You don't own a home anywhere near the area. IF you do, you haven't been to other centers where Goodwill operates. Take a drive, educate yourself, if you are a homeowner in the area.

Also, you don't know much about the free market, the free market in this case will run many good folks out of that center. Locally owned and operated business's in this case.

Think of me what you will, but I've said elsewhere, I wouldn't wish a Goodwill store on the heart of any community.

I received the following in a forward from a very reputable source. My current objection to Goodwill coming to PTC is the location, not the corporation. Perhaps, after we are all finished dealing with the sub-lease issue, we might want to better educate ourselves about the Goodwill corporation.
"North Georgia Goodwill had income last year of $50 million, which
includes $7.6 million in Government Grants! Their top 6 corporate officers had a combined salary of $1.2 million and their top 5 management types had a combined income of $500K. Their total salaries to run 20 stores and 6 Career Centers totaled $24 million! Work that out and salaries (not other operating expenses) comes to $920,000 in salaries per center! And this is a non-profit? Their career placement only finds jobs for 25% of the people who come to them! They only have 75 "job trainees" among their 20 stores. Goodwill of North Georgia ended the year with a surplus of $18 million!

Much less Fayetteville. I'm frankly not sure where your bitterness is coming from. I like Fayetteville.

I can drive my cart to Kroger, I won't be doing that anymore. I can get to the Publix on the south end of town, I will be going there.

Smartpanz,
There is only one Publix inside city limits. It is way down on south end of city, few golf carts could make round trip from the north side or even from the middle of PTC. Publix on Hwy 54 is not connected to the cart path as it is not in PTC. You aren't supposed to drive golf carts over # Hwys.
If Kroger was putting a Goodwill in your back yard in Fayetteville it would be just as offensive. PTC isn't Fayetteville. It wasn't built with the village concept. It is what it is and if you can't comprehend the difference between the proximity of Goodwill to homeowners then you just can't understand the issue. Goodwill would be welcome to most residents in an appropriate location. Goodwill will bring blight to the Peachtree Crossings shopping center. It will cause most of the independent locally owned shops there to go out of business. Remember what happened to the Shopping Center in Fayetteville when Walmart and the neighboring grocery store moved out from behind Krystals. That is what the middle of PTC will look like if this is allowed to proceed.

Waitress I know from Fayetteville came to PTC restaurants to work because tips were terrible over there. Maybe that's why there are no up-scale restaurants to your liking. Lucky you -the highway works to get you to PTC to visit but we have to live here every day.

Oh for heaven sakes, is it a requirement to drive your cart to the grocery store? Heck, crank up the ole car and DRIVE all over PTC until you stumble into one. I am very well aware that PTC isn't Fayetteville which is precisely why I moved from there to Fayetteville years ago. I can appreciate the fact that it was designed with a "village concept", I get that, I sincerely do, however, that same "village" allowed all those high end retailers, "up scale" restaurants, etc. So like I said "ya got what ya got".

Barbie Dunn
Fayetteville,GA

Why is there so much venom directed at the residents of PTC? And yes, golf carts *are* something special about living and shopping in PTC. Good for our peace of mind (no one can stay angry on a golf cart riding out in the fresh air) and good for the environment. I feel guilty when I crank up the car rather than the golf cart. I love being able to get to the kids' school and local shopping on a golf cart!

I'm truly puzzled at the anger in your posts.

When did you drop the h from your name? I heard in Atlanta they're lining up buses to vist the new goodwill. Maybe your waitress friend is just a bad waitress and that's why her tips are bad.

I yam what I yam...Popeye

In Atlanta they have buses that will take loads to the welfare office too! But I don't want that in the Peachtree Crossing Shopping Center either!
Waitress friend working in PTC makes twice the tips as in Fayetteville. I'm sure Fayetteville's long time ban on anything but beer and wine has had an effect on the types of restaurants and the amount of tips. I think the citizens there made a choice based on what they thought was best for their community. There can be downsides to even the best decisions.

Kroger Corp is about to find out what happens when they make a greed based decision that is a detriment to PTC locally owned independent shops and the residents. Boycott Kroger!!!!!!

I was just pulling your leg, whiner, about the buses, you're so easy it takes the fun out of it.

I yam what I yam...Popeye

It's not Goodwill itself, it's the location that it is to be occupying. Our little shopping center is not on old 85. It's in the middle of town. It's 5 min away by a slow cart to homes.
Goodwill can not be staffed 24 hours a day. There are many people, residents of our town, or county, and those outside that will clean out their houses, unable to sell the items through Craig's List, yard sales, or Freecycle. They don't care about the tax donation, they just don't want to pay the dump fees, and leave items for Goodwill to dispose of. This is a hazard to the residents. This is all done in the dark of night! Now this will mean our police force will have place an officer on the premise to prevent this from happening.
PTC is not too good for Goodwill as you wrote, PTC is a planned community with businesses shielded by green belts set next to homes. That particular shopping area is not ideal for Goodwill.

I just called Kroger real estate and was told that Mr. McNamara is on vacation and that the President, Mr. Bruce Lucia, will be meeting with Mayor Logsdon today. I was also told that they have received hundreds of calls this morning.

Kroger does not own property - they are tenants. It is fine to stand outside their front door and hand out flyers. Of course, it would be much more effective to have a picket line - especially on Wednesday mornings - Senior's Day.

Back to my old picture, so I can say "I don't have a dog in this fight" with real feelings.

Check with the city and see if you can get a permit of some sort.

My wife and I would live at the Whole Foods. Never again would we darken the doors of a Kroger.

I think I'll let the manager of my community Kroger know why I'm crossing the street to go to Publix! A Trader Joe's would be a welcomed addition to Fayette County!

Love,
Go back and ask that manager what the city council approved. Kroger is calling all the shots here.

It's not his fault, I'll say that. But he should compound the situation by telling lies.

I can't imagine who is representing themselves as the manager but it isn't a "him" at Little Kroger. The manager there is a woman. A closedown crew from corporate has been there since Monday. I know they have been telling people that Kroger didn't do this, that it was the shopping center owner leasing to Goodwill. Either they lie as easily as they breathe, or they don't know and make stuff up. It's probably easier for them to do that job if they don't know or admit the truth.

I meant to say he "shouldn't" compound the situation by telling lies.

I just talked to him and now his story is that "The city should do something" I'm not impressed with him at all and of course the city can't really do anything.

The boycott of the other Krogers is probably the best attention-getting step, but be sure to tell the managers at those two Krogers what you are doing and why.

Back to my old picture, so I can say "I don't have a dog in this fight" with real feelings.