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Created by denisgoodwin on July 15, 2008, 12:43 am

Starbucks has included the orginal "Train Station" Starbucks in their closure list.  Although the official closing date has not been announced, it could be closed any time between August and March of 2009.

Rather than close the newer, "McStarbucks" on Center Street, Starbucks has chosen to close what has to be one of the most unique locations it has.  The old train station location is spacious, airy, and welcoming.  My kids have enjoyed the passing trains and great Starbucks staff for years.

Mr. Shultz, please be advised that I will NEVER spend a dollar at the Center Street location, nor any other Starbucks for that matter.  There is a Peets Coffee and Tea location in Newton Center as well, and they will be getting my daily business going forward if you proceed with this closing.

Please sign this petition and let Mr. Shultz know that closing the train station location is not in the best interest of Newton or Starbucks.

Thanks!



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Added by denisgoodwin @ July 16, 2008, 6:38 pm
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Update:  Just to clarify - since I wrote this very late at night - I personally will not support Starbucks going forward if this location is closed.  The rest of the folks signing are doing so primarily to support keeping the store open.  They all are welcome to embellish in their signature!
      


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429 2 days ago    Ryan Brodeur: Seriously? The Centre St Starbucks is super-cramped and on a busy street. Far less inviting to customers than the Station Bucks.
428 4 days ago    Claire Pezza: I support this petition.
427 4 days ago    Harry White: I support this petition.
426 4 days ago    G G: Does anyone know how to contact the landlord?
425 5 days ago    Charles Farrell: I support this petition.
424 5 days ago    Jesse Farrell: I'm a lifelong Newton Centre resident. Every year the number of businesses I frequent here dwindles and more banks open. Please keep one of the few remaining meeting places in the Centre open. Thank you.
423 5 days ago    Betsy W: I support this petition.
422 5 days ago    Candy Lowd: I support this petition.
421 5 days ago    Chris McDavid: I support this petition.
420 6 days ago    david M: I support this petition.
419 A week ago    Hillel Korin: I support this petition.This has been one of my offcies fro many years and I often meet and do my work there -- The cookie cutter store on Beacon St is boring and univinviting meeting spot
418 A week ago    Caren Korin: I support this petition. This is a great Starbucks with wonderful staff and a great place to meet people. The "bean counters" were counting the wrong beans when adding this store to the list! Close the one across the street that has hardly any room to sit. The loss of this Starbucks would be a loss to the character of Newton Center and Union Street.
417 A week ago    David Mason: I support this petition. This is the best Starbucks ANYWHERE.
416 A week ago    Shaun Asberry: I support this petition. and save my starbucks in Somerset Kentucky! the only place i can go to relax with people who can speak English and actualy have a conversation! i live in hell!
415 A week ago    Cassandra Warshowsky Warshowsky: I support this petition. This is one of the most terrific coffee places anywhere...how could Starbucks possibly opt for closig this wonderful, unique, excellently staffed store instead of the nearby small, generic, impossible to park near or reach Starbucks 2 blocks away. In addition to all the great reasons to keep the Union Street/Newton Center store...this spot gets so many additional customerss (me included) who run in to grab coffee and snack when they are waiting for the train. For years, an old train sign lights up and gives customers a 2 minute notice when the train to Boston will arrive. You can't imagain the number of purchases commuters make...which they never would...when they know they have time to get coffee AND catch the train. DON'T CLOSE IT!!!
414 A week ago    Valerie Coimbra: I support this petition.
413 A week ago    Hema Narayanan: I support this petition.
412 A week ago    Christina Olex: I support this petition.
411 A week ago    Cia Nabih: I support this petition.
410 A week ago    ben b: I support this petition.
409 A week ago    Robert Burke: I support this petition.Newton Center Starbucks is one of the most unique stores you have.It is welcoming and spacious and a place to meet friends.It's what Starbucks is suppose to be about , right? Leve it alone !!!
408 A week ago    Louis McDavid: I support this petition.
407 A week ago    Francisco Diaz: I support this petition.
406 2 weeks ago    Sarah Garson: I support this petition.
405 2 weeks ago    Stacy Russo: I support this petition.it a grat locashon
404 2 weeks ago    Abbey Steffens: I support this petition! Please don't close it!
403 2 weeks ago    sophie Forman: I support this petition.
402 2 weeks ago    Igor Firkusny: Please, don't close that location -- it's such a unique space with so much character. It's so much nicer than the nearby on Center St, and it has been there longer. Please reconsider!
401 2 weeks ago    martin ralston: I support this petition.
400 2 weeks ago    Abby Lokshin: I support this petition.
399 2 weeks ago    William Braudis: I support this petition. I love the T station Starbucks. It's what a cafe should be.
398 3 weeks ago    Avi Abrams: I support this petition.
397 3 weeks ago    Sarah Tremblay: Don't take Starbucks away!
396 3 weeks ago    greg hazlett: I support this petition.
395 3 weeks ago    Marvin Mandelbaum: I support this petition.
394 3 weeks ago    Jon M: I support this petition. I frequent this starbucks every other day on my daily commute. its a part of my life and a part of the character of newton center and it would be a terrible loss if it were closed.
393 3 weeks ago    Erik Koper: I support this petition.
392 3 weeks ago    Jon M: I support this petition. I frequent this starbucks every other day on my daily commute. its a part of my life and a part of the character of newton center and it would be a terrible loss if it were closed.
391 3 weeks ago    sally chan: I support this petition.
390 3 weeks ago    Steven Melly: I support this petition. As others have said, my children love watching the trains from this store. Although we moved from Newton Centre to Newton Lower Falls, we regularly go to this Starbucks when we buy bagels at Rosenfelds and go to the barbers.
389 3 weeks ago    Miko Chan: I support this petition.
388 3 weeks ago    Billy Foote: I support this petition.
387 3 weeks ago    Joy Friedman: This Starbucks is my satelite office. I need it to stay open! I support this petition.
386 3 weeks ago    Eric Scace: This Starbucks is unique. It's the only Starbucks that I use in Newton. If it closes, I won't be visiting any other Newton Starbucks.
385 3 weeks ago    philip ryan: I support this petition.
384 3 weeks ago    Amy Friedman: I support this petition. This is the coziest most unique Starbucks I have ever seen. It is also a T-Stop, so traffic is unbelievable. I am told the little Starbuck express around the corner which has no available seating can barely handle the volume, despite the larger Train starbucks location. Don't make this unwise choice!
383 3 weeks ago    Tim Tippett: I support this petition. The Newton Centre, MA Starbucks location on Union Street in the old train station building is simply too unique a structure with a special atmosphere to be closed. Please don't close my favorite "third place."
382 3 weeks ago    Sand Weintraub: I would like to propose another use for the coffee shop in the evening. We have a theatre group who would like to put on short plays and invite guests to be our audience. It would give Starbucks an added income for the times when business is slow. Would appreciate an answer to this by someone in the Starbucks chain of command.
381 4 weeks ago    Will Fink: I support this petition.
380 4 weeks ago    Harry Cohen: I support this petition.
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