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Friday, June 15, 2012

Maplewood's Food Truck Discussion Attracts Media Attention

Three Missouri news outlets weighed in on the council's discussion and the outcome.

Maplewood City Council drew attention from the media when it discussed food trucks at its Monday meeting. The St. Louis Post Dispatch ran an article the next day, quoting Maplewood city manager Martin Corcoran that the food truck issue is dead, "as of tonight." Mayor Jim White and council members Barry Greenberg, Fred Wolf and Karen Wood were listed as opposed "because they were worried the trucks could “cannibalize” the local restaurants’ business," the article stated. Corcoran is quoted that it would take four votes to pass, and as of Monday, they weren't there. The St. Louis Business Journal summarized the meeting in an article on Thursday. Councilmember David Cerven, who said in the meeting he's for food trucks, was quoted in the …

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Food Trucks in Maplewood City Council: 2 Against, 2 Mostly Against, 2 For, 1 Absent, Maplewood City Hall, Maplewood Chamber of Commerce, and 1 more ›

Liza

11:01 pm on Monday, June 18, 2012

A friend mentioned the idea of having a weekly food truck day, possibly parking the trucks in the new park area on Sutton (the old site of the bus loop) so that the Maplewood community could come together and sample the great food. I thought it was a fabulous idea!   more ›

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Food Trucks in Maplewood City Council: 2 Against, 2 Mostly Against, 2 For, 1 Absent

A discussion of food trucks at Tuesday's Maplewood city council meeting showed two for and two against. Two others were against on a regular basis. One councilman wasn't there. No motion was made.

In the end, no motion was made after the food truck discussion Tuesday night at the Maplewood city council meeting. City manager Martin Corcoran said the staff was given no directives, so nothing will happen to change the current law that prohibits food trucks from operating in the city. The discussion revealed council members David Cerven and Tim Dunn for food trucks and Karen Wood and Fred Wolf against. Wood and Wolf said few words in indicating their positions against. Cerven and Dunn explained how they came to be for food trucks. Cerven said an event at Kellog Park or Deer Creek Park might work, but the important thing is to level the playing field so food truck operators don’t have an economic advantage. “If it can be worked out that …

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Maplewood City Hall, Deer Creek Park, Boogaloo, and 1 more ›

Pat Maloney (Wilken)

8:05 am on Friday, June 15, 2012

I was at first, very much against the food trucks, and how it might hurt the rest of our small businesses. But as time went on, and I read some of the "fors and againsts" I thought maybe it would work in a limited availability. Such as Tues. and Thurs. But whatever is decided, and it already sounds like it is, it will be okay.   more ›

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