SUDS is Closed
Until Jan. 5, 2010 we provided coin-operated laundry, showers and propane service on
Main Street  in Beautiful Downtown Talkeetna. We were located behind Twister Creek
Restaurant and Denali Brewing Co. In late October the landlord informed us that he
wanted to convert the space into brewery space and use the showers for his workers,
keeping a couple laundry machines for his use. On Jan. 4 he told the community
council that he does not wish to provide these services anymore at this site.
I believe the restaurant should keep its word to the council and continue to provide
these services as part of their business -- as a public service -- the way previous owners
of that building have done for our community. Our experience proves that the profit
margin is too low to support an independent business at that site when rent is a factor.
The three public partners promised in 2008 to continue those services as a condition of
the town council's written support for yet another Downtown liquor license in an area
already saturated with bars (there are 7 other dispensaries in Talkeetna and one more
on the way, not counting the Arts Hangar). Twister Creek/Denali Brewing added TWO
MORE dispensaries, the brewery tasting room and the restaurant. Below is a list of
what Talkeetna lost when a laundry and shower facility that promoted public health
and provided propane to local residents was displaced to facilitate the brewery.
Private Shower Stall
& Clean Towels

Our Shower costs $4 and is set to
seven minutes.Towels are
available for $1 rental.

There's a shampoo bottle in the
shower stall.


Bar soap is available for purchase.

Showers cost $4.
Bath and hand towels plus
a wash cloth are $1 extra.

One person per shower per
token, no exceptions.
Six Front-Loading
Propane-Fired Dryers

Figure a minimum of
$1.50 (.50 cents = 7 mins.)
per cycle to dry a moderate load of
clothes, more for a couple of
washer-loads. These dryers are
HOT but  can't perform miracles.


* No drying of rubberized products
like waders, rugs or shoes. None of
us will be happy with the results.
Five Coin-Operated
Washers

Loads cost $2.50 per.
Detergent is available on-site
at 50 cents per individual-load
baggie.

We hoped to have Washer #6
replaced but that didn't
happen.

Propane Filling Service

ATM
SUDS on June 14 (ABOVE) was a little different than SUDS in mid-May (BELOW).