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Heights Association Distributes QuestionnaireTo Decide What%u2019s In Store For Montague StreetBY ROB TAYLORin response to tne large number of vacant storefronts lining Montague St. in recent years, the Brooklyn Heights Association has decided to take some action of its own and assure the six currently vacant stores are filled with businesses the community wants and needs.A survey form has just been mailed to members of the Brooklyn Heights Association that the organization says is designed to determine how retail areas in the neighborhood can be improved. Separate surveys will also be taken of both resident and non-resident shoppers as well as of the merchants operating along Montague St.%u201cWe want to prevent the street from looking like it did last year when there were a lot of empty storefronts on the street,%u201d says Donald Pandina, the member of the association%u2019s board of governors in charge of the project.Over the last few years, development projects in Downtown Brooklyn have caused Montague St. commercial rents to skyrocket, pricing some 12 small businesses off the street to other locations and leaving the stores vacant in anticipation of higher-paying merchants. Some of the long-time merchants and residents of Brooklyn Heights are afraid that the street will soon lose all its neighborhood services.According to Pandina, the Association is formulating a merchant policy for the street to work with the landlords to fill the vacant stores with businesses that could rely on the community and would not have to pull in shoppers from all over the city.Pandina, the owner of the Summa Gallery on Montague St., is particularly alarmed with the brokers who are trying to lure AAA Dun and Bradstreet-rated businesses to the street. %u201cAAA just means that they have the ability to pay high rent and have to reach outside the Heights for customers,%u201d he says. Chain stores and fast food restaurants often qualify as AAA businesses.The Heights Association survey will inventory the types of businesses that'shoppers and merchants would like to see on the street and make the information available to brokers and landlords recruiting business to the street. Pandina says the Heights Association will %u201cencourage%u201d the landlords %u201cwith the right input. We%u2019re not just interested in fillin gup store space,%u201d says Pandina, %u201cwe want to be able to know what should be done through the survey,%u201d he says. %u201cIf we have a mandatefrom the residents and merchants in the shopping area, then we could work to change some of the problems with the street.%u201dThe survey that has been mailed to members of the Brooklyn Heights Association asks questions about : the frequency of shopping trips on Montague St.; the type of business used regularly; the type of restaurant most patronized; and how the services on the street compare to other shopping areas.A second survey will sample non-resident shoppers on Montague St. and a third survey will be sent to 1,000 residents of Brooklyn Heights who are not members of the Association. Merchants on Montague St. will receive a fourth survey.The questions on the survey were first written by the Association Board of Governors and then compiled by Projects for Public Space, a consulting firm that has done similar surveys across the country, says Pandina.CB2 Meets Next WeekDowntown%u2019s Community Board Two will hold its regular monthly meeting of the full board on December 10. On the agenda that night is the selection of new board officers. Current officers have been nominated to retain their positions with Jerry Renzini as chairperson, Vivian Patterson as first vicechair, Albert Parham as second vice-chair and Ann King as secretary. In the only contested race, Hargett will challenge Patterson for first vice-chair. The meeting will be at the Brooklyn Union Gas Co., 195 Montague St.CB6 To Meet In SlopeThe Slope/South Brooklyn Community Board Six will hold its regular monthly meeting of the full board at 6 :30pm on Dec. 10 in the Assembly Room at the Prospect Park YMCA, on Ninth St., north of Fifth Ave. In addition to the month%u2019s regularly scheduled committee reports, the board members are scheduled to vote on leadership posts for the 1987 term.This year, the race for vice-chair appears to be the most contested as three candidates will be vying for the board members%u2019 votes. Candidates for the position include: Stephanie Twin, Anita DeMartini and Mort Fleischer. Two candidates for chairperson are Jerry Armer, the choice of the board%u2019s nominating committee, and Raphael Martinez. 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