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

[Kathleen Hruska]

Hi Gina,

I also use the Home Depot, and Falkenhan's in Hampden.  But to have a hardware/garden supply store within walking distance... Heaven!  I would also love to see a thriving business in that beautiful old building.

Thanks!
Kathleen

P.S.  Hint: I bought a rotary push lawn mower from an Ace Hardware store a few years back.  I bet they'd be popular with our green-minded neighbors with small backyards...!

On Thursday, January 08, 2009, at 10:25PM, "David Kinzer" <davidkinzer at gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi Gina,
>
>I agree with Brad.  It would be great to have you in the neighborhood.  I
>know that many of the homeowners on my block are always renovating or
>updating their homes to some extent.  I certainly have a long list of
>intended renovations and upgrades.  Like Brad, I currently shop at the Home
>Depot on Perring Parkway but would gladly switch to a local business.
>
>Best,
>David
>
>2009/1/8 Schlegel, William B CW4 RES USAR USARC <
>william.schlegel at us.army.mil>
>
>>  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 <shadesofbeauty2002 at YAHOO.COM>
>> *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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