Not Another Dry Cleaner in Bloomingdale

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PETITION REQUESTING A DIFFERENT BUSINESS USE FOR 1821 1ST STREET, NW

The undersigned residents of Bloomingdale request that Yong C. Choe and any other owners of 1821 1st Street, NW (Square 3110 Lot 0137 at the northeast corner of 1st Street and Seaton Place) Washington, DC 20001 use this property for some other business that the neighborhood needs rather than a dry cleaning business. Although we definitely appreciate the owners efforts to rehabilitate a long-vacant building and put it back into useful service, we do not support the opening of a second dry cleaning establishment. This area needs a variety of services that we do not have currently and which we as neighbors would support heartily. These services include sit-down, full-service restaurants, boutiques, stationery and card stores, consignment shops, electronics stores, child-care centers, hardware stores, bakeries, delicatessens, diners, pet grooming establishment, vet clinic, bank, etc. These are businesses that we want, that we need, and that we will patronize. We are not likely to patronize another dry cleaning establishment.

Out of a concern for the owners and their investment and out of concern for the long-term well-being of Bloomingdale, we are coming to you now before the reconstruction of 1821 has gone too far. We want your business to succeed; we fear that your current concept will not, to your detriment and ours. Our elected representatives are ready and willing to meet with you at any time.

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112 Signatures

  • Melissa Ortiz
  • John Salatti
    • Comments
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  • Lesley Golenor
  • Matthew Beck
  • Erica Auker
  • Jonathan Gitlin
    • Comments
    • Why open a new dry cleaners a block from an existing one? Give the neighborhood something it wants and needs, not something we already have.
  • Tom Usselman
    • Comments
    • I don't believe that there is enough business to support two cleaners and you may be dooming the existing cleaner and yourself to failure.
  • Shawn Brown
    • Comments
    • It is not logical to put a dry cleaners 1 step away from another one. The residents who live here would appreciate some other benefit to the neighborhood.
  • Jason Mogavero
  • Jessica Owens
  • alexandra freidberg
    • Comments
    • please consider another use that would be so much more beneficial to the neighborhood!
  • Peter Pawlowski
  • Johnny Molina
  • Ryan Eades
  • Nolan Treadway
  • Chris Cafiero
  • Unit Block of U street
    • Comments
    • Such a nice building- great location- definitely want a business there- not a drycleaner though- I never get anything dry cleaned and if I did I'd go to the other one.
  • Rachel Margolis
  • Lenora Yerkes
  • Gregory Paige
    • Comments
    • Love to see a vet clinic.
  • Abenaa Addei
  • Matthew Harlin
    • Comments
    • The idea of either a sit down resturant, pet groomer or full service grocery store is very exciting...or good butcher shop or a fish monger...Happy to see the rehab and wish much success for whichever business ends up in this location
  • Emily Hall
    • Comments
    • It's a great location for a business, but there's no need for two dry cleaners w/in a single block - please reconsider!
  • Caroline Garrett
  • Beth Schmierer
  • Daniel R Lavoie
    • Comments
    • I agree with the statements in this petition
  • Matt Rumsey
  • Elizabeth Lyttleton
  • John Wanko
  • Malcolm Kenton
    • Comments
    • A restaurant or shop in this space would be a real hit.
  • Jordan Maurand
  • Martha Grant
    • Comments
    • If you were a dry cleaner + something else, that could work too, selling laundry detergent or hardware, maybe.
  • ben fiske
  • James E. Mobley
    • Comments
    • Please work with the community to make Bloomingdale a better place for both vendors and the people who own homes in the area.
  • Kirsten Johnson
    • Comments
    • Bloomingdale deserves better, smarter development than the addition of another dry cleaner. This development limits future development and fails to support the business owners who have already invested in our neighborhood.
  • Jean Homza
    • Comments
    • No one will patronize your establishment.
  • Joe Farrell
  • D Neal
    • Comments
    • Seaton Place Resident: We don't need 2 Dry Cleaners w/in 1 block
  • Patrick M Blais
    • Comments
    • We will patronize any other business you establish
  • David Lippe
    • Comments
    • Please, please do not open another dry cleaners, we need so many other services that we would support!
  • Zibusiso Sibanda
    • Comments
    • Bloomingdale does need a variety of services so please reconsider your concept.
  • David Gilmer
  • Narda Newby
  • brian j. glade
  • Jason Carnival
  • Marisa Rivero
  • Bryan Moll
  • David Tansey
  • Alan Thompson
    • Comments
    • we really like the existing dry cleaners; would not patronize another. competition is good, but in this market, it's not - we need a variety of services/businesses. what we have now are several liquor stores, beer/wine stores masquerading as grocery stores, a laundromat and a dry cleaners and a coffee shop. even a second eatery would be welcomed. a deli. something with no bullet proof glass. what i can tell you is that everyone is talking/groaning/complaining about this new development being another dry cleaners. why another one?
  • David Rosenblatt
    • Comments
    • We're happy with our current cleaner in the neighborhood -- please find another use for this space so that we can support your (or your tenant's) business.