That building is an eyesore. How the downtown association could let this scructure decay to such a state is beyond belief. Has this place ever been painted? The storefront is full of dry rot.

Many building owners refuse to do even routine maintenence downtown.
Why bother. They figure there are enough bored rich housewives with wacky business ideas to keep these decrepid buildings leased. Unfortunately, the residents are subjected to this spectacle every time we walk down Main Street.

I am sorry-- There are many errors in this article, as I haven't spoken to anyone as of yet from The Pleasanton Weekly. We are looking for someone interested in carrying on the Thriving Ink & Co shop and The Backyard venue, but the Brand lives on with the online store which we have had since 2007. The shop originally opened in April of 2009 on W. Angela. We moved to 520 Main Street in November and had our first event in The Backyard in February. We are not closing the shop this weekend but at the end of the month. I am very sorry for the confusion. I had no idea this was being written. I will get it cleared up, with all of the accurate facts soon.

Thank you.
Brenda Dronkers
[email protected]
http://www.thrivingink.com

Brenda,
How are the facts not accurate when they quoted a letter you sent to them?

Bummer. One of the few shops downtown that was actually interesting and fun.

I'm sure their vacancy will pave the way for a glorious new nail salon or bank.

Bummer...another great shop downtown that will be gone soon. The teens and young adults around town loved that shop..we will have to go online now..

The quotes from the letter are obviously correct. I think the biggest error is in the first line of the article; TI has had an online store for 3 years now. Brenda can't take her business online if it was already online to begin with...

Is Brenda in any way related to Roy?

That building appears to be the kiss of death for any downtown business. It seems appealing and workable, but …

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So Brenda, is the PW Forum only here to allow you to place a free ad for your new business? Not fair to the merchants who pay for their ads. And does downtown really need ANOTHER consignment store? How about we go back to the good old days of nothing but dive bars?

This thread is here for promoting a business without buying advertising from the paper, which helps keeps it going. I also reported her post higher up due to the link to her site.

I've seen the building though and it should either be totally rehabbed or have a date with a wrecking ball.

Unfortunately a number of downtown buildings are in poor shape and a number of businesses have closed. Something needs to be done to revitalize downtown or I'm afraid it will reach the tipping point and business will drop off drastically. I considered buying in Livermore (where places where bigger and cheaper) but decided to stay in Pleasanton. Now looking at how Livermore got funding and has really cleaned up their downtown I'm wondering if I made the right choice. I hope that Pleasanton residents can push the city to get funds to help fix up downtown.