Benson

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Wed May 29, 2013 1:33 am

iamjacobm wrote:
bigredmed wrote:
Omababe wrote:
S33 wrote:I'm not sure why they think a Trader Joes would be any different than a bucky's. In fact, a Trader Joes would draw more traffic than a Bucky's.
I would sure think that the people of Benson would welcome something like Trader Joe. It's waaaaayyyy above Bucky's on the food chain. They have a niche that things like Baker's and Hy Vee don't have and they have a reputation of treating their employees well.
And they are owned by Aldi's. (Seriously)

Can't wait for some Yuppie to walk into a Trader Joes and have to deposit a quarter to borrow a shopping cart.

Benson would be better off with a big Aldi's than a Trader Joe's considering the average income from the neighborhoods to the north and east of that location. WIC and SNAP just don't seem to go as far at a place like Whole Foods or Trader Joes.
I think the idea behind a Trader Joe's is to enhance the area, make it more attractive for people with a higher income. A Bucky's or big Aldi's doesn't do much to attract a different resident to the area.

Anyways, I always thought that would be a good spot for an apartment building. Gas station is a bummer.

Spot on.

bigredmed · Post by **bigredmed** » Wed May 29, 2013 12:01 pm

Linkin5 wrote:
iamjacobm wrote:
bigredmed wrote:
Omababe wrote:
S33 wrote:I'm not sure why they think a Trader Joes would be any different than a bucky's. In fact, a Trader Joes would draw more traffic than a Bucky's.
I would sure think that the people of Benson would welcome something like Trader Joe. It's waaaaayyyy above Bucky's on the food chain. They have a niche that things like Baker's and Hy Vee don't have and they have a reputation of treating their employees well.
And they are owned by Aldi's. (Seriously)

Can't wait for some Yuppie to walk into a Trader Joes and have to deposit a quarter to borrow a shopping cart.

Benson would be better off with a big Aldi's than a Trader Joe's considering the average income from the neighborhoods to the north and east of that location. WIC and SNAP just don't seem to go as far at a place like Whole Foods or Trader Joes.
I think the idea behind a Trader Joe's is to enhance the area, make it more attractive for people with a higher income. A Bucky's or big Aldi's doesn't do much to attract a different resident to the area.

Anyways, I always thought that would be a good spot for an apartment building. Gas station is a bummer.
Spot on.

So where do those icky poor people go for food?

Omababe · Post by **Omababe** » Wed May 29, 2013 12:12 pm

S33 wrote:their concerns were light, noise, and traffic,

Let's see here, light, noise, and traffic.

"See The Beat."
"Hear The Beat."
"Drive The Beat."

Yeah, fits right in!

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Wed May 29, 2013 4:00 pm

How is a gas station any worse than the dense cluster of bars nearby?

bigredmed · Post by **bigredmed** » Thu May 30, 2013 12:52 pm

jessep28 wrote:How is a gas station any worse than the dense cluster of bars nearby?

From what I can read between the lines, the hipsters of "Bensonhurst" are OK with noise and congestion when it is caused by cool people, but not when it is caused by something that might make the icky poor people from north of the Radial Hwy come south.

Maybe it's my childhood in Benson (sans the "-hurst"), where I got an eyeful of how liberals live vs preach when I lived north of the Radial and east of Benson High. The cool people moved their kids from Clifton Hill to Rose Hill. The kids left behind, were just that. All the urban hipsters in the Country Club neighborhood love to condescend to the people in Millard, etc, but in their hearts, they would wall off the north side of Gallagher park and put up armed gaurds to keep out the rif-raf.

Protesting a gas station is just more of the same old "I am a cool Urbanist, therefore whatever I say is by definition not racist, even when it is."

Bucky's should build it with extra lights, a sound system playing the Urban radio station as Musak, and dedicate it to Ernie Chambers.

ShawJ · Post by **ShawJ** » Thu May 30, 2013 1:45 pm

I don't spend much time in Benson, but Google maps shows me a BP on 52nd and NW Radial HWY and a Sinclair on 58th and Maple. Is another gas station that close really necessary? Seems like a grocery store, or something, would be more beneficial to the area.

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Thu May 30, 2013 3:51 pm

Trader Joes? BENSONHURST?

Good god my hipsterdouche radar just blew up.

I lived there growing up, and my family moved when I was about 14. Trader Joes isn't even close to what that community needs. They need a good, nicely priced, grocery store. A Trader Joes is just mind boggling.

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Thu May 30, 2013 4:02 pm

MadMartin8 wrote:Trader Joes? BENSONHURST?

Good god my hipsterdouche radar just blew up.

I lived there growing up, and my family moved when I was about 14. Trader Joes isn't even close to what that community needs. They need a good, nicely priced, grocery store. A Trader Joes is just mind boggling.

Hahaha this made my morning. I personally don't care for TJ's. They are too expensive and I feel like they have less variety than other bigger grocery stores. I think I Bag n' Gag or a Superslaver would work fine there.

Post by **Brad** » Thu May 30, 2013 4:42 pm

Louie's to No Frills - 2.1 Miles
Louie's to Baker's - 2.2 Miles
Louie's to the New 50th & Ames Walmart - 1.6 Miles

Grocery Store probably not going to happen...

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Thu May 30, 2013 5:54 pm

Brad wrote:Louie's to No Frills - 2.1 Miles
Louie's to Baker's - 2.2 Miles
Louie's to the New 50th & Ames Walmart - 1.6 Miles

Grocery Store probably not going to happen...

Then turn the space into apartments, or other retail.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Thu May 30, 2013 9:52 pm

This isn't a racist or anti poverty thing at all, the fact that it went there is ridiculous. The only thing this "controversy" is people being tired of the same old cr*p development near what could be one of the city's most marketable destinations if we would bother to drive a little more interesting and worthwhile investment up there.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Thu May 30, 2013 11:18 pm

iamjacobm wrote:This isn't a racist or anti poverty thing at all, the fact that it went there is ridiculous. The only thing this "controversy" is people being tired of the same old cr*p development near what could be one of the city's most marketable destinations if we would bother to drive a little more interesting and worthwhile investment up there.

Like a trendy hipster grocery store?

S33 · Post by **S33** » Fri May 31, 2013 12:24 am

iamjacobm wrote:This isn't a racist or anti poverty thing at all, the fact that it went there is ridiculous. The only thing this "controversy" is people being tired of the same old cr*p development near what could be one of the city's most marketable destinations if we would bother to drive a little more interesting and worthwhile investment up there.

There is one thing I can agree on with gas stations. Gas stations, by market design, saturate certain areas, usually very close high-density residential. Not only that, is they have zero problem dumping a loaction, only to dig another hole for fuel, throw up some lousy steal building, only in an attempt to move 50ft closer to a convenient vehicle access.

I don't live in Benson, so I guess my opinion is worthless. But it's annoying to listen to them whine and whine, then request an alternative which brings all the same problems.

ricko · Post by **ricko** » Fri May 31, 2013 4:55 am

TJ's here are mostly in working class neighborhoods. The one near
me is patronized by lots of Hispanic, Asian and African immigrants, military, and working schlubs like me. I go there because I can buy a half-gallon of milk for $1.97, a loaf of the best pre-sliced packaged bread I've ever had ( Tuscan Panna) for $2.69, a great bottle of table wine for $3.69----the prices are good and they have good quality stuff. A half-gallon of milk at the local Giant (our local Hi-Vee) is $2.69. So call me a hipster/yuppie, or maybe a yipster ( I like the sound of that). Anyway, I think Omaha can easily support a couple more. And I think a TJ's would be a good fit for Benson, or even South Omaha--- and I think you'd be surprised by the clientele's racial makeup.

bigredmed · Post by **bigredmed** » Fri May 31, 2013 11:22 am

ricko wrote: TJ's here are mostly in working class neighborhoods. The one near
me is patronized by lots of Hispanic, Asian and African immigrants, military, and working schlubs like me. I go there because I can buy a half-gallon of milk for $1.97, a loaf of the best pre-sliced packaged bread I've ever had ( Tuscan Panna) for $2.69, a great bottle of table wine for $3.69----the prices are good and they have good quality stuff. A half-gallon of milk at the local Giant (our local Hi-Vee) is $2.69. So call me a hipster/yuppie, or maybe a yipster ( I like the sound of that). Anyway, I think Omaha can easily support a couple more. And I think a TJ's would be a good fit for Benson, or even South Omaha--- and I think you'd be surprised by the clientele's racial makeup.

Sounds like yours is more like the parent company. Except for booze, Aldi's stores serve that role in Omaha.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Fri May 31, 2013 2:51 pm

Nope that sounds like Trader Joe's to me. It's reasonably priced. I think the one in Omaha so far is the exception because the first landed at One Pacific Place. TJ's is definitely not primarily an upscale only place to shop.

Greg

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Fri May 31, 2013 2:54 pm

Greg S wrote:Nope that sounds like Trader Joe's to me. It's reasonably priced. I think the one in Omaha so far is the exception because the first landed at One Pacific Place. TJ's is definitely not primarily an upscale only place to shop.

Greg

Great way to make a first impression for the chain...

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Fri May 31, 2013 4:18 pm

bigredmed wrote:
Linkin5 wrote:
iamjacobm wrote:
bigredmed wrote:
Omababe wrote:
S33 wrote:I'm not sure why they think a Trader Joes would be any different than a bucky's. In fact, a Trader Joes would draw more traffic than a Bucky's.
I would sure think that the people of Benson would welcome something like Trader Joe. It's waaaaayyyy above Bucky's on the food chain. They have a niche that things like Baker's and Hy Vee don't have and they have a reputation of treating their employees well.
And they are owned by Aldi's. (Seriously)

Can't wait for some Yuppie to walk into a Trader Joes and have to deposit a quarter to borrow a shopping cart.

Benson would be better off with a big Aldi's than a Trader Joe's considering the average income from the neighborhoods to the north and east of that location. WIC and SNAP just don't seem to go as far at a place like Whole Foods or Trader Joes.
I think the idea behind a Trader Joe's is to enhance the area, make it more attractive for people with a higher income. A Bucky's or big Aldi's doesn't do much to attract a different resident to the area.

Anyways, I always thought that would be a good spot for an apartment building. Gas station is a bummer.
Spot on.
So where do those icky poor people go for food?

Do you still beat your wife?

S33 · Post by **S33** » Fri May 31, 2013 4:39 pm

Linkin5 wrote:
Do you still beat your wife?

Only when she leaves the kitchen without sandwiches.

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Fri May 31, 2013 9:28 pm

S33 wrote:
Linkin5 wrote:
Do you still beat your wife?
Only when she leaves the kitchen without sandwiches.

Or doesn't have dinner already made when I get home.

S33 · Post by **S33** » Fri May 31, 2013 9:44 pm

MadMartin8 wrote:
S33 wrote:
Linkin5 wrote:
Do you still beat your wife?
Only when she leaves the kitchen without sandwiches.

Or doesn't have dinner already made when I get home.

The nerve... Even Ward Cleaver would lay a pretty solid beatdown for something like that.

TitosBuritoBarn · Post by **TitosBuritoBarn** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:02 am

What's with the hipster hate? They bring great urban neighborhoods with them.

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 1:31 pm

TitosBuritoBarn wrote:What's with the hipster hate? They bring great urban neighborhoods with them.

Hipster is the new gay.

justnick · Post by **justnick** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:33 pm

Big E wrote:
TitosBuritoBarn wrote:What's with the hipster hate? They bring great urban neighborhoods with them.
Hipster is the new gay.

ugh gay hipsters.

Joe_Sovereign · Post by **Joe_Sovereign** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:01 pm

justnick wrote:
Big E wrote:
TitosBuritoBarn wrote:What's with the hipster hate? They bring great urban neighborhoods with them.
Hipster is the new gay.
ugh gay hipsters.

Do Gay Hipsters only have gay sex ironically?

justnick · Post by **justnick** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:03 pm

Joe_Sovereign wrote:
justnick wrote:
Big E wrote:
TitosBuritoBarn wrote:What's with the hipster hate? They bring great urban neighborhoods with them.
Hipster is the new gay.
ugh gay hipsters.
Do Gay Hipsters only have gay sex ironically?

no but they wear sandals and socks

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:04 pm

Are sandals and sox fashionable now?

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:09 pm

Coyote wrote:Are sandals and sox fashionable now?

Only if you wear them with a wrinkled white sport coat and white pants.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:42 pm

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Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Fri Jul 26, 2013 6:31 am

BENSON DAYS 2013
SATURDAY, JULY 27
DOWNTOWN BENSON, NEBRASKA

The annual BENSON DAYS community celebration is presented by the Benson Business Association. This year’s event is Saturday, July 27th, beginning at 8 a.m. with a pancake breakfast in front of the Mainstage at 61st & Maple streets. Following the breakfast, the Benson Neighborhood Association’s annual parade (10 am) will feature longtime businesswoman Jane Beran, serving as Grand Marshal. The parade begins at Benson High School, winds through downtown Benson and ends at 63rd & Maple streets.

From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., the whole family can enjoy activities along Maple Street from 59th through 63rd including a Kid Zone at the Benson Community Center, over 80 artists and vendor booths, farmers market, live music on the Mainstage and open houses at various businesses.

In the evening, Benson Days “After Dark” will allow adults age 21 entry into five different Benson bars, each featuring five different bands. Wristbands cost $10.00 each and funds go back to support future community events.

Pancake Breakfast
8 am – 10 am

Delicious breakfast by The Pancake Man – only $5 per plate (all ages)
The pancake breakfast is sponsored by TSYS Merchant Solutions and funds support the Benson Neighborhood Association (BNA).

Benson Days Parade
10 am – 11 am

The BNA’s community parade beginning at Benson High School and proceeding through downtown Benson.
The parade is sponsored by Great Western Bank.

Kids’ Zone!
11 am – 6 pm

Children’s area featuring inflatable activities, education, face painting and more!

Arts + Crafts Fair
11 am – 6 pm

Handmade goods from the community’s most talented local artists.

Street Festival
11 am – 6 pm

Pop-up shops, delicious food and fun for all of Benson.

Mainstage
12 pm – 9 pm

Live local music and the frostiest beverages in Benson (21+).
The Mainstage is sponsored by the Benson Business Improvement District

Benson Days “After Dark”
9 pm – 2 am

5 bars x 5 bands = 25 awesome shows (21+).

ThatGuy · Post by **ThatGuy** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 7:31 am

RNcyanide wrote: Hahaha this made my morning. I personally don't care for TJ's. They are too expensive and I feel like they have less variety than other bigger grocery stores. I think I Bag n' Gag or a Superslaver would work fine there.

I'm in no way weighing in on this debate, but you honestly think Trader Joe's is expensive?

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 12:21 pm

ThatGuy wrote:
RNcyanide wrote: Hahaha this made my morning. I personally don't care for TJ's. They are too expensive and I feel like they have less variety than other bigger grocery stores. I think I Bag n' Gag or a Superslaver would work fine there.
I'm in no way weighing in on this debate, but you honestly think Trader Joe's is expensive?

When I can find their stuff cheaper at Wally World, yes, I do find them expensive.

ThatGuy · Post by **ThatGuy** » Wed Aug 07, 2013 4:03 am

You have obviously never set foot in Trader Joe's if you think the same products are available at Wal-Mart and it's expensive. Carry on.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Aug 07, 2013 2:45 pm

ThatGuy wrote:You have obviously never set foot in Trader Joe's if you think the same products are available at Wal-Mart and it's expensive. Carry on.

I second that...

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:48 pm

Proposed Bucky's Wins First-Round Approval

KPTM wrote:If all of the details can be ironed out, the new Bucky's would take over the old and iconic Louis Market at the corner of 58th and NW Radial Highway, which has now sat empty for the better part of a year and a half. "I like the idea of a big investment happening there," said Benson advocate Kurt Goetzinger. "Unfortunately, not everybody is happy about that."

Post by **Brad** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 12:47 am

Wow, that's crazy for a Bucky's.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 12:49 am

I hope that is what is coming, and not just another city's example...

ThatGuy · Post by **ThatGuy** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 2:11 am

Brad wrote:
ThatGuy wrote:You have obviously never set foot in Trader Joe's if you think the same products are available at Wal-Mart and it's expensive. Carry on.
I second that...

RNcyanide's opinion?

Post by **Brad** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 2:15 am

ThatGuy wrote:
Brad wrote:
ThatGuy wrote:You have obviously never set foot in Trader Joe's if you think the same products are available at Wal-Mart and it's expensive. Carry on.
I second that...
RNcyanide's opinion?

No, what you said...

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:25 pm

Can't wait!