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Resident objects to liquor license for 572 Saint James Ave., cites density and school proximity
Summary
Marguerite Foster Franklin accused the city’s licensing commission of permitting a liquor store at 572 Saint James Ave. without neighborhood input and raised concerns about licensing density, traffic, parking and proximity to schools in Ward 4.
Marguerite Foster Franklin, a Ward 4 resident, told the Springfield City Council during public comment she is “dismayed” that the city’s licensing commission voted to allow a liquor store at 572 Saint James Avenue.
Foster Franklin said the McKnight Council sent a letter opposing the business, that the Bay Neighborhood Council was not contacted, and that Ward 4 already has “more liquor stores in Ward 4 than any other ward…
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