[RP TownTalk] Dumm's Corner

[ABragg7393 at aol.com]

Hi all,
As much as I tell myself that I won't respond to these posts, here I am  
doing it again.  I feel I must defend Dumm's Corner.  Pete is an  original 
member of the Riverdale Park Business Association, a charter  member!  That 
should tell you something about how he feels about the  town.  He cares about 
the community and shows it by supporting events with  time and money.  He's 
the first one to open his wallet for someone in need  in the community and 
he's the first one to donate to the various causes for all  the groups that 
work in the community.  Every year he volunteers for  Christmas in April by 
donating his truck for their use.
The chain stores rarely, if ever get involved in the small  communities.  
Their upper management is far removed and they don't seem to  care.
He sells beer and wine and the posters advertise that. How is one to  know 
what he sells if he doesn't have something up there saying what it  is?   He 
is in business to make a profit and support his family.   Having your own 
business is not easy and it is not a 9 to 5 job.  He has  made improvements 
to his building and he had been thinking of really changing  the property 
into an upscale, newer development.  That didn't work out for  him and so he 
has to work with what he has and what the town allows.  He is  a dedicated 
business man and he is a very good neighbor to the  community.
He does a great job on keeping that corner clean.  I have seen him  outside 
cleaning up himself, on top of all the other things he must do to run  his 
business.  If you go up to Kenilworth Ave. or Route 1 or the  Plaza and look 
at the parking lots, you will see that Dumm's does a great  job in 
comparison.  
I challenge all who want a trendy, upscale, fresh bread and fruits store to 
 rent some of that space over in town center and get to work....
Audrey Bragg
President, Riverdale Business Association
 
ps.  I like the posters.  Just think of them as "Art".  
 
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