*This is a guest post by John Brooks. He is a Company Shops Market Owner and CSM Community Investor.
Friends and fellow citizens of Burlington and Alamance County—
I’ve made my commitment to invest in Company Shops Market…
The co-op market now has approximately 1600 members–it’s had steady growth since the effort was begun about 2 yrs ago.
What we need now is investment by the owners…the purchase and upfit of the old A&P store in Downtown Burlington is about a $ 2 million project.
With the majority of money coming from owners, we can obtain favorable terms and conditions from the banks to finance the balance.
You all know how dear I hold the idea of continuing restoration and improvement of downtown Burlington. I have a vision of our downtown being a destination sought by city/county residents, Elon University Staff and Students as well as LabCorp, ARMC, Government employees, and tourists who will spend time here. {Imagine all the folks that participate in softball tournaments at City Part heading downtown instead of out to Huffman Mill Road–IT’S ONLY A MILE FROM CITY PARK TO THE COMPANY SHOPS MARKET location.}
The Market makes a huge step in the direction of bringing New Life to Downtown. We will have many more retail stores, entertainment, restaurants, coffee shops, and yes, even New Housing in downtown.
Please go the the web site www.companyshopsmarket.coop –it’s a beautiful site and discusses all aspects of this FUTURISTIC endeavor.
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For all the current owners, and those interested in becoming both an owner and Investor this link explains the COMMUNITY INVESTMENT NOTES–
http://www.companyshopsmarket.coop/become_an_investor.html
Hope to see you soon, and have a great week !
John Brooks
Sarah Cook