Dear Community Members: > > Last week I gave a tour of the former Farmer's Market (6146 Ridge > Avenue) to Mark Simon, owner of Atlantic books: http://www.atlanticbooks.us > > The space may work for them as a new location- and it would fulfill THE > top product category that we need on Ridge avenue. The closest > bookstore we have geographically is in Chestnut Hill! > > This company has 18 stores that have made a great difference in the > communities where they are located. This store and the consumer that it attracts would be great for Ridge Avenue. > > I am writing to you because Atlantic books is still a small enough > company that it will make a big impact if we send them a list of names > of Roxborough and Manayunk, East Falls, and other close-by community members who are interested in seeing their store here. The owner was telling me that they paid attention to and opened a store in a previous community where they received 1000 signatures of people who wanted a bookstore. > > I think we can exceed 1000 signatures. We want this company here. They > have the product we want, they are community -minded, and they will > bring the pedestrian traffic we need in order to get more such stores > on the Ridge!! > > PLEASE, take a moment and email me your name if you would like Atlantic Books to open a store on The Ridge. Please pass this along to EVERYONE who you know who might also like me to add their name to the list. We can make a difference if we receive enough names. > > Please reply to: Rana@rocketmarketing.net and email me your > name and a "YES" if you'd like to have Atlantic Books on The Ridge. > > > Thank you very much. I will keep you all updated on our progress. > > Sincerely, > > > Rana

"The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.
Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough.”"

-Randy Pausch, from "Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," also known as The Last Lecture