Asylum Records @ 108 Main Street, one of the growing independently-owned businesses thriving on Main Street, re-located here in 2014 from the dying music scene in Tempe into what was way-back-when the Old Royale Theater.
According to the Downtown Mesa Association, Downtown Mesa is comprised of over 400 businesses, 90 percent of which are independently owned, small businesses.
Another example in the urban redevelopment jargon toolbox of "adaptive re-use"?
Or smart music entrepreneurs finding a good location, making a deal, banking on the expansion of the light trail - seeing an opportunity here - and promoting downtown?
Tomorrow's event in the record store/performance venue comes just days before the 1st Mesa Music Fest where the Music Scene gets bigger and bigger all the time with other venues in town like The Nile Theater, MesaAmpiTheater, and Mesa Arts Center.
Owner Scott Renault said this t that time, "I originally wanted to open in the location I am in now, but the rent was just too high at the time and the work on the light rail was in full swing," Robenalt told us. "We didn't even look into any other locations in Tempe, and we knew there were no record stores in Mesa. Not any real records stores anyway."
In an online article October 7, 2014 by Troy Farah* the reporter says he's surprised by that music migration "How odd considering how boring Mesa can be. You don't need some clickbait article to tell you that -- . . . But if you were to accidentally steer down Main Street, you might see something actually worth stopping for.. . "
Hey Buddy!
The New Urban Downtown Mesa = A Destination
Promoting is EVERYTHING!
Being in downtown Mesa, all the businesses work together to help each other .
*Troy Farah exists on Twitter but only on Twitter and not in real life.
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