</td></tr><tr><td>44.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/24/2008 4:36:00 AM</td><td>City Hall</td></tr><tr><td>45.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/24/2008 1:32:00 PM</td><td>Stores</td></tr><tr><td>46.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/24/2008 4:46:00 PM</td><td>City Hall West End Area Shops and Restaurants Cleveland Metroparks</td></tr><tr><td>47.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/26/2008 1:01:00 AM</td><td>Exit sign</td></tr><tr><td>48.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/30/2008 2:24:00 AM</td><td>Shopping mall area.</td></tr><tr><td>49.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/30/2008 5:53:00 PM</td><td>dining</td></tr><tr><td>50.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/30/2008 6:46:00 PM</td><td>Coffee Shops / small restaurants - The Melt, Alladin's etc.</td></tr><tr><td>51.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">9/30/2008 10:40:00 PM</td><td>Shopping -- Geigers, Plantation Home, Sweet Designs! Restaurants -- 3Birds, Players, Borderline Cafe, Sweetwater Cafe,...</td></tr><tr><td>52.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">10/1/2008 1:19:00 AM</td><td>At Lakewodd High school, better identification of the location of the Civic Auditorium</td></tr><tr><td>53.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">10/1/2008 2:04:00 PM</td><td>i checked 4. We need a pedestrian only zone. Destroy Marc's plaza and put a central town square in its place. Do subterranean or a parking garage in vicinity. Need to increase 'attractive walkability'.</td></tr><tr><td>54.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">10/1/2008 4:50:00 PM</td><td>Identify the city by Districts (Art, shopping, etc.)</td></tr><tr><td>55.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">10/1/2008 4:58:00 PM</td><td>restuarants</td></tr><tr><td>56.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">10/1/2008 7:32:00 PM</td><td>Beck Center</td></tr><tr><td>57.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">10/1/2008 10:42:00 PM</td><td>resturaunts</td></tr><tr><td>58.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">10/3/2008 5:12:00 PM</td><td>Geiger's</td></tr><tr><td>59.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">10/4/2008 7:56:00 PM</td><td>The Winchester, The Beck Center</td></tr><tr><td>60.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">10/5/2008 8:59:00 PM</td><td>Not technically in the 'other' category, but an effort should be made to focus on anchor institutions in the community. While something such as the farmer's market is a great asset, in the event that something temporary went under it can reduce the lifespan of a signage investment.</td></tr><tr><td>61.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">10/7/2008 9:54:00 PM</td><td>Chamber of Commerce, First Federal of Lakewood</td></tr><tr><td>62.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;">10/10/2008 3:46:00 AM</td><td>West end local bars and restaurants</td></tr></tbody></table></div></body></html>