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Subject: All time awful idea by NU


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NFPD
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Date Posted: Wednesday, December 11, 07:44:25am
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Why NU is pushing ahead with this is amazingly bad stewardship of the school.

This is an all time bad idea. It will not work. No kids from the suburbs are living on Main Street in NF. This will be a horrendous flop. I can’t even believe this is a serious article. There are 76 boarded buildings between Niagara Avenue and the Y.

Pure insanity

https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/local_news/vision-for-north-main-street-unveiled/article_21e12678-b1ca-11ef-8b0c-cba8755cb8ad.html

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[> Subject: Re: All time awful idea by NU


Author:
Investments
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Date Posted: Wednesday, December 11, 11:33:04am
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NU has spent over $4M since COVID in investing in two downtown projects.

One no longer has anything related to NU at it (TREC)
The other, the church, still is not being used and there is no real plan for how it will be used. TREC closed in large reason because students were not coming down to the area. They are trying again with the church. There is no shot that works.

NU has also been spending to upgrade their campus in Canada. All of these investments outside the on campus physical plant and infrastructure are concerning for a school facing financial hardships.

Does anyone know why Maher and Restino are so tied at the hip? There will not be any companies lining up to invest in this project. The bill will be footed by the city and the school. I heard someone on campus today saying that one selling point is "it is close to a police station". If that is your selling point your business model my be flawed.

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[> [> Subject: Re: All time awful idea by NU


Author:
NUSuperfan
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Date Posted: Wednesday, December 11, 02:34:47pm
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Reminds me of a certain President and VP who are leaving office. They always make the wrong decisions to the detriment of the country. Honestly, NU's admin has been like that for as long as I can remember. I taught there and worked on faculty committees so I know. Here's to Niagara University, a good school that could be much better if only run better.

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[> [> [> Subject: Re: All time awful idea by NU


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RCM
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Date Posted: Wednesday, December 11, 03:56:33pm
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For some reason NU and the Falls have become tied at the hip. I am not sure why that is. Or how it came to be.

The actual idea for the project is quite a good one. There are all sorts of projects that have set out to do exactly what NU and the falls is proposing.

I would guess that not many of these projects are starting with the very low starting point this potential project would. NU is also not a big enough school to truly driver critical mass to support infrastructure of development.

Fast casual places and bars will not open there because there will be no business when students are not there. This is why Third Street never took off. Places were packed when in session. And the tourists on third street could not support all the businesses during off school time.

NU would be better served, in my view, trying to do the same thing ON CAMPUS. They have so much damn land. Build something like a private community on campus. Kids can live there and get an off campus feel. Parents will like it because its on campus. And the businesses will have a better chance to survive.

Suppose this happened and 300 kids moved this place. 300 kids are not enough to support this from an investment standpoint.

Here is a cool story of what happened in South Bend. E. Eddy is right across from campus and about a 5 minute walk from the football stadium.

https://www.insideindianabusiness.com/articles/20-years-of-planning-redevelopment-spark-connections-at-notre-dames-eddy-street

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[> [> [> [> Subject: no choice


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wcpurple
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Date Posted: Thursday, December 12, 01:08:47am
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what else can NU do? nothing...

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[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: no choice


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RCM
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Date Posted: Thursday, December 12, 05:58:00am
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The biggest mistakes struggling businesses make is grasping at straws

The good strategy is to return of first principles.

They have plenty of choices.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: no choice


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wcpurple
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Date Posted: Thursday, December 12, 10:44:42am
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I disagree. NU could actually build a "city within a city" similar to what Notre Dame has done, which could save a lot of money and should have been done 30 years ago when crime went up. They could specifically target students with families, and the return on investment (ROI) would likely take 20+ years to fully materialize—by then, most of the staff will be long gone.

As for partnering with a dead city like NF, that doesn't make sense to me. NF ceased being a viable city in the early '90s (80s?), so why would NU invest in something that's already long gone?

NU has three options: they can cater to their existing access base (which has a very low turn-away rate, with 90% already in), go lower 99%, or take a risk by raising admission standards. But they can't realistically do the latter without potentially jeopardizing enrollment. So, the real question is whether they want to devalue their degree further or just maintain the status quo. What’s their move?

I personally moved my grandmother out of city 30 years ago due to safety concerns, and I can't imagine living near that area now. There was far too much traffic on her street—people are coming and going all day and night, and not staying long, which just adds to the instability and safety risks.

I'm baffled that, with an international destination like the Falls and a reliable energy source, we couldn't make it work.

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[> [> [> [> [> Subject: NF, Canada


Author:
NUSuperfan
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Date Posted: Thursday, December 12, 02:12:24pm
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NF, NY has always been compared to NF, Canada. The city of NF,Canada & the Province of Ontario have proven over the decades that their planning and management has resulted in success for both entities; while NF, NY , Niagara County and the State of NY have failed on most facets of governing.The results of higher taxes and public administrative failures is legendary. Thus,the public and private sectors all suffer.Another problem NF, NY never solved was whether it was going to be a tourist economy or a factory/manufacturing hub. Tourists would come to NF,NY and see and smell the air pollution and I believe that was very disconcerting to them;so they would spend most of their time and money in NF, NY.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Correction: Meant tourists would spend their money in NF, Canada


Author:
SUPE
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Date Posted: Thursday, December 12, 02:19:40pm
Author Host/IP: NoHost/172.56.79.226

Not NF, NY.

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[> Subject: Re: All time awful idea by NU


Author:
Purp 1
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Date Posted: Thursday, December 12, 12:50:06pm
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Well, here are my two cents, due to inflation now reduced to $1.14.

If someone out there, anywhere on this increasingly polluted and less life sustaining planet can point to one single project that has worked out anywhere in the entire city other than what the Seneca's developed and the hotels capitalized on, I will take a dump on on Paul Parise's front lawn so he can have a tremendous laugh (of course I will bag it like a good citizen).

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[> [> Subject: Error.


Author:
Purp 1
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Date Posted: Thursday, December 12, 01:51:26pm
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I was so upset over this I really screwed this up. My two cents are now worth less than one cent due to inflation. The rest of the post remains accurate. Sorry for my error.

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[> [> Subject: Re: All time awful idea by NU


Author:
SUPE
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Date Posted: Thursday, December 12, 02:15:00pm
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I agree AND I would pay to see you shit on Paul's lawn

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[> [> [> Subject: Re: All time awful idea by NU


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Purp 1
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Date Posted: Thursday, December 12, 02:27:15pm
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This could turn into a helluva fundraiser to assist the NFFD in their toys for kids drive. Even though their drive ended the other day, it could serve as a huge kick-off for next year. Paul knows everyone in Niagara County (at least 95% of us) so attendance would not be a problem. If we could get Ron from the Stadium Grill to handle the concessions consisting of beverages and breast of chicken grilled sandwiches, we could be on to something.

HOWEVER, we would need an example of success by the city to get the ball rolling, which makes all of this pointless...

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[> [> [> [> Subject: Click the sound arrow at the top...


Author:
Purp 1
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Date Posted: Thursday, December 12, 03:13:55pm
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https://www.facebook.com/reel/837002871799699

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[> [> [> [> [> Subject: ATTENTION TOM MOLODETZ


Author:
Purp 1
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Date Posted: Thursday, December 12, 03:18:04pm
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If that post with Santa leads to my personal Facebook page, could you please delete the post/

Thank You...Purp 1

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[> [> [> Subject: Celebrity Death Match Redux


Author:
NUSuperfan
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Date Posted: Thursday, December 12, 07:29:54pm
Author Host/IP: NoHost/172.56.79.226

Joe, I loved that ! Santa kicking major ass. It was a great slay ride !

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[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Celebrity Death Match Redux


Author:
Purp 1
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Date Posted: Thursday, December 12, 07:53:29pm
Author Host/IP: syn-074-070-140-050.res.spectrum.com/74.70.140.50

You're always trying to take the spotlight off of me.

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[> [> [> [> Subject: No Way !


Author:
U Are The Spotlight
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Date Posted: Thursday, December 12, 09:05:14pm
Author Host/IP: NoHost/172.56.79.226

Pal of mine !

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[> [> [> Subject: Joe


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NUSuperfan
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Date Posted: Thursday, December 12, 07:33:23pm
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After you shit, can I put some whipped cream on it too finish it off ? And a cherry perhaps to really top it off ?

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[> [> [> [> Subject: None of that.


Author:
Purp 1
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Date Posted: Thursday, December 12, 07:54:47pm
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C'mon, it's for the kids.

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