On Tuesday, the Common Council approved the lease agreement between the City of Hudson and Pocketbook Hudson which, for an annual fee of $18,000, gives PBH the use of 10,458 square feet, the space needed for 34 parking spaces, in the vacant lot across Washington Street from Central Fire Station. Perhaps this will alleviate some of the issues arising from patrons of Pocketbook Hudson Hotel and Baths taking up onstreet parking spaces in the immediate neighborhood typically available to residents.
In its continuing effort to be good neighbors and a vital part of the community, Pocketbook Hudson announced yesterday on Instagram "Luncheonette: A Free Community Meal," to take place on June 15, beginning at 1:00 p.m.
The event, which is to happen every month, is described in this way:
A community gathering that brings people together over a nourishing free lunch. Each month, Lunchbar Project crafts meals rooted in the seasonality of local farm purveyors, using organic, high quality, whole ingredients to create healthy, nutritious, beautiful, and accessible food for everyone. Share a meal, connect, and indulge in conversation.
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It should be noted that this lease agreement is a redo of the original SIGNED lease agreement from last December that, I guess, the Pocketbook people were okay with ripping up. (Kamal Johnson and Gabe Katz of the PBH signed it! $30,000/year for 5 years!) Why did that signed lease agreement have to be undone and redone at the city's behest? Primarily because Rob Perry at DPW had not been in on the discussions that allowed PBH to sign a lease agreement to take over most of the lot across from the Firestation, impacting DPW's ability to continue to use the lot for all sorts of things, but primarily for dumping snow there, often, as this past winter, a whole lot of snow!
ReplyDeleteIt's all very bush league stuff. The lack of communication at City Hall is astounding. And the monied interests continually steamrolling the city is appalling.