Residents Say They'll Fight New McDonald's in Fairlawn
Traffic is already a nightmare at Shiawassee and West Market, crowd says
Residents near a proposed McDonald's restaurant at the corner of Shiawassee Avenue and West Market Street left an informational meeting Tuesday night unconvinced the project is right for their neighborhood. About 35 Fairlawn residents, most from Shiawassee and adjoining streets, listened as franchise owner John Blickle explained that the fast food restaurant would not increase traffic or crime in the area. "We do not generate traffic," Blickle told the crowd at the Fairlawn Kiwanis Community Center. "We live off the existing (passing) traffic." Blickle, whose company, Rubber City Arches, owns 20 area McDonald's restaurants, also said his businesses are kept neat and clean, and do not increase crime in a neighborhood. "We do not have a …
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Julie
5:36 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
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