[Jewelry making - Article 00424] - Re: [Orchid] Intrusive music and noise

[kgoeller]

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Alan,

    Have you consulted with your township's zoning board about noise
    issues?  Some communities have ordinances that can be brought into
    play to help regulate nuisances such as the speakers blaring outward.
     While those ordinances MAY not completely shut off the noise, it may
    help by regulating the hours, the volume, and the direction of the
    speakers. 

    The store owner's assertion that the speakers are on their property
    doesn't mean they can do whatever they want, if the output of the
    speakers is pointed outside their property and invading the public
    space. 

    Failing that, how about gathering a coalition of the other merchants
    who had established the "flavor" of the town centre as a quiet place
    conducive to buying.  Work together with them to create a campaign of
    pressure that may be public or private, designed to help the invading
    merchant understand that s/he is destroying the very purchasing
    climate that attracted them to open in that space.  Let them know it
    won't be tolerated and that you will all help educate customers in a
    boycott (if it gets that far) of their store in order to preserve
    their town's character.  

    It's worked before, in other towns.  People are beginning to come to
    their senses and realize that there are spaces for aggressive,
    brightly lit, garish retail emporiums, but that those spaces aren't
    necessarily in their traditional town centers.  They are beginning to
    value the town center, with independent merchants, galleries, and
    shops as a different experience that should be preserved as well. 
    Hopefully, you'll find this to be the case in your town, too. 

Karen Goeller
kgoeller AT nolimitations.com

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