I’ve heard that a local developer is planning to turn the vacant space where KFC was located into a combination Cousins sub franchise and a coffee shop. I’ve never seen that combination before, but then I’m not sure anyone has seen that combination before. If the ambiance of a traditional coffee shop can be combined with the utilitarian character of a Cousins sub shop, then I will be the first to applaud the accomplishment.
It scarcely matters if one person, here or there, thinks the effort will succeed; it’s a strength of the market that any number of private citizens may take their chances in the marketplace, free from the presumption of the city, state, or skeptical citizens. If customers like the idea, then it will have satisfied a need, and Whitewater will be better off for it.