I'm asking all Folsom residents to please support the mom and pop stores in our city. They need our business. Lowes and Home Depot is great but let's not forget to give some business to the little mom and pop store down the road.
Instead of running to Starbucks, let's drive by JavaNation or Bella Bru.
Instead of going to McDonalds or Burger King, let's swing by Willies or the Hotdog stand by Blockbuster. What about the Fish & Chips Restaurant on East Bidwell. That is also a mom & pop store that has been hanging in there. Let's help them stay in business.
Instead of running to Macaroni & Grill for pasta, go to Visconti's or Lanza's!
Puh leeeez........let's keep the mom and pop stores alive. They are what gives this wonderful city it's character and home town feel.
Give the little mom and pop stores some of our business so they don't close shop and we end up with the same stores every suburban city in the United States has. No character.
I would hate to see Folsom look like every other suburban neighborhood in California.
In fact, I went to Disney Land with my kids a couple of years ago and while I was in Southern California, I was feeling deja vu at every city we stopped in for a bite to eat. The same Home Depot, Macaroni & Grill, Black Angus, Old Navy, Borders..yada yada yada.... Do they have some kind of Shopping Plaza franchise going on? I thought it would be nice to get away for a different scene but we ended feeling like we were in Roseville, Rocklin or Folsom.
Let's keep our character Folsom. Let's save our mom and pop stores!
