Developing on land next to Walgreens

A while ago, the Spencerport Blog had a post about the land next to Walgreens. I thought it would be good to build something like a TJ Max on the land, but that was all the development I would like to see. I didn’t like the idea of having a lot of stores or restaurants next to Walgreens, just a TJ Max and that’s it. The proposal they currently have for the land next to Walgreens along Route 31 is a gas station and car wash and a fast food restaurant and a child care facility. The question I have is whether the town can do something to keep the land from being overdeveloped. There’s been ten new businesses in 2023 and for what I can see, the village or town government had very little to do with these additions. It was simply the free market doing its thing and I think that’s good. With regards to the land next to Walgreens though, I wonder if there’s something the town can do to limit the amount of development there. I’m not sure it’s a great idea to make a law to limit development, or if the town should buy the land and keep it grass, but I know that a lot of residents see Spencerport like a small town and having a lot of development would diminish this quality.

Dan Bauman

Canal Days schedule

Canal Days will be going on at the end of July. On Saturday July 29th and Sunday July 30th, the hours will be 10AM to 5PM. There will be vendors on Union Street and the Fireman's Field. On the Firemen's Field, there will be live entertainment all day. The Children's Activity Tent and the Tasting Tent(alcoholic beverages) will also be at the Firemen's Field.

On Sunday, there are two special events. The Car Show will be at the American Legion Ferris Good Ridge Post from 11AM to 3PM. The Canaligator Race will happen at the east side of the canal bridge at 4:30PM.

The shuttle buses will be happening from 9:30AM to 5:30PM. You can get on a shuttle bus at the high school and they will drop you off at Key Bank in town. The shuttle buses will also be going to the Car Show.

The Spencerport Blog is part of the business, Spencerport Media. Spencerport Media is a sponsor of Spencerport Canal Days this year.

A lot is happening in Tops Plaza

Tops Grocery store is a popular place for Ogden and Parma residents to go shopping. Going to the grocery store is the main reason for going to this plaza, but there are a lot of other places to go in this plaza too. For instance, people love to go to Slayton Place to eat. Remember when Slayton Place was where Tops gas station is now?

There’s been a lot of changes to the plaza this Spring. The small gym next to Chef King moved to the back of the plaza right near Lamont Trophy. It is a bigger space now for Will and Chris to continue to do more strength and conditioning with the gym users. Dunamis will be sharing space with Retrieve Physical Therapy too. Where Dunamis gym used to be located, there is now a boutique called Holly-wood Decorative Creations which sells goods from local artisans. All of the vendors are woman and minority owned businesses.

A couple more things occurred in this plaza. Lee Nail Art expanded their store into the space next to them. They doubled in size, filling the space that used to be the old barber shop that closed down back in November of last year. Also, a few stores down from Lee Nail Art, CDL Printing closed for good on May 31st, so now that leaves this space and the old Rite Aid building as the two locations in the plaza that are vacant.