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Protect the Takoma Park-Silver Spring Co-op

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Ariel Shaw
10 years ago

The location and thriving nature of the co-op were strong deciding factors when we bought our house on Carroll Avenue last year. The co-op should be valued not just as an anchor of any new development but also of the whole downtown; what is a small town without a wonderful grocery store? People come over from Silver Spring and PG County to shop there, bringing their dollars to our community. The co-op should be protected and valued or we stand to lose much more than a simple grocery store: it is a center of our community!

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Linda Nunes-Schrag
10 years ago

The Co-op is located in an ideal spot and serves not only its immediate neighbors and members, but the neighborhoods of DC and the Silver Spring residents by offering both variety and healthy choices.. It needs the space to function well.

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Chris Hishmeh
10 years ago

Supporting local businesses is vital to our community.

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Dani James
10 years ago

The Co-Op is a cornerstone of the TP community, not to mention convenient and earth-minded. Please make it a priority to guarantee its place in the Junction.

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Bernadette Odyniec
10 years ago

Takoma Park and we love and NEED our co-op

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Herb Ettel
10 years ago

SAVE OUR CO-OP and People's Republic, with deep love, gratitude and dependence. -Erie Avenue life member

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ETANA FINKLER
10 years ago

An important business and coop in our neighborhood

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ian barclay
10 years ago

not enough notice of this meeting @ firehouse!

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Glenda Kapsalis
10 years ago

We need to help the co-op function and grow! It is our only store and a great one.

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Shannon Coe
10 years ago

on Willow Ave

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Anne Becker
10 years ago

I've been a member of the co-op for over 30 years. It would be unconscionable if the city council does not give first priority to the co-op in making decisions about development in the Junction. I also understand a traffic study has not been done about what consequences more development might have on this all ready difficult intersection.

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Katherine Lambert
10 years ago

The Co-op has long been emblematic of what makes our community special - even people from DC and Virginia know about our Co-op! It is one reason many choose to live here. Please give your full attention and support to its survival.

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Kathy Fackelmann
10 years ago

The Co-Op offers our community a valuable public health benefit by selling fresh healthy food at affordable prices.

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David Lamoreaux
10 years ago

The co-op is rather important!

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Sridhar
10 years ago

TPSS coop was a major attraction for use to choose the neighborhood when we moved here. It is extremely important for our quality of life.

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Sally Ours Kern
10 years ago

Mayor Stewart and Councilmembers: Please ensure that the finalized Development Agreement includes crystal clear authority for the Council to terminate at its own discretion the agreement, if NDC cannot reach agreement with the Coop and the Council chooses not to provide an extension or to authorize NDC to seek another tenant.

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sally brucker
10 years ago

Please do. everything possible to save the co-op

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edwin stromberg
10 years ago

the coop is an essential part of my shopping and of the community

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Angelo Parodi
10 years ago

I am a resident of Takoma Park and I want to see smart development in our town. The Co-op is a necessary and vital part of our community.

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Jordan Terrazas
10 years ago

The TPSS Co-op has been a vital part of the Takoma Park community. It supplies the area with quality grocery options, supports many local businesses, employs around 40 locals, has over 10,000 members, and gives back to the community through charity. The Co-op's needs have to be apart of any building agreement.