Arborland: Can you make 1 call?
I wanted to update you on the Arborland issue in terms of what I have discovered. I called the owners of Arborland (AmCap) in both Denver and in Connecticut. Connecticut is where the main corporate office is located.
I got through to someone from Connecticut who told me that the President of AmCap is out sick, but sent me to his voicemail.
The person I spoke with in Conn told me that both the Denver and Conn offices have been instructed to say “No Comment” when it comes to the Arborland issue and that they have indeed been getting a lot of calls and emails. The time is running out for us to try to address this issue. So I am asking you to try to make one last push.
Can you call the AmCap corporate office either today or tomorrow and ask to speak to the president? And if he is unavailable, simply leave a voicemail. Tell him what your concerns are and what the impact might be of moving the AATA bus stop. If you know of someone at your organization with even more clout, let them make the call.
Perhaps we might not be able to win this one, but I would hate to think we didn’t try! Call the AmCap Connecticut Headquarters at (203) 327-2001. Pass this along to whomever.
I just got wind of this change yesterday. Use Arborland all the time for shopping and for my commute to UMHS. I made a call to AmCap Connecticut and was told that my name and number will be given to “him”. I had to press to find out who “him” is (being Mike and or J Kaiser).
I wished that I could have gotten word sooner so I could act on this.
This is a tragedy. A complete neglect of a business’ civic responsibility. I’m really concerned about the impact that this will have on our community. During these economic challenges, businesses should be falling over themselves to support public transportation so citizens can afford their goods and services instead of paying for a parking pass or other vehicle costs.
Comment by Jason Omo — July 1, 2009 @ 10:47 amHave you considered a barrage of twitter comments, I read yesterday about someone who managed to get Southwest airlines to call her directly when they received thousands of twitter comments. Also are there campaigns to make Hillers, Borders, Michael’s, DSW, etc. join the fight??
Comment by Molly Jean — July 7, 2009 @ 10:17 amMolly, some folks tried doing Twitter comments earlier, but if others want to try, it’s worth a shot. And there are definitely people who have contacted the stores to get them to support keeping the stop at Arborland, and for the most part they are very supportive. For some reason, AmCap (the property owners) are just completely and totally unresponsive.
Comment by Nancy Shore — July 7, 2009 @ 10:22 am