Michael Canning Does Seminole Heights

Michael Canning, a Seminole Heights resident who as a reporter for the Times does a great job introducing us to new businesses wrote a guest column on Starbucks. Very good article. Michael, they need to change the guest column to Canning's Column.

"When a Starbucks opens nearby, what does it say about your neighborhood?

In the Seminole Heights area, a Starbucks opening Means Something."

""I'd say we're No. 1 or 2" in sales for the Tampa area, store manager Susan Newsome said. That's about triple what expectations were before opening, she said."

Number 1 or 2! Hear that big world? Give us what we want consistently, with good service and we will make you 1 or 2!

"Even someone with a strong anticorporate stance like Seminole Heights resident Kelly Benjamin agrees that the advent of Starbucks has broader significance. "I do think it symbolizes a big leap for the neighborhood," said the one-time Tampa City Council candidate. "I think it will attract more of that level of commerce to the neighborhood. I just wish there could be more mom and pop businesses around this neighborhood that are really cool."

So, cool mom and pop businesses, start up. Do things right and we will support you. Want to know what the right things are? The people on the blog will tell you.