All posts in the topic Inviting businesses (Short link)
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- There are 2 posts — by 2 authors — in this topic.
- Latest post made by David Mann at Nov 08 00:20 UTC
I am planning on recruiting area businesses to join this forum and I
wanted to see if forum members would like to discuss this at all. I
would be looking at smaller businesses that create some kind of
commons type space like restaurants, coffee shops, and grocery stores.
I thought of this after the last Second Moon break-in. It would have
been nice to let the forum know directly what happened.
The issue of advertising does come up. I'm not sure if Becca and I
covered that in our original rule list. Certainly don't want any
"daily special" type of thing happening here but on the other hand,
would people like to see what Birchwood or Cliquot is serving that
day? Or what new produce is at the co-op?
Personally, I think it's great if small business join but not to promote,
advertise or provide updates about what they are selling - that's why they
have (or could have) websites. Businesses are an important part of our
neighborhood and, as such, should be part of the forum where neighborhood
issues are discussed.
My own sense is I have enough information coming at me without a forum like
this becoming a vehicle for marketing.
Or maybe there can be a separate forum for that kind of promotion/product
information where anyone in the neighborhood could sign up for it??