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Medford, MA City Council - June 30, 2015 (Unofficially provided by MT)

[Mario Martin]: Good evening. Mario Martin at 198 Harvard Street. I just wanted to sort of echo a little bit of some of the comments that were mentioned earlier in terms of economic growth and development here. I think Mark Crowley really nailed it in terms of how we look at opportunities to see growth. But if we actually take a second to apply that same principle to the current situation, which is this massage parlor and the pawn shop, Typically, if you think about it, when a business starts up, they consider many factors in terms of how they're going to operate their business. One is an opportunity. Two, they develop a marketing structure, a basic analysis of how they're going to push this product, whether a product or a service. And then lastly, they look for a demographic. A pawn shop. and a massage parlor, these specific types of businesses only look for certain types of demographics. And it'd be really, really sad to have that conversation about whether this is that type of demographic that they're looking for. So, you know, that's something to really, really consider. Thank you.