[Chat] Fw: [I-NEIGHBORS] Your Feedback Is Sought Regarding Opening A Local Hardware Store

Thu Jan 8 23:11:54 EST 2009

Gina,

It has been over 15 years since a community-based hardware store has been in the Greater Waverly area.  I encourage you to pursue this opportunity and hope you will hear from other members of the community, as well.  Have you been in touch with the Waverly Main Street Coordinator, Laura Kindseth?

I shop at the Home Depot on Perring Pkwy and get plants at the Waverly Farmer's market and another small nursery on Walther Blvd - Walther Gardens.  there are a few small hardware stores in Hampden, but none left on Greenmount Avenue, where there had been two as recently as 1993.

Please Reply To All My E-Mail Addresses !

Sincerely,

W. Brad Schlegel
Block Captain - EGLSCA
1552 Oakridge Road
Baltimore, MD 21218-2228

410-467-1933 - H
410-962-9506 - W and Voice Mail
william.schlegel at us.army.mil, brad.schlegel at irs.gov, Schlegelw at mi.army.mil

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Efa Ahmed-Williams 
To: EDNORGARDENSLAKESIDE21218 at I-NEIGHBORS.ORG 
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 10:19 PM
Subject: Re: [I-NEIGHBORS] Your Feedback Is Sought Regarding Opening A Local Hardware Store

      If prices are good (competitive with larger chain stores) and you have a variety of items including flowers and gardening supplies the store would be a good addition to our neighborhood.  

      Peace,
      Efa

      --- On Wed, 1/7/09, JOSEPH STEWART <Jstewart at DAT.STATE.MD.US> wrote:

        From: JOSEPH STEWART <Jstewart at DAT.STATE.MD.US>
        Subject: Your Feedback Is Sought Regarding Opening A Local Hardware Store
        To: EDNORGARDENSLAKESIDE21218 at I-NEIGHBORS.ORG
        Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 1:34 PM

Dear Community members,

Hello.  My name is  Gina Schaefer and along with my husband, Marc
Friedman, and associate, John Elliot, own Federal Hill Ace Hardware on
Light Street.  We opened that location almost two years ago and love
being in the Federal Hill community.

We have been presented with the opportunity to open a second location
in Waverly in the old Post Office (Blockbuster) space and are interested
in getting some feedback from you.  

You can read more about us by visiting www.acehardwareDC.com but I will
also give you a few tidbits of information.

We are members of the Ace Hardware co-operative which makes us
independently owned and operated yet gives us a larger buying group to
work within.  We currently own five stores and try very hard to become a
destination location in each of those neighborhoods.   We carry more
than 20,000 items and have access to many, many more.  We divide our
stores into the following departments; lawn & garden, paint & cleaning,
electrical, plumbing, housewares, and hardware.  We love to adapt our
products to our neighborhoods' needs and will bring in almost any items
that are requested by our customers.

As we continue to do the research necessary to determine if this
location is a good fit for us, we welcome any comments (both positive
and negative) that you might have. 

I'm curious where everyone currently shops for their hardware and
housewares items?  Where are you buying things like plant pots, mulch,
etc.  Do you think the neighborhood would enjoy having a community
hardware store?  Are there still enough renovations going on to sustain
a large store?

Please feel free to email me at gina at acehardwareDC.com.  I look forward
to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Gina Schaefer

Owner of a "few cool hardware stores"
202-682-4517 (work)
202-246-3450 (cell)

Now you can shop our stores on-line!  Visit www.acehardwaredc.com 
You're not a clone, why shop at one?

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