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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gina,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please Reply To All My E-Mail Addresses
!<BR> <BR>Sincerely,<BR> <BR>W. Brad Schlegel<BR>Block Captain -
EGLSCA<BR>1552 Oakridge Road<BR>Baltimore, MD 21218-2228</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>410-467-1933 - H<BR>410-962-9506 - W and Voice
Mail<BR><A
href="mailto:william.schlegel@us.army.mil">william.schlegel@us.army.mil</A>, <A
href="mailto:brad.schlegel@irs.gov">brad.schlegel@irs.gov</A>, <A
href="mailto:Schlegelw@mi.army.mil">Schlegelw@mi.army.mil</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=shadesofbeauty2002@YAHOO.COM
href="mailto:shadesofbeauty2002@YAHOO.COM">Efa Ahmed-Williams</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=EDNORGARDENSLAKESIDE21218@I-NEIGHBORS.ORG
href="mailto:EDNORGARDENSLAKESIDE21218@I-NEIGHBORS.ORG">EDNORGARDENSLAKESIDE21218@I-NEIGHBORS.ORG</A>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 08, 2009 10:19 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [I-NEIGHBORS] Your Feedback Is Sought Regarding Opening
A Local Hardware Store</DIV></DIV>
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<TD vAlign=top>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. <BR><BR>
<DIV><EM><FONT face="times new roman" size=3>Peace,</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT face="times new roman"
size=3><SPAN>Efa</SPAN></FONT></EM></DIV><BR><BR>--- On <B>Wed, 1/7/09,
JOSEPH STEWART <I><<A
href="mailto:Jstewart@DAT.STATE.MD.US">Jstewart@DAT.STATE.MD.US</A>></I></B>
wrote:<BR>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From:
JOSEPH STEWART <<A
href="mailto:Jstewart@DAT.STATE.MD.US">Jstewart@DAT.STATE.MD.US</A>><BR>Subject:
Your Feedback Is Sought Regarding Opening A Local Hardware Store<BR>To:
EDNORGARDENSLAKESIDE21218@I-NEIGHBORS.ORG<BR>Date: Wednesday, January 7,
2009, 1:34 PM<BR><BR><PRE>Dear Community members,
Hello. My name is Gina <SPAN>Schaefer</SPAN> 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@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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