For anyone still harboring thoughts that the St. Andrews project will someday rise in the southern sky, I have two words for you...Amish Market. Like so many other retail endeavors, it failed to attract enough business to sustain it. The list of failed business's in Hyde Park is breathtaking. A drive up Rt. 9 looks like a retail ghost town. There is no common denominator beyond failure.
Which brings me to St. Andrews. These people would have us believe there is a real demand for upscale housing and expensive retail space. They further insist there is need of a 150-200 person hotel. I want what they're smoking. Hyde Park can't sustain a second grocery store or a department store like Ames. What makes you think the town will get behind an ambitious venture like St. Andrews. Just another brick in the wall.
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If the Amish Market’s business plan was to sell their upscale groceries to Hyde Park resident, they were barking up the wrong tree. Folks on the way to Rhinebeck, Clinton, and Stanford – yes but not Hyde Park. There is some upscale here but apparently not enough.
My understanding of St. Andrews was that it was going to be courting the tourist and upscale trade. The problem is the overall nervousness in the economy seems to have spread to all sectors. I expect the approvals granted by the town boards are not going to trigger any rampant building.
I do expect businesses like Family Dollar to become more popular, though.
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