Over the past decade, the once dormant Main Street in Greenwich was brought back to life, one business at a time. Individual entrepreneurs saw an opportunity in Greenwich and worked hard to succeed. Their efforts were noticed locally to be sure, but also well beyond our community, even being highlighted by Liz Bishop in a feature story on the evening news.
However, as today’s economy continues to worsen, a growing number of storefronts along Main Street are empty. Each vacancy is one less reason for consumers to stop and spend their money in our community. Rather than attempt to wait out the storm and hope to survive, we believe property owners and retail merchants/business owners would be well-served to reach out to each other and plan not just for their joint survival, but for their joint success.
With that in mind, we would like to invite you to a joint meeting of commercial real estate owners, retail merchants, and business owners to discuss and brainstorm what can be done to insure that we all not only survive this tough economy, but thrive.
The meeting will be held at 7:00 pm on Monday, August 4th at 14 Main Street. All ideas are welcome.
Sincerely,
Jason & Suzanne Baker
Cailie Currin
David Doonan
