{"id":5946,"date":"2015-10-07T21:10:58","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T04:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5946"},"modified":"2015-10-07T21:10:58","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T04:10:58","slug":"eastbridge-residents-wonder-if-one-ice-cream-kiosk-is-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5946","title":{"rendered":"Eastbridge Residents Wonder if One Ice Cream Kiosk is Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"ice<\/a>In the most recent update<\/a> on the Eastbridge Town Center<\/a>, many of the retail shops were revealed. These included a Pilates studio, a coffee shop, home and garden retail, a restaurant, and of course, Los Chingones and the Troy Guard breakfast<\/a> restaurant. But the centerpiece to the Eastbridge layout was the most imperative; the ice cream kiosk. \u201cWe did our homework,\u201d says Evergreen Development representative Dennis Westerberg. \u201cAnd, the most important thing to residents in our focus groups was an ice cream kiosk. So, during the initial design phase, we made sure that was central piece<\/a>.\u201d\n\nResidents almost unanimously agree that ice cream is the most essential thing to a town center. \u201cI know, ice cream is typically only appealing on a hot summer day, and when you are off on a weekend, or if you are hanging with the family on a hot summer night,\u201d says Eastbridge resident Randy Hayne. \u201cBut, I am sure if it was there, we would be eating it the other eight months. I mean as long as it was a good enough ice cream shop for Stapleton.\u201d Kristin Williams agrees. \u201cThis is so big,\u201d said Williams. \u201cHaving to drive to the town center to Cold Stone<\/a>, or Northfield, or eating ice cream that we purchased is just either too boring for us, or below us. Going to be so nice to have a place we can walk or ride our bikes to.\u201d Kevin Seery sees another potential benefit. \u201cMaybe there is a chance it will put that ice cream truck out of business,\u201d said Seery. \u201cI am so sick of paying $5 for an ice cream sandwich that costs $5 for a box of them. Plus, the noise is simply annoying.\u201d\nThe biggest issue residents are seeing with the ice cream shop is whether or not it will be enough. \u201cWith the importance of ice cream to this area, will one kiosk be enough,\u201d asks resident Jennifer Boccia. \u201cMaybe they should have two of them, possibly three. Have they looked into that?\u201d Rick Murphy is concerned the kiosk will have the same waits as the ice cream kiosk in the highlands. \u201cHave you seen that place up there?\u201d asks Murphy. \u201cIt is ridiculous. We don\u2019t want to have that kind of congestion, so maybe we should be safe and have two kiosks.\u201d Evergreen project leader Westerberg says they are looking into potential ice cream traffic patterns and will do what is necessary. \u201cWe certainly understand the importance of ice cream,\u201d says Westerberg. \u201cWe are conducting some more studies, and there certainly may be some opportunities for more ice cream kiosks.\u201d\nEditor\u2019s Note<\/strong>: Evergreen apparently did hold focus groups, and according to them, ice cream was the most requested item in these neighborhood focus groups (October \u201915 Front Porch). If anyone has the tapes of these focus groups, The Stapletonion is willing to pay BIG money to watch a Stapleton focus group unravel so far they decide ice cream is the most essential thing to have in the town center. Did they hold it in mid-July in a room with no air conditioning? Did they show them pictures of ice cream prior to the focus groups? Did the moderator steer them that direction? Sure, I guess we all scream for ice cream, but I\u2019m guessing not as loudly as people would have screamed for a liquor store, coffee shop, rooftop bar, etc.<\/em>]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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