BEAVERDALE NAMED BEST NEIGHBORHOOD - 6th YEAR IN A ROW
From the Business Record
Beaverdale keeps right on winning accolades every year as the "best residential neighborhood," and yet it's not the same neighborhood it used to be. These days, a larger selection of stores, service providers and restaurants make it even easier to find the necessities of life close to home.
In the compact "downtown" area of Beaverdale, the newest business location is a building called Joe's Square, perched at the corner of Beaver Avenue and Fagen Drive. Completed last fall, the brick structure is home to GoodSons Martini and Panini restaurant, as well as Flarah's restaurant and bakery, Anytime Fitness and more.
Joe's complements the collection of strip mall buildings farther south on Beaver, where Beaverdale residents find everything from Ace Hardware to a Grounds for Celebration coffeehouse, from Beaverdale Books to Beaverdale Pizza.
The neighborhood seems destined to keep changing. For example, the "concept unveiling meeting" about initial plans from the Beaver Avenue Streetscape Project is scheduled for Tuesday evening.
Change hasn't always meant consensus, however. The neighborhood has struggled mightily over the question of what to do with the green space where Rice Elementary School once stood, and its active citizens don't stop with that issue. The Public Affairs Committee meets monthly at Chef's Kitchen, charged with monitoring the actions of government and communicating Beaverdale's wishes to city leaders.
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