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Comment by Chris Grossman on March 13, 2012 at 1:00am

The property has been festering for 14 years through good times and bad. No one has developed that property. It has festered and decayed for years dragging down the neighborhood and discouraging other quality businesses from locating nearby.

Old gas stations are notoriously hard to have redeveloped. If this is rejected, no one else will come along. Opposing this is being for further decay of this property, dragging down the surrounding property values, and ensuring no quality development will happen nearby.

Putting the 7-11 in is a win for everyone! It will remove this festering sore and constant target of vandalism. It will bring up the quality of the businesses on the street and encourage more to locate here. It will also provide me a convenient place to walk to and pick up a few groceries.

There is absolutely no rational reason to oppose this project that will bring a vast improvement in out neighborhood. The alternative is continued decay since no other business will touch this place with a 10 foot pole if this is rejected.

Comment by Bryan and Tongo on March 13, 2012 at 12:26am

Our neighborhood will indeed stay fresh if we develop 4436 Sepulveda. If 7-Eleven comes now, will it match the positive change that we all want for that corridor? We should look ahead to the future and ask if 7-Eleven is the right choice.

Comment by Chris Grossman on March 13, 2012 at 12:17am

Barddock and Overland is not a short distance from my house, this development is.
I agree we need to keep Culver City Fresh. Replacing a 14 year derelict festering sore that is a magnet for vandalism is keeping Culver City fresh.

Comment by Bryan and Tongo on March 13, 2012 at 12:08am

A short distance east at Overland Avenue and Braddock Drive you will find a mini-mart with every convenient item you might need from a convenience store. Our neighborhood could use other types of business. If you really like 7-Eleven, there are five other locations in Culver City that are all in close proximity to Sepulveda and Braddock. We need to keep Culver City fresh.

Comment by Melanie Pinkard on March 12, 2012 at 11:46pm

Putting a 7-Eleven there is a wonderful idea. I'm all for it!!

Comment by Bryan and Tongo on March 12, 2012 at 11:37pm

The area should be developed in according with a Specific Use Plan, which the citizens of Culver City can request of their City Council to draft with the assistance of the City Staff and appropriate departments. I urge everyone to attend the Wednesday March 14, 2012 meeting in City Hall at 7:00PM to discuss this issue. The Planning Commission meets that evening to specifically discuss the property at 4436 Sepulveda Boulevard at the corner of Braddock and Sepulveda.

Read about "specific use plan" in the Culver City Municipal Code.

See you there.

Bryan

Comment by Ysa Adams on March 12, 2012 at 11:33pm

Seems like an awkward location to add even more traffic congestion. But, if it must be a convenience store, seems like a Famima would be a better choice. I'm curious to know what the other business owners in the area think and how they would be impacted.

Comment by Chris Grossman on February 26, 2012 at 6:15pm

There is absolutely no rational reason to oppose this project.  This abandoned gas station has been a festering sore on the neighborhood for over 10 years.   It is a magnet for graffiti and vandalism.   It drags down the value of other nearby properties becasue it is such and eyesore.  It costs us all money becasue of the constant need for graffiti removal.  You can see in these pictures I took where the vandalism has repeatedly needed to be covered.

Abandoned gas stations are notoriously hard to have redeveloped becasue of the issues with the underground storage tanks.  Even when the economy was booming this place was abandoned and decaying.   The fact that Mr. Swerdlow is willing to invest his money and time to redevelop this property should be welcomed, not opposed.

I live on Globe Ave. about a block from this development.  There is no convenient store for me to walk to buy food and beverages.  I welcome having a 7-eleven near by to walk to.   I really don't like to drive and add to our smog unless absolutely necessary.

As a Culver City home owner, resident, and neighbor I fully welcome Mr. Swerdlow's redevelopment of this festering piece of urban decay in our neighborhood and the building of a 7-11.

Chris Grossman

Comment by Jen Arrow on January 23, 2012 at 10:14pm

We seriously do have way too many 7-11s around here.

Comment by Bryan and Tongo on January 23, 2012 at 9:35pm

Organize Against 7-Eleven at 4436 Sepulveda Boulevard -- Whose Culv...

That's right. This is OUR town and we are not going to let ANOTHER 7-Eleven move in to our neighborhood. Why? Because we don't need it. We have FIVE 7-Eleven locations and we also have a "Mom and Pop" convenience store on Overland and Braddock, which is five residential blocks away.

Listen to the residents. They have many ideas. They also have been documenting their discontent, disapproval and dissatisfaction with the 7-Eleven proposal for many many months.

Sustainable Community Plan. It's an important City document. You can read it on the link above. We committed ourselves as the people of Culver City to a vision much much greater and more important than a 7-Eleven.

We can do better.

And we will.

Call. Email. Write letters. Knock on doors. Talk to neighbors. Talk to business owners. Talk to City Council. Talk to the Mayor. Talk to the Planning Commission. Talk to the City Attorney. Talk to the City Manager. Talk to the Redevelopment Department.

Get active. Get busy. Get noisy.

If the only person who does all of that talking EACH and EVERY day is Aaron Swerdlow, the current leaseholder of 4436, then that is the only voice that will be represented when the Planning Commission votes on February 8, 2012 in the City Council Chambers.

Be heard.

Now.

Yours in the good fight,

Bryan

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