http://vermontfurnitureblog.com/vermont-skyline-project-update/ Fine American Made Solid Wood Furniture Handmade & Custom Crafted in Vermont Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:16:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://vermontfurnitureblog.com/vermont-skyline-project-update/#comment-100 Peggy Farabaugh Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:28:48 +0000 http://vermontfurnitureblog.com/?p=334#comment-100 Thanks for the input, Martin! There is a lot to consider, for sure... so many ways to look at it. What I need is a crystal ball :) Thanks for the input, Martin! There is a lot to consider, for sure… so many ways to look at it. What I need is a crystal ball

]]> http://vermontfurnitureblog.com/vermont-skyline-project-update/#comment-99 Martin Langeveld Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:12:39 +0000 http://vermontfurnitureblog.com/?p=334#comment-99 Saw this on your Vermont Woods Facebook page. It would be a gutsy move. My two cents: On the plus side, it's re-using an existing building, making it new again in a green way. And, there's a ton of traffic across the street. But on the down side: -- Those people across the way are stopping for the view, the gift shop, the nature museum. It's going to be difficult to draw them across a busy highway, and make them climb a hill, to look at furniture. -- Alternatively, you need to get people to pull into the parking lot, attracted by the furniture sign and whatever publicity you can do. That's hard, too — on Route 9 they are on their way from one place to another, not looking for a place to shop for furniture. So: I could see a restaurant in that place again, but not a furniture store. I would be looking instead at locations with a lot of foot traffic, like Wilmington (once rebuilt) or downtown Brattleboro. Saw this on your Vermont Woods Facebook page. It would be a gutsy move.
My two cents:
On the plus side, it’s re-using an existing building, making it new again in a green way. And, there’s a ton of traffic across the street.
But on the down side:
– Those people across the way are stopping for the view, the gift shop, the nature museum. It’s going to be difficult to draw them across a busy highway, and make them climb a hill, to look at furniture.
– Alternatively, you need to get people to pull into the parking lot, attracted by the furniture sign and whatever publicity you can do. That’s hard, too — on Route 9 they are on their way from one place to another, not looking for a place to shop for furniture.
So:
I could see a restaurant in that place again, but not a furniture store. I would be looking instead at locations with a lot of foot traffic, like Wilmington (once rebuilt) or downtown Brattleboro.

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