Atwater Village to Home Depot: stop the invasion!

Ah, the fine "liberals" of Atwater Village are fed up and they aren't going to take Home Depot pushing them around anymore. As previously discussed, HD wants to build a store at the old KMart building at San Fernando and Fletcher. Since they already have another HD two miles down S.F. and yet another two miles up S.F., if you were at any point on that street from downtown to northwest Glendale, you'd never be more than a mile from buying some lumber.

Now, the burghers have had enough:

...The Home Depot Representatives heard loud and clear from those in attendance that this community does not want their project no matter how they dress it up. Local residents and small business owners clearly stated that Northeast Los Angeles doesn't need another Home Depot and that they'll do whatever they can to derail their invasion of this community.

Communities in Northeast Los Angeles (like Atwater Village and Glassell Park) deserve something better, such as a development that is compatible with the future satellite campus of the Los Angeles City College. We don't need another BIG BOX that will only exacerbate the already overburdened intersection with more traffic, add to the already existing day labor problem on Fletcher Drive, and force closures of small family businesses...

There are several email addresses at the link, including HD reps and L.A.'s own Eric Garcetti. Even if you have absolutely no idea what this is about or where Atwater is, you might want to send an email to at least HD.

(And, for those of you who are "newbies", their site is a good example of how us oldtimers did things before blogs and such. Although, I would never ever even consider using text that follows your mouse around. These people should look into getting a blog.)

Los_Angeles · Mon, 07/25/2005 - 05:36 · · Importance: 1