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It’s been an educational experience for me to say the least and has taught me the importance of local government and having a connection to the people involved. I’m embarrassed to say I hadn’t previously been involved in anyway and really didn’t know how things worked. “This fire has pushed me to get active in our city council meetings.
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Downtown is full of small business owners, building owners, long-time residents, etc., who want to see the entire downtown succeed and we’ve felt this support daily. We have rallied with those businesses and other businesses downtown and have felt a great support. We obviously weren’t as effected as those businesses on the 300 block of Jefferson but basically we were cut off and still continue to be cut off from the rest of Jefferson Street. “When the fire happened, it changed things for us instantly. “My husband, Gary, and I love the history Burlington has to offer (we live in a home built in 1868 and moved here to purchase a business which had been in business since 1866). Burlington, especially downtown Burlington, is full of magnificent architecture and history. We felt like we were starting to gain some great traction, and we were finding ourselves more and more excited and blessed to be a part of downtown Burlington. “Similar to Burlington By The Book, we had experienced a great summer of business prior to the Tama fire. Although the 200 block of Jefferson Street has not been blocked off, the Beancounter has felt the effects of fewer people coming downtown due to parking issues. In the meantime, after publishing a blogin which Chris Murphy, owner of Burlington By The Book, had expressed his frustration with the effect the fire aftermath had on his business and others, I reached out to Suann Wells, owner of The Beancounter Coffeehouse and Drinkery at 212 Jefferson St. Let’s just hope the building can be brought down safely. (Third Street had re-opened in mid-December but part of Jefferson was still blocked.) I guess the best way to view it is that there has to be pain in order to get some gain. The bad news for downtown merchants, however, is that the fencing around the area has to expand, limiting parking on Jefferson and Third again. This article in The Hawk Eye gives the details so I won’t repeat those here.
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Some state agencies have given approval for the demolition of the fire-ravaged Historic Tama Complex, but how to bring down the building safely remains a concern. Suann Wells, center, is the owner of the Beancounter Coffeehouse and Drinkery at 212 Jefferson St.










