Comments on: Your letters: ‘Blue collar’ label misleads http://www.garnercitizen.com/2009/08/your-letters-blue-collar-label-misleads/ The best lil news organization in the Triangle. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:30:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Wanda Nicholson http://www.garnercitizen.com/2009/08/your-letters-blue-collar-label-misleads/comment-page-1/#comment-2517 Wanda Nicholson Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:06:42 +0000 http://www.garnercitizen.com/?p=6557#comment-2517 An excellent letter. I had sent a letter to the corporate office (no response received) articulating basically the same points. I also, in a recent address to the Town Council, referenced this insulting attitude and suggested that a good focus for the new Economic Development Dept. would be to address misconceptions such as these along with working with real estate agents to better market the area and discourage ads such as one I recently saw that said "whether you're buying a fixer upper in Garner or a new home in Wake Forest..." Also suggested was to work the agents who undervalue/undermarket some neighborhoods just to get quick sales - selling houses $40 - $50 thousand below tax value is abominable. Garner deserves and should demand better. Thanks Mr. Rucker for speaking up about this issue. An excellent letter. I had sent a letter to the corporate office (no response received) articulating basically the same points. I also, in a recent address to the Town Council, referenced this insulting attitude and suggested that a good focus for the new Economic Development Dept. would be to address misconceptions such as these along with working with real estate agents to better market the area and discourage ads such as one I recently saw that said “whether you’re buying a fixer upper in Garner or a new home in Wake Forest…” Also suggested was to work the agents who undervalue/undermarket some neighborhoods just to get quick sales – selling houses $40 – $50 thousand below tax value is abominable.

Garner deserves and should demand better. Thanks Mr. Rucker for speaking up about this issue.

]]> By: Lisa Jeffries http://www.garnercitizen.com/2009/08/your-letters-blue-collar-label-misleads/comment-page-1/#comment-1722 Lisa Jeffries Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:11:57 +0000 http://www.garnercitizen.com/?p=6557#comment-1722 While I am excited about having a $2.00 theatre close by, I commented on the N&O article: "Personal pet peeve: When people in Charlotte (or worse, across the country) make "fact" statements without knowing anything from experience about Garner or Raleigh. [Garner is a blue-collar kind of community, where every penny matters even more,'' said Hope Branch, district manager for Carolina Cinemas in Charlotte. "If you get enough people through the door, that's a lot of $2 tickets."] However, I am excited about a $2.00 theater being so close!" George is absolutely correct. Whether or not the business decision had anything to do with the area's "blue collar" community (data??), what it all boils down to is business economics and the fact that there is a newer, more modern theatre within competitive distance. Why dump millions into competing when you can appeal to a different movie market and probably profit at a much higher rate of return? While I am excited about having a $2.00 theatre close by, I commented on the N&O article: “Personal pet peeve: When people in Charlotte (or worse, across the country) make “fact” statements without knowing anything from experience about Garner or Raleigh. [Garner is a blue-collar kind of community, where every penny matters even more,'' said Hope Branch, district manager for Carolina Cinemas in Charlotte. "If you get enough people through the door, that's a lot of $2 tickets."]

However, I am excited about a $2.00 theater being so close!”

George is absolutely correct. Whether or not the business decision had anything to do with the area’s “blue collar” community (data??), what it all boils down to is business economics and the fact that there is a newer, more modern theatre within competitive distance. Why dump millions into competing when you can appeal to a different movie market and probably profit at a much higher rate of return?

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