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November 20, 2004
TASTY ‘TURKEY’ BANNED ON METROTECH CAMPUS: Outside advertisers, menus off limits at Ratner complex.
The Brooklyn Papers: Ratner touts Metrotech as a an expample of how Forest City Ratner's projects contribute to the enconomic revitalization of the community. But with restrictions on soliciting business by outside food vendors, Aricka Westbrooks, whose "quirky fried turkey business on Myrtle Avenue" named Jive Turkey, is left out in the cold after several attempts to advertise to Metrotech tenants.
The article sheds light on Ratner's track record of issues that have arisen witht his Atlantic Yards project from public access to open space to economic development in the community.
Ratner touts his support of women- and minority-owned businesses, but Westbrook's frustrating tale is all too familiar to small business owners in the neighborhood.
Posted by lumi at November 20, 2004 9:10 AM