[Summit] Summit Digest, Vol 34, Issue 43

franb3 franb3 at cox.net
Sun Jan 27 16:49:23 UTC 2008 

This is a wonderful idea. I think the Sears store would make a great 
location and improve North main Street appeal.
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>   1. Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence! (James Barfoot)
>   2. Re: Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
>      (Elizabeth Daniels)
>   3. Re: Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
>      (e2shatter2 at cox.net)
>   4. Re: Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
>      (marco pereira)
>   5. Re: Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
>      (ccancro at cox.net)
>   6. Re: Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
>      (libertyliterary at cox.net)
>   7. Re: Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
>      (ccancro at cox.net)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:49:59 -0500
> From: James Barfoot <jimbarfoot at cox.net>
> Subject: [Summit] Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
> To: Neighborhood Summit <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> Message-ID: <E6BE64BE-AE33-4A6E-82AC-D33412D83030 at cox.net>
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> How about the empty store location where Shaw's used to be?
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> Subject: FW: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
>>> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:12:43 -0500
>>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> This is the address for the Trader Joe's location request form.  My
>>>> mother and her friends did it in pa and they got a store!  Forward
>>>> this to your other friends who might enjoy a local Trader Joe's
>>>> store.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.traderjoes.com/location_requests_form.aspx
>>>
>>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:24:36 -0800 (PST)
> From: Elizabeth Daniels <bettdaniels at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Summit] Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
> To: James Barfoot <jimbarfoot at cox.net>, Neighborhood Summit
> <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> Message-ID: <320534.9578.qm at web84007.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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>
> YES, YES, YES!! I suggest the empty building that use
> to be a men's clothing store next to the old Sears
> building on N. Main St.
>
>
> --- James Barfoot <jimbarfoot at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> How about the empty store location where Shaw's used
>> to be?
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> >
>> >> Subject: FW: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in
>> Providence!
>> >> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:12:43 -0500
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi All,
>> >>>
>> >>> This is the address for the Trader Joe's
>> location request form.  My
>> >>> mother and her friends did it in pa and they got
>> a store!  Forward
>> >>> this to your other friends who might enjoy a
>> local Trader Joe's
>> >>> store.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>>
> http://www.traderjoes.com/location_requests_form.aspx
>> >>
>> >
>>
>> > _______________________________________________
>> Summit mailing list
>> Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
>>
> http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us
>> SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 23:39:36 -0500
> From: <e2shatter2 at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [Summit] Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
> To: Elizabeth Daniels <bettdaniels at yahoo.com>
> Cc: summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> Message-ID: <20080126233936.NLOBP.40511.root at eastrmwml29>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> I too would love a Trader Joe's here but the fact that stores cannot sell 
> food and booze together
> in this state has made Trader Joe's reluctant and unwilling to locate 
> here. Perhaps they can get
> a special dispensation (I think they had to in Mass.) but don't hold your 
> breath.
>  Ellen Shatter
> ---- Elizabeth Daniels <bettdaniels at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> YES, YES, YES!! I suggest the empty building that use
>> to be a men's clothing store next to the old Sears
>> building on N. Main St.
>>
>>
>> --- James Barfoot <jimbarfoot at cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> > How about the empty store location where Shaw's used
>> > to be?
>> >
>> > Begin forwarded message:
>> > >
>> > >> Subject: FW: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in
>> > Providence!
>> > >> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:12:43 -0500
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Hi All,
>> > >>>
>> > >>> This is the address for the Trader Joe's
>> > location request form.  My
>> > >>> mother and her friends did it in pa and they got
>> > a store!  Forward
>> > >>> this to your other friends who might enjoy a
>> > local Trader Joe's
>> > >>> store.
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> >
>> http://www.traderjoes.com/location_requests_form.aspx
>> > >>
>> > >
>> >
>> > > _______________________________________________
>> > Summit mailing list
>> > Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
>> >
>> http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us
>> > SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>> SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:12:15 -0800
> From: marco pereira <markenid2004 at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [Summit] Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
> To: James Barfoot <jimbarfoot at cox.net>
> Cc: Neighborhood Summit <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> Message-ID:
> <B35CF1B3-0117-1000-8F99-0DEA1D4AF4A7-Webmail-10013 at mac.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> I love TJ also
> Put me on list for the request
> Lets send a letter with the request
> marco
>
>
>
> On Saturday, January 26, 2008, at 06:51PM, "James Barfoot" 
> <jimbarfoot at cox.net> wrote:
>>How about the empty store location where Shaw's used to be?
>>
>>Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>>> Subject: FW: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
>>>> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:12:43 -0500
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> This is the address for the Trader Joe's location request form.  My
>>>>> mother and her friends did it in pa and they got a store!  Forward
>>>>> this to your other friends who might enjoy a local Trader Joe's
>>>>> store.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.traderjoes.com/location_requests_form.aspx
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 8:36:29 -0500
> From: <ccancro at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [Summit] Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
> To: e2shatter2 at cox.net, Elizabeth Daniels <bettdaniels at yahoo.com>
> Cc: summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> Message-ID: <20080127083629.6AT5A.131212.root at eastrmwml18.mgt.cox.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> Do you know if they've ever opened up parallel storefronts, with the wine 
> store adjacent to the main store?  I'd be happy to spearhead this project, 
> if we need to unify to demonstrate greater consumer demand.
>
> Carol C.
>
>
> ---- e2shatter2 at cox.net wrote:
>> I too would love a Trader Joe's here but the fact that stores cannot sell 
>> food and booze together
>> in this state has made Trader Joe's reluctant and unwilling to locate 
>> here. Perhaps they can get
>> a special dispensation (I think they had to in Mass.) but don't hold your 
>> breath.
>>   Ellen Shatter
>> ---- Elizabeth Daniels <bettdaniels at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > YES, YES, YES!! I suggest the empty building that use
>> > to be a men's clothing store next to the old Sears
>> > building on N. Main St.
>> >
>> >
>> > --- James Barfoot <jimbarfoot at cox.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > > How about the empty store location where Shaw's used
>> > > to be?
>> > >
>> > > Begin forwarded message:
>> > > >
>> > > >> Subject: FW: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in
>> > > Providence!
>> > > >> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:12:43 -0500
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> Hi All,
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> This is the address for the Trader Joe's
>> > > location request form.  My
>> > > >>> mother and her friends did it in pa and they got
>> > > a store!  Forward
>> > > >>> this to your other friends who might enjoy a
>> > > local Trader Joe's
>> > > >>> store.
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>
>> > >
>> > http://www.traderjoes.com/location_requests_form.aspx
>> > > >>
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > > _______________________________________________
>> > > Summit mailing list
>> > > Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
>> > >
>> > http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us
>> > > SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
>> >
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Summit mailing list
>> > Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
>> > http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us
>> > SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
>>
>>
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>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 8:54:55 -0500
> From: <libertyliterary at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [Summit] Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
> To: ccancro at cox.net, e2shatter2 at cox.net, Elizabeth Daniels
> <bettdaniels at yahoo.com>
> Cc: summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> Message-ID: <20080127085455.191JO.131669.root at eastrmwml01.mgt.cox.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> I, too, would LOVE to have a Trader Joe's here, and Carol's suggestion
> sounds like a great solution to the concern about selling liquor.  (I 
> myself
> don't drink, but I recognize this is a problem for TJ)
>
> I had been wondering how we could follow up on Marco's suggestion
> of something like a joint letter.  I don't think we can take a position as
> the Summit Neighborhood Association - at least not without it's being
> approved at a meeting.  However, if Carol is willing to coordinate our
> efforts, I think writing TJ as a group of local residents could be 
> effective.
> Everybody who agrees could sign on.  We might also get signatures
> from folks not in Summit - you don't have to live next door to the
> store to patronize it.
>
> I'm even wondering about looking into putting up a petition online
> - there are several sites that provide that option.  Does anybody
> know the cost of it?  I just signed such a petition addressed to
> store owners (asking them not to carry cloned meat), so the
> appeal on such petitions does not need to be to government entitities.
>
> Blessings,
>
> Liberty G
> *********************************************************************
> ---- ccancro at cox.net wrote:
>
> =============
> Do you know if they've ever opened up parallel storefronts, with the wine 
> store adjacent to the main store?  I'd be happy to spearhead this project, 
> if we need to unify to demonstrate greater consumer demand.
>
> Carol C.
>
>
> ---- e2shatter2 at cox.net wrote:
>> I too would love a Trader Joe's here but the fact that stores cannot sell 
>> food and booze together
>> in this state has made Trader Joe's reluctant and unwilling to locate 
>> here. Perhaps they can get
>> a special dispensation (I think they had to in Mass.) but don't hold your 
>> breath.
>>   Ellen Shatter
>> ---- Elizabeth Daniels <bettdaniels at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > YES, YES, YES!! I suggest the empty building that use
>> > to be a men's clothing store next to the old Sears
>> > building on N. Main St.
>> >
>> >
>> > --- James Barfoot <jimbarfoot at cox.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > > How about the empty store location where Shaw's used
>> > > to be?
>> > >
>> > > Begin forwarded message:
>> > > >
>> > > >> Subject: FW: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in
>> > > Providence!
>> > > >> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:12:43 -0500
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> Hi All,
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> This is the address for the Trader Joe's
>> > > location request form.  My
>> > > >>> mother and her friends did it in pa and they got
>> > > a store!  Forward
>> > > >>> this to your other friends who might enjoy a
>> > > local Trader Joe's
>> > > >>> store.
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>
>> > >
>> > http://www.traderjoes.com/location_requests_form.aspx
>> > > >>
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > > _______________________________________________
>> > > Summit mailing list
>> > > Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
>> > >
>> > http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us
>> > > SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
>> >
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Summit mailing list
>> > Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
>> > http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us
>> > SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Summit mailing list
>> Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
>> http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us
>> SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
>
>
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>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:48:09 -0500
> From: <ccancro at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [Summit] Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
> To: e2shatter2 at cox.net, Elizabeth Daniels <bettdaniels at yahoo.com>,
> ladylib at quakerworks.net
> Cc: summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> Message-ID: <20080127104809.3YWD2.131992.root at eastrmwml18.mgt.cox.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> I've just put my best (short) pitch on the Trader Joe's location request 
> site, emphasizing that:
>
> 1)  while the greater east side has managed to sustain two branches of 
> Whole Foods and the East Side Marketplace, we have no neighborhood grocery 
> store
>
> 2) Summit is full of professionals who love exotic and healthy foods, but 
> don't have much time to cook
>
> 3)  they could make a fortune by opening a TJ's on North Main Street
>
> I'd be happy to start an e-petition that we could send to TJ's.  My 
> boneheaded suggestion is to forward the names, e-addresses, phone numbers, 
> and relevant work or mailing addresses of all those interested in seeing a 
> TJ's in the neighborhood.
>
> Additionally, I could draft a little insert for the next newsletter to 
> solicit all those not electronically inclined.  For that matter, we could 
> put up flyers to get input from others in the neighborhood.
>
> I could see posting at the East Side-Mount Hope Y, the Miriam, Rochambeau 
> library, and neighborhood businesses that would not be adversely affected 
> by TJ's competition.  Does this sound like a plan?
>
> Carol C.
>
>
> ---- libertyliterary at cox.net wrote:
>> I, too, would LOVE to have a Trader Joe's here, and Carol's suggestion
>> sounds like a great solution to the concern about selling liquor.  (I 
>> myself
>> don't drink, but I recognize this is a problem for TJ)
>>
>> I had been wondering how we could follow up on Marco's suggestion
>> of something like a joint letter.  I don't think we can take a position 
>> as
>> the Summit Neighborhood Association - at least not without it's being
>> approved at a meeting.  However, if Carol is willing to coordinate our
>> efforts, I think writing TJ as a group of local residents could be 
>> effective.
>> Everybody who agrees could sign on.  We might also get signatures
>> from folks not in Summit - you don't have to live next door to the
>> store to patronize it.
>>
>> I'm even wondering about looking into putting up a petition online
>> - there are several sites that provide that option.  Does anybody
>> know the cost of it?  I just signed such a petition addressed to
>> store owners (asking them not to carry cloned meat), so the
>> appeal on such petitions does not need to be to government entitities.
>>
>> Blessings,
>>
>> Liberty G
>> *********************************************************************
>> ---- ccancro at cox.net wrote:
>>
>> =============
>> Do you know if they've ever opened up parallel storefronts, with the wine 
>> store adjacent to the main store?  I'd be happy to spearhead this 
>> project, if we need to unify to demonstrate greater consumer demand.
>>
>> Carol C.
>>
>>
>> ---- e2shatter2 at cox.net wrote:
>> > I too would love a Trader Joe's here but the fact that stores cannot 
>> > sell food and booze together
>> > in this state has made Trader Joe's reluctant and unwilling to locate 
>> > here. Perhaps they can get
>> > a special dispensation (I think they had to in Mass.) but don't hold 
>> > your breath.
>> >   Ellen Shatter
>> > ---- Elizabeth Daniels <bettdaniels at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > > YES, YES, YES!! I suggest the empty building that use
>> > > to be a men's clothing store next to the old Sears
>> > > building on N. Main St.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --- James Barfoot <jimbarfoot at cox.net> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > How about the empty store location where Shaw's used
>> > > > to be?
>> > > >
>> > > > Begin forwarded message:
>> > > > >
>> > > > >> Subject: FW: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in
>> > > > Providence!
>> > > > >> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:12:43 -0500
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>> Hi All,
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>> This is the address for the Trader Joe's
>> > > > location request form.  My
>> > > > >>> mother and her friends did it in pa and they got
>> > > > a store!  Forward
>> > > > >>> this to your other friends who might enjoy a
>> > > > local Trader Joe's
>> > > > >>> store.
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>>
>> > > >
>> > > http://www.traderjoes.com/location_requests_form.aspx
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > > _______________________________________________
>> > > > Summit mailing list
>> > > > Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
>> > > >
>> > > http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us
>> > > > SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > _______________________________________________
>> > > Summit mailing list
>> > > Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
>> > > http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us
>> > > SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
>> >
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Summit mailing list
>> > Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
>> > http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us
>> > SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
>>
>>
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>> SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
>>
>
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