Here comes the neighborhood

Hello. Happy New Year.

I live a couple of blocks off the main thoroughfare through my part of town, a street the powers that be have designated a high priority area for development. (That is, "Hey! We promise you won't get shot if you come to this part of town. Pleeeaaaseee?")

So, I've noticed a restaurant going in on the ground floor of a condo building. (I'd considered buying a place in the building, but the floorplans were a little too odd.)

More interesting is what's going in across the street, in an old auto-parts store: Doggie daycare.

I suspect soon enough we'll have our very own standalone Starbucks, as until now they've been only bold enough to open a kiosk in the neighborhood Safeway.