Quoted from biaggio

you got your road resurfaced...lucky you...i pay very high taxes and have to watch the road crumble in front of my house.....

Remember a bandaide can only keep a damn from breaking for so long......then the flood comes......the jay walkers on Altamont ave are just 'flooding' the street........

Without a solid foundation/infrastructure and patina/ambience---anything goes ,as long as the $$ flows........SHOW ME THE $$ TRAIL.....

Quoted from senders

I wanted sewers before paving......like my Grandma always says....s*** in one hand and wish in the other and see what you get first.....

And she is right:  the S*** in our one hand is Rotterdam's(municipally),,,,and we all wish we had nice streets sewers and lights and sidewalks,,,,,how do we put that together to make something of value........

The town got some money to repave the roads but none for sewers. If it's free or won't cost anyone votes it'll get done if not as Senders says, wish in one hand and now you know the rest of the story.

Perhaps the town's powers to be are in fact looking into money for sewers. If they are, it would only benefit them (and us) if they would relay that information to us. What ever happened to the Rotterdam news letter that we received ONCE? What about the newspaper? What about the town's website? What about this website? There are clearly enough outlets to get this information to the people with.

Oh...and I heard there was a little scuffle at that alcohol/drug rehab place on Hamburg Street. Don't know the exact detail!

I just checked the town website and took another look at that newsletter that we received a while ago.  I was surprised how long ago it was.  All it says about future letters is "Check future editions of our Rotterdam newsletter for Web site updates."

So, I don't know exactly how often they're looking at sending this out.  Maybe it's being just used as a political tool and we should see it jut before the November elections.  Then, it could come out under the ploy that it's a semi-annual newsletter.  I even suggested to the town that they could save money by just putting it on-line, or letting people opt-in to the on0line version instead of mailing it to everyone.

I think that there should be more open communications coming from the town board. I can not make it to the town meetings. I try to remember to watch it on Saturday on SCTV. I also think that either a newsletter or maybe even a weekly update on the town website. We can't wait for the newspaper to print these things.

I thought I saw a for sale or lease sign in front of the tux store...are you leaving or is the building for sale?  Oh no!

I heard that they were looking into buying the old Henry's cleaners. But first they have to do some soil testing. That is what I heard anyways. That would be a nice move for them. And it is a very nice building.

Do you mean right across from the rink?  That would be very nice.  The mayor of Hamburg St owns that building though...is he going to sell?

Yes right across from the rink. I didn't know who owned the building. I should have know it was 'the mayor'. Well, if they are looking to buy it...than I guess the mayor is looking to sell it. I would be nice! Perhaps the mayor will start to sell his other properties as well. That would be real nice too!!!!!!

Yep, the Mayor owns it.  It is kind of wierd, the signs in the building.  There are two doors, one says for sale, the other says for lease.  So, who knows.  We did see some people there the other day looking, they went inside too.  Would be nice if something new went in there.  We are planning a big grand reopening for the car wash, we hung a big banner today...would be nice to have some kind of tie in with the area businesses...big Hamburg St revitilization grand opening day!  Reduced car wash fee, cheap cones at the ice cream shop, sample food for a low fee at the Redwood...rent a tux get a discount...Maybe get the haircutting places involved, there are two, one next to CVS, and JT Cutting Co. near the firehouse.  Have a band at the Senior Center.  I know this does not help with our plight for sewers, etc., would just be nice to have a community event.

When is the grand opening. I would come...the car always needs washing even with all of this rain. You  have described a picture perfect day on Hamburg St. It is yet perhaps the quaintest area in Rotterdam. Even with all of the needed updating....it does still have the small town charm. It is still remenicent of Rotterdam. And I don't mean that in a bad way. I guess we just need the 'mayor' to let go of the old and let some of the new in. (but not altamont ave. 'new') Altamont Ave doesn't even look like small town Rotterdam anymore. And that's ok...but keeping some of the small town charm is still needed and Hamburg Street has it. With smart development, the area 'can' be updated and renewed and yet still keep it's character.

Not sure when the new equipment will be delivered, by the end of August for sure.  We are putting in new walls, new vacuums, everything will be new, and in better working condition.  Right now, half of the equipment works.  People get mad, and rightly so.  We keep fixing things until we get the new stuff, that is why we hung the banner...so people know something good is going to happen.  We want everyone to know we are trying and things are going to change...atleast in our little corner.  So, as we get more info and know a date when we are going to have our big grand reopening we will let everyone know.  I will put something on this site!

Perhaps you could spread the word and maybe the other businesses on Hamburg St. will join in on the grand opening. And if that did all come to pass, maybe the gazette or spotlight news could put a plug in as well in their printings. I really think it could all come together nicely. It would be a great time of year with all of the kids getting ready to go back to school or just starting back. Perhaps it could end up being a yearly thing! I REALLY think it could happen!!!!

We don't need sewers and other infrustructure to 'start'.