To get the ball rolling, I'm going to offer up my suggestion: a rental shop where park goers can rent outdoor equipment like kayaks, scooters and bicycles.

Keep it open as an A and W.

The A&W was part of our tradition when we went to Elizabeth Park. I personally wish they would just reopen...........

I would like to see A&W reopen right there... We are driving down to Rockwood to get our rootbeer floats and papa's burger.. It a wonderful summer treat and if they open in the cooler months before the snow flies, we would be there too eating out A&W favorites...

get your roller blades out and start serving A&W

I agree----A&W!

i would love it to be an A&W, but Nate's idea is awesome, too...however the park has a couple buildings that could be well suited to be a livery of sorts for bikes, kayaks, canoes, fishing poles, ice skates, skis and snowshoes. Barring that......a Coffee House! the A&W building even has a basement which could become a super cozy little conversation and caffeination station.

A&W would be GREAT!!!! Also like a coffee house!! We need a Starbucks around town!!!

We also miss the A&W. However, Nate does have a great idea. We should have something like that. Someone suggested within the park which would make sense. You can take pony rides, why not rent a bike or kayak? Kayaking would be really neat. I have some friends who do it over there.

If it were possible to expand the property for a reasonable price, reopening another A&W with inside seating AND another function would be great. But that would mean buying at least 3 homes next door and expanding the building.

Sonic anybody! NA reopen as an A&W

A&w. To much history to turn it into something else. I love the story that comes wit that building. But I agree something needs to come and take over the space. I really do like nate's idea. But the main thing I cant see happening is making enough there to keep it alive. It be there for a year or two. We don't have the foot traffic that it requires. I love to see it being used verse sitting there.

Chipotle!!! :))

I would love to see A&W reopen. If not, what about Biggby Coffee (pronounced Big-Bee). They are better than Starbucks, less expensive, and based in Michigan. Yum!

I too would love to see it re-open as an A&W. I moved down here from the Eastside 2 years ago and it was still open that summer. I was pretty excited since we did not have A&W on that side of town. It seems that with the park right there and a slightly expanded menu, take out sandwiches, soups, etc. that it should be able to make it. With the right menu I would think it could draw, boaters, fisherman and picnickers. I believe the potential is there it's not like downtown Trenton is over run with restaurants.

Elida Ortiz Southlea

Like Nate's idea. If an A&W was viable in that location, it would still be open!

I would like it to remain and A & W!!

Someone posted something about a bar...i don't see it here now, tho. Anyway....that could be cool! picture this. with all the local people brewing their own 5 gallon buckets of beer, wine and mead as hobbiest, why not encourage the local hobbiest brewer to sell buckets of brew to the "Trenton Brewing Co-op" (or whatever) at a low cost to be sampled by the public. it would be fun and i think it would bring people into the downtown area. A different, fun and interesting way to spend an evening Downriver. Now to find someone to go out on a limb and give one of these ideas a shot! come on financial backers...who is willing to suppport one of these businesses???

I would like to see a caribou coffee shop.

could maybe be a decent farmer's market? parking lot converted to stands. inside for year round use. pumpkins in October. trees in December...

A&W, but if that can't happen, park rental equipment is a good idea!

I would like to see it reopen since my parents owned it for 27 years and my husband Denny & I owned it for 6 years before we moved to AZ. and bought an A&W in 1986. Maybe we should bring it back to the "good old days ". We are the ones to do it !