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Re: NGLTC club house at Discover Mills Mall this summer
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lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ga
Date: 
Tue, 11 May 2004 16:00:33 GMT
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In lugnet.trains.org, Paul Janssen wrote:
> In lugnet.announce, James Trobaugh wrote:
> > Once again the North Georgia LEGO Train club (NGLTC) will have a summer “club
> > house” at the Discover Mills Outlet Mall in Gwinnett county Georgia. Like last
> > year we will be occupying an empty store in the mall and filling it with our
> > LEGO train layout. We are happy to find out that the mall has offered us a
> > location next door to the LEGO Outlet store in the mall.
> > 
> > The NGLTC will move into the “club house” in the begging of June and will hold
> > at least three open houses during the summer for the public to be allowed to
> > come in and view the layout, run the Rail Racers and play in the kids play area.
> > 
> > Last year we really enjoyed our space in the mall and are looking forward to
> > having it once again. If you are in the area this summer please stop by and
> > check us out.
> > 
> > jt
> 
> Congrats!!! and yes, I'll join the long line of jealous people....
> 
> We have on numerous occasions discussed it in our club (COLTC), we just may have
> to act!! Do you think the mall management would be willing to write a letter
> that states the success of this endeavor? We could take that to malls in our
> area, to let them know they should give this a serious consideration. I bet
> other clubs too could benefit from this. If a mall management company sees that
> this is a win-win situation elsewhere, they may be more likely to try a similar
> experiment. Maybe your club could formulate a letter too, stating the benefit
> for your club, along with some experiences with the public viewings, i.e. that
> the average mall-goer is supportive of your display, adn may even be more likely
> to visit that mall again.

Great idea. MichLUG/LTC pursued this leading up to christmas 2002 with no good
result. Something we did that might help (even if it didn't help us) was that we
prepared a "briefing book" or portfolio of past shows, which showed what we
could do, and also pictures of the PNLTC "clubhouse" so the management could see
what a mall store would look like fitted out...

Maybe the problem was that the PNLTC Portland storefront didn't take great pics?
(it's a lot more impressive in person than the pics reveal).. CAN"T be that I
wasn't able to sell the idea well enough. LOL...



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  Re: NGLTC club house at Discover Mills Mall this summer
 
(...) I think one thing that can be a big help is to have an advocate with in the mall, such as one of the stores. A big part of us getting our space is the support of the LEGO store in the mall. They have worked with the mall management to help us (...) (22 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ga)

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  Re: NGLTC club house at Discover Mills Mall this summer
 
(...) Congrats!!! and yes, I'll join the long line of jealous people.... We have on numerous occasions discussed it in our club (COLTC), we just may have to act!! Do you think the mall management would be willing to write a letter that states the (...) (22 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ga)

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