My local TSWLTH

My local Jo-Ann's is closing. This is a very nice, clean store, nice
employees, great selection of fabric. Their lease expires end of the
year and the head honchos decided to not renew. Basically they are a
nice walk away from where I live. They are the only one between
Ventura and the Bay area on the coast. People drive over 100 miles to
come there. There is another location about 10 miles from me, that is
trashy, crowded, with no help.

The store help is telling everyone to go online and complain.

Sigh......... But I got some nice flannel to make my first Shawl based
on the pattern from Marcus Brothers website.

Ginger in CA

Ginger;
the Joann's near me is closing too, for the same reason. the local
indian tribe bought the building a few years back and Joann's
(corporate) did not renew the lease after the 1st of Jan.
so sad....i will really miss the convenience.
Our WalMart is getting rid of their fabric section too.
we have a LQS, but some things are cheaper in the other stores or
online.
sad.....

amy in CNY

On Nov 11, 10:44*am, amy in CNY wrote:
Ginger;
the Joann's near me is closing too, for the same reason. the local
indian tribe bought the building a few years back and Joann's
(corporate) did not renew the lease after the 1st of Jan.
so sad....i will really miss the convenience.
Our WalMart is getting rid of their fabric section too.
we have a LQS, but some things are cheaper in the other stores or
online.
sad.....

amy in CNY

Geez - our old JoAnn's moved from their old building and have a Grand
Opening in the new one on Friday. There aren't that many fabric stores
that close to me. I buy a lot online but sometimes you just have to
touch it!
Judy from Mass

On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:22:49 -0500, Ginger in CA wrote
(in article
):

My local Jo-Ann's is closing. This is a very nice, clean store, nice
employees, great selection of fabric. Their lease expires end of the
year and the head honchos decided to not renew. Basically they are a
nice walk away from where I live. They are the only one between
Ventura and the Bay area on the coast. People drive over 100 miles to
come there. There is another location about 10 miles from me, that is
trashy, crowded, with no help.

The store help is telling everyone to go online and complain.

Sigh......... But I got some nice flannel to make my first Shawl based
on the pattern from Marcus Brothers website.

Ginger in CA


Years ago I used to enjoy going to the JoAnn's. Sometimes for something but
most of time to just browse. Then they changed to a craft store with just a
third of the store devoted to yard goods.


Lee

rarebirdyatverizondotnet

Park Ridge, NJ