Solve Wiggies Problem, Help Greyhound?

November 8, 2010 5:27 pm

Hmmmm . . . Dorothy Borchardt reports on an interesting idea . . . .

Wiggies is having more trouble with violence . . . Greyhound still has no bus station, could this be the solution? If so, should the city pay?

from Dorothy Borchardt
to northsidediscuss@yahoogroups.com
date Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 4:18 PM
subject [northsidediscuss] Could be good news!

I talked to Dave Wiganowsky today and he told me a couple of months ago he made an offer to the city to purchase or lease his property. If the city would take him up on his offer they could expand the metro bus site and the park & ride lot.

I would much prefer to see the transfer site have frontage on Aberg with restrooms available. The city could contract with grayhound to use the site too. Currently their riders have to stand at the curb (Metro doesn’t have room for them to use the metro shelter & benches.)

To me it sounds like a win/win. The neighborhood will be happy and the bus riders will have a much larger and improved area to transfer or to catch the bus. And there would be room for the grayhound bus stop.
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4 COMMENTS

Ordinary Jill November 8, 2010 6:37 pm At 6:37 PM

Interesting. I wonder if there is a connection to the City’s sudden interest in investigating the increased violence at Wiggie’s.
Forward Our Motto November 8, 2010 7:13 pm At 7:13 PM

But is there rap music at Wiggie’s? That’s what I want to know…
Proud progressive November 9, 2010 8:02 am At 8:02 AM

thats why wiggy is a “fiscal conservative” he is outsourcing his security to the tax payers. I wonder how far above market value he offered his property.
Steven Willard November 10, 2010 12:41 am At 12:41 AM

Having watched a city crew mow and blow the grass off the site of an under-used hockey rink for five hours today (city truck idleing while empty), I can see the wisdom of the city purchasing Wiggies for Greyhound to use rather than letting Greyhound buy it. It would help eliminate our budget surplus quite handily.