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Golden Road Biergarden: Not a Good Plan

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Maria Brown
9 years ago

Local Buisnesses are responsible to the communities they serve. Corporations are responsible to their Board of Directors and their bank accounts. This is a bad fit. There are several local small businesses that cater to those seeking a meal and a pint. The noise the smell The inevitable litter would be overwhelming to residents. the consumption of alcohol especially long hours and late into the night and early morning pose a safety risk to those who live in the neighborhood both from inebriated drivers and also violent crimes which often go hand-in-hand with drinking such as assault and rape. I don't want this in my neighborhood and I know my neighbors do not want it either it doesn't serve the neighborhood needs

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Delia Burdeyney
9 years ago

No room for this conglomerate with a checkered labor history, pretending to be a craft beer. Let's keep it local.

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Cathy Shields
9 years ago

Parking is a huge issue in the neighborhood and already there are businesses and residents who use that one remaining lot for their parking needs. In fact, that parking lot is what allowed some of these businesses to move in. So much for permits. And there are two beer gardens and a restaurant with beer garden all within two-three blocks of this site...how many beer gardens do we need? Oakland had a chance to develop differently form other cities...but they are not doing it. Just like other cities, profit drives planning, not the other way around. This site is also very close to a busy bus stop for Oakland Tech students-this is not an acceptable business for something so close to a high school.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

Signed because the project is not supporting local businesses.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

No mega corporations.

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Mike Lara
9 years ago

Please keep this mega-corporation from settling into an essentially residential neighborhood with limited parking for residents.

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Niki Stranz
9 years ago

In a community so driven by locally owned business, ABusch should consider whether this is a good choice in neighborhoods for them.

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Christy Thomas
9 years ago

I am totally opposed to letting AB set up shop here. They are not invested in Oakland, and I don't want any giant corporate businesses in my neighborhood. I am also opposed to the design. Shipping containers are OK in an industrial zone or right next to the freeway, but Broadway and 40th deserve a much much better design and investment in infrastructure.

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Anita Stapen
9 years ago

There are already lots of TRULY local breweries and pubs in the neighborhood. I'm opposed to this corporate-owned project's scale, design, and all the negative neighborhood impacts. Please, NO!

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Anonymous
9 years ago

Plenty of beer options no need for another one, especially an InBev one at that.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

Awful on every level. NO NO NO! ABInBev are not needed nor welcome.

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Nathan Stahlhut
9 years ago

Please No.

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Bret Hogan
9 years ago

There are plenty of local entrepreneurs and craft beverage producers who are more deserving of this space.

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Tom Frank
9 years ago

This is not a good fit for our Neighborhood. I don't Golden Road or ABInBev's business and labor practices and won't patronize their establishment. Regardless, if they insist on opening in Oakland, they should be required to repurpose an existing establishment. There is no need for additional shipping containers in the neighborhood when there are plenty of buildings that need to be rehabilitated. This is totally different than the space at 40th and MLK in that those shipping containers provide micro- spaces to artists and small business owners. Neither of those terms remotely applies to Golden Road.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

Don't need AB and InBev in our area

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Cathy Furtado
9 years ago

In favor of local business. Really dislike the idea of shipping containers that will look hideous in a few years. We don't need AB flexing its muscles here.

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Laurel Cain
9 years ago

I don't want to see a giant corporation driving out local businesses. Let's keep the money in Oakland.

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Raymond Kania
9 years ago

This development should not be permitted unless it comes with substantial infrastructure improvements (e.g., parking) for the community and a design sensitive to the concerns of nearby residents.

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Martha Free
9 years ago

We want to encourage businesses that are LOCALLY owned.

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Shannon Hastings
9 years ago

I am in favor of small local breweries who support the local communities. I donow believe that a large conglomerate can achieve the same values and business practices as local business and I sincerely oppose the building of a "beer garden" by Anhauser Busch