Yet this might not be enough of an attraction for Gardiner residents who fear traffic congestion in the hamlet, danger to town water supplies from underground gas tanks, and the loss local businesses who are already servicing these needs in the community. According to Connell she has begun making phone calls to neighbors. Not anti-Stewart s, she feels it is the location that is just not good. Especially since the combination of Fifth and Fourth streets creates one U-shaped road. We have babies in strollers and kids on bikes.
Parents cross the street to take their kids to the park.
That will be all gone because people will use the U-shaped road to enter and exit. Not to worry, assured Lewis. What happens all the time is once a Stewart s is in, even the people who didn t like us end of saying, Wow, those guys have really ended up becoming part of the community. It is one of the reasons why the company is successful. We have learned you can t just be an independent.