A community bond grows in Hooters battle

Home is where the heart is, or maybe where you don’t want to see a Hooters restaurant.

Residents on the west side of Sundance Square have resisted the new Hooters planned for City Place on Throckmorton Street.

Citing concerns about the waitresses’ attire, the noisy atmosphere and safety risks, residents have protested the chain restaurant for months.

The residents are giving it their all, so it’s sad that odds are it’s a losing battle.

Barring some unlikely event, Hooters will be here to stay.

Although it will be unfortunate for some residents to have a view of an owl with giant double-entendre eyes outside their windows, we are happy to have residents with such love for the area.

Usually we see this ire toward unwanted establishments in suburbia, not in busy downtown.

These residents care for their urban neighborhood, a welcome bonus to the already tourist-friendly Sundance Square and surrounding streets.

They might lose this battle, but they have won a caring, active community fighting for a better downtown Fort Worth.

This story was originally published August 31, 2016 at 6:15 PM with the headline "A community bond grows in Hooters battle."