THEY LISTENED TO US AND THE STORE IS OFFICIALLY SAVED!! I AM BEYOND THRILLED THAT OUR LOCAL JOBS AND COMMUNITY HUB ARE SECURE!! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO STUCK WITH THIS FIGHT UNTIL THE VERY END!!
December 15, 2020
Final supporters
The Target Store located at 147 Murray Street, Colac which is in the heart of the township of Colac. The town of Colac has a population of around 12,000 people & the Colac Otway Shire has around 21,000 people overall in it's region.
The Colac Target Store is set for closure in early/mid 2021, if this does eventuate this will have a huge downfall for not just Colac but our region, as a lot of the Colac Otway Community Member's shop at Target Colac, and has for many years for many generations of families, for many special events.
The closure of the Colac Store will also have a damaging effect on Local Jobs for Local People, especially with the COVID 19 Pandemic causing undue stress for so many locals already being out of work, then knowing we could have more local people out of work due to a store closure will have huge impact on their Mental Health for these people out of job & no work to go to each and every single day. Many current Colac Target employees have young families with many of their children at school, they also go to sporting events, to give their Child the best lifestyle they can but when and if Target Colac closes thus will offer many issues financially with no job to earn an income on a weekly basis.
Colac Target is located in the heart of the Colac Shopping Precinct, if we lost Target this will have a major flow on affects for all our local Businesses who are located in Target's Precinct. As people would not then come into town to shop as we wouldn't have not a major Chain Store, which attracts people into the city center on a daily basis.
As I look at the big picture and listen to many Local Business Owners, closing the Target Store will also have major impacts for our Local Traders are already struggling with COVID 19 Pandemic, losing Target Colac could be potentially the final straw for many Businesses, and then we would see more empty shops on top of the current 43 empty stores we already have.
As a community we are urging Wesfarmers & their Shareholders to either rethink their closure of Target and/or covert to a KMART Hub, and even if they cant offer the community this, find a business that can go in there, then simply leaving it empty, for potentially months and/or years will have many consequences for a Country Town, Local Businesses, and Community Members.
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Colac Otway Community
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Reached 1,000 supporters
September 23, 2020
September 21, 2020
WE ARE TEARING TOWARD THAT 1,000 SIGNATURE MILESTONE AT LIGHTNING SPEED!! POST THIS LINK TO YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS RIGHT NOW SO WE CAN SMASH THIS GOAL BEFORE THE BIG BOSSES AT TARGET EVEN KNOW WHAT HIT THEM!!
September 13, 2020
THE STORIES I AM HEARING FROM LOCAL FAMILIES ABOUT WHAT THIS STORE MEANS TO THEM ARE ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING!! I AM SPENDING EVERY FREE MOMENT REACHING OUT TO OFFICIALS TO MAKE SURE THEY HEAR US LOUD AND CLEAR!! THIS FIGHT IS FAR FROM OVER AND WE ARE GOING TO KEEP PUSHING UNTIL THEY PAY ATTENTION!!
September 7, 2020
ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY JOINED THIS FIGHT!! I AM ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY BY THE STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW!!
Reached 100 supporters
September 6, 2020
368 Comments
A very sad decision, as Target is a valuable business in our town. It attracts many from surrounding farms who are not prepared to deal with city traffic in Geelong or Melbourne. A very sad decision which I hope you can overturn. Thank you
How come towns like Seymour and Mansfield can get a KMart out of this reorganisation? Seymour is as close to the northern suburbs of Melbourne as we are to Geelong. Mansfield's population is only 1/2 of Colac's. The whole deal does not make sense!
Situated an hour from where I live, Colac is the closest large town that has accommodates all of our families shopping needs. Removing Target would be a huge blow to us and many others in the region, forcing us to travel further for essential items.
Please reconsider your decision to close the Colac Target store and rebrand it as a Kmart. I am an elderly lady and will have no access to cloths shopping and this will impact on my independence of living in my home and looking after myself.
Target have a range of clothing designed for people with disabilities, Colac would be the perfect place to trial this range. Seems to me we are all missing out on a opportunity here , there are a lot of costumers here and a huge need for this range in this district.
Keep Colac store open!!!
If we lose our Target and nothing else to replace it then we will see many people travelling to Geelong for the day to do ALL of their shopping, eating, refuelling etc. what a shame that would be to other local businesses!
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THEY LISTENED TO US AND THE STORE IS OFFICIALLY SAVED!! I AM BEYOND THRILLED THAT OUR LOCAL JOBS AND COMMUNITY HUB ARE SECURE!! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO STUCK WITH THIS FIGHT UNTIL THE VERY END!!
December 15, 2020
Final supporters
The Target Store located at 147 Murray Street, Colac which is in the heart of the township of Colac. The town of Colac has a population of around 12,000 people & the Colac Otway Shire has around 21,000 people overall in it's region.
The Colac Target Store is set for closure in early/mid 2021, if this does eventuate this will have a huge downfall for not just Colac but our region, as a lot of the Colac Otway Community Member's shop at Target Colac, and has for many years for many generations of families, for many special events.
The closure of the Colac Store will also have a damaging effect on Local Jobs for Local People, especially with the COVID 19 Pandemic causing undue stress for so many locals already being out of work, then knowing we could have more local people out of work due to a store closure will have huge impact on their Mental Health for these people out of job & no work to go to each and every single day. Many current Colac Target employees have young families with many of their children at school, they also go to sporting events, to give their Child the best lifestyle they can but when and if Target Colac closes thus will offer many issues financially with no job to earn an income on a weekly basis.
Colac Target is located in the heart of the Colac Shopping Precinct, if we lost Target this will have a major flow on affects for all our local Businesses who are located in Target's Precinct. As people would not then come into town to shop as we wouldn't have not a major Chain Store, which attracts people into the city center on a daily basis.
As I look at the big picture and listen to many Local Business Owners, closing the Target Store will also have major impacts for our Local Traders are already struggling with COVID 19 Pandemic, losing Target Colac could be potentially the final straw for many Businesses, and then we would see more empty shops on top of the current 43 empty stores we already have.
As a community we are urging Wesfarmers & their Shareholders to either rethink their closure of Target and/or covert to a KMART Hub, and even if they cant offer the community this, find a business that can go in there, then simply leaving it empty, for potentially months and/or years will have many consequences for a Country Town, Local Businesses, and Community Members.
Kindest Regards
Colac Otway Community
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
September 23, 2020
September 21, 2020
WE ARE TEARING TOWARD THAT 1,000 SIGNATURE MILESTONE AT LIGHTNING SPEED!! POST THIS LINK TO YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS RIGHT NOW SO WE CAN SMASH THIS GOAL BEFORE THE BIG BOSSES AT TARGET EVEN KNOW WHAT HIT THEM!!
September 13, 2020
THE STORIES I AM HEARING FROM LOCAL FAMILIES ABOUT WHAT THIS STORE MEANS TO THEM ARE ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING!! I AM SPENDING EVERY FREE MOMENT REACHING OUT TO OFFICIALS TO MAKE SURE THEY HEAR US LOUD AND CLEAR!! THIS FIGHT IS FAR FROM OVER AND WE ARE GOING TO KEEP PUSHING UNTIL THEY PAY ATTENTION!!
September 7, 2020
ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY JOINED THIS FIGHT!! I AM ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY BY THE STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW!!
Reached 100 supporters
September 6, 2020
368 Comments
Colac has only ONE large retail store with good clothing etc: We are a GROWING COMMUNITY. Just look at all the new estates popping up in our town. We need Target. Please reconsider our store, otherwise it will kill our town's retail.
A very sad decision, as Target is a valuable business in our town. It attracts many from surrounding farms who are not prepared to deal with city traffic in Geelong or Melbourne. A very sad decision which I hope you can overturn. Thank you
How come towns like Seymour and Mansfield can get a KMart out of this reorganisation? Seymour is as close to the northern suburbs of Melbourne as we are to Geelong. Mansfield's population is only 1/2 of Colac's. The whole deal does not make sense!
Situated an hour from where I live, Colac is the closest large town that has accommodates all of our families shopping needs. Removing Target would be a huge blow to us and many others in the region, forcing us to travel further for essential items.
Please reconsider your decision to close the Colac Target store and rebrand it as a Kmart. I am an elderly lady and will have no access to cloths shopping and this will impact on my independence of living in my home and looking after myself.
Target have a range of clothing designed for people with disabilities, Colac would be the perfect place to trial this range. Seems to me we are all missing out on a opportunity here , there are a lot of costumers here and a huge need for this range in this district.
Keep Colac store open!!!
If we lose our Target and nothing else to replace it then we will see many people travelling to Geelong for the day to do ALL of their shopping, eating, refuelling etc. what a shame that would be to other local businesses!
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Colac has only ONE large retail store with good clothing etc: We are a GROWING COMMUNITY. Just look at all the new estates popping up in our town. We need Target. Please reconsider our store, otherwise it will kill our town's retail.