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Sunday, April 29, 2007
Yawn….We’re starving for variety in Norcross!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Norcross, we have cornered the market on certain industries, such as furniture, billiard halls, cell phone shops, dry cleaners, farmers’ markets, flea markets, pawn shops.
It just amazes me considering our location in metro Atlanta, that to find any decent shopping, we have to trek to Gwinnett Place, Perimeter or Northlake Mall.
We are a cookie-cutter community from the architectural styles of our homes right down to the choices of shopping. It’s all pretty much the same thing, one shopping center along Jimmy Carter Boulevard to the next.
To prove my point… just take a wild guess as to what is going in those two new shopping centers (so far) on JCB.
Yyyuuuup… more of the same. More sub shops and yet another cell phone shop…(Snores)
Now, before anyone gets all upset and starts a hissy fit about this rant, let me first say that I completely understand that these property owners have to do what they can to fill their available space and, naturally, make a buck. I do understand that, and I wholeheartedly hope they do so with great success.
But I beg and implore them to, please, for all that is good and great, stop the insanity and use some creativity. I am so very sick and tired of the lack of a variety of choices.
How about a Willie’s, Moe’s or Burrito Bros. Taco Co.? A micro-brewery? If Peachtree Corners can get a Trader Joe’s, why can’t we have a Whole Foods Market? We have a Starbucks on Indian Trail and Northern Star Coffee in downtown Norcross. While I love both, let’s bring something different like…Caribou Coffee. Give us a liquor store so that we don’t have to drive into Dekalb County for crying out loud! Even a bookstore would be nice!
You know, I don’t really care what comes here. Just no more cell phones, subs, pawn shops, flea or farmers markets or billiard halls. No more of the same. Enough already. I want whatever does come here to be something to make me say “WOW!”
We need that in this community. We are starved for it. We need change to be excited about so we know we are not always going to be living and working in “more of the same.”
What shops or restaurants would you like to see in the area?
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