Eye on the Street
Decatur Metro | July 12, 2012
Oakhurst, Decatur GA (pic 1 submitted by Kenney, pic 2 submitted by Rick)
Oakhurst, Decatur GA (pic 1 submitted by Kenney, pic 2 submitted by Rick)
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There’s definitely a red/orange theme to Oakhurst Village. Not my favorite colors but they must work since both churches and dollar stores are in the business of attracting customers!
BTW, I meant “Oakhurst Village”, the shopping center with the above signage, not Oakhurst Village as a whole.
Churches have customers?
That’s my term. Worshipers, members or congregants are probably more kosher terms. But a church must reach, attract, and successfully retain those folks, whatever you call them. In that way, signage is important. Depends on the faith of course. Catholics pretty much seem to go to whatever Catholic church is in town. No need to promote the church unless there’s the competition of another Cathollic church in town. Probably ditto for synagogues. But some Protestants church-shop. It seems like less of a big deal to cross denominations and select a church by its pastors, size of congregation, facilities, services, spiritual approach, etc.
Thanks! I thought you were implying something else. I would have said church members or attenders.
Predicting a positive impact on the community from that business.
Glad to see it.
I am too, but I am not to be confused with you.
I’m confused. Which one of you is the REAL Keith?
I Am Spartacus!
Hello Spartacus, I am Keith!
Doesn’t look bad – and the sign on the street is a big improvement than before.
Still don’t see how it will make money. From reading up on the company, it seems the CEO is just trying to grow the bricks and mortar stores, get the stock price to go up, cash out, then watch the pieces crumble. This has happened to a few retail chains who think growth of store equals growth of profit. Doesn’t always work that way.
I thought they were going in where the “Big H” was in the corner. I wonder if the landlord will be as accommodating to the next retail tenant and paint some of the triangles in one of their logo colors. My daughter does love a “dollar store” (but not as much as she loves Richard’s Variety, which I consider to be the “cool, local version”)
They did. That is where the Big H used to be.
Will this spell the end of the $5 parking fee?
Technically, I believe the lot is posted as being for 630 E Lake only and that others could be towed, so if they’re not charging you $5 and you’re not either going to church or shopping Family Dollar, then you’re taking your chances.
There was a $5 parking fee?? Must have missed that..
It’s only occassional on more popular nights of the week. Generally Friday is when I’ve seen them set up.
So does one only owe $5 when the lot is set up to collect, i.e. has someone out there to collect the $5? Or does one owe $5 other times and, if so, how would one pay? Or are we suppposed to just know it’s private property and not park there if no one is present to collect? Shouldn’t there be some signage indicating that? If I see an open parking lot, with no signage telling me not to park there, I assume it’s ok to park.
As I mentioned above, I do believe it is posted. I don’t have definitive answers, but from what I’ve observed, the $5 is only charged at certain times. The posting, however, is always there. By practice, it has always seemed like an open lot and people use it freely. By posting, the lot owner would technically be within his rights to tow your vehicle. To me, that means that you are only legally parking in the lot if you are going to church, shopping at Family Dollar, or parking at a time when you are paying $5 and thus are a customer of the parking lot.
That said, I’ve never seen anything towed myself.
Oh, ok. I’ll have to look more closely. I don’t think the signage is real obvious because I’ve biked and walked through that lot a lot and never noticed it. But my mind wasn’t on parking.
Yeah…it doesn’t really shout, but I see it when I go to Oakhurst Market and that’s when I noticed it’s only for 630 and the market is at 650. I still park there, but I’ve avoided the Market on Friday evenings because it’s no longer a run in and out kind of thing.
it’s also free to park when you’re going to Oakhurst Market. attendant dude just waves you on when you tell him that’s where you’re going.
and p.s., my photo rocks its pixels off, so. hard.
No it’s not free to park at Oakhurst Market, not even those spots on the side of the market. One of the few times that a young man was there collecting the $5, he came up to me when I parked on the side. When he said that would cost $5, I moved as evidently had everyone else by the look of the parking right in front of the Market and on the street behind it. The attendant looked real bored because absolutely no one was parking for a fee. But he was polite about it.
hmm, maybe he just liked the cut of my jib, or they had a policy change.
admittedly this happened only once, and i haven’t parked there since when an attendant was on duty.
Family Dollar just showed Wal-Mart who is boss.
One step forward. Two steps back for Oakhurst.
Yup. Anyone lives in Oakhurst, I reckon you better sell now before property values plummet again. #whycanteveryoneberichandtastefullikeme?
We are SO getting lots of drinks.
When and where? Just keep in mind that unless it’s during daylight, it will have to be on my side of town. I don’t go into Family Dollar having neighborhoods after dark!
I’d rather live near a Family Dollar than a Walmart!
They can put any store they want as far as I’m concerned.
But I wish they hadn’t painted over that great mural with the standard, boring storefront.
Now if someone would open a BBQ restaurant in Oakhurst I will never need my car again
The horror…. the horror.
Heh.
So…too late for a Trader Joe’s I’m guessing…?
It is perfectly legal to park on East Lake. Not ideal–it’s a narrow street. But it’s free! Glad they finally fixed the sidewalks @ the parking!
So originally this was going to be a Dollar General and is now going to be a FD. I wonder why DG pulled out?
I was assuming that the original rumor was wrong–yes, it’s a dollar store but not Dollar General.