GT StarBucks Bites Dust...

GT will be without a StarBucks in a few months. The cost of doing business in Grand Terrace makes keeping marginal businesses open difficult. Under Producing Stores meaning not making a profit are being closed.

Beverly Crafts is also closing in the next few months.

Businesses operate on a slim margin and when the cost increases such as rent or lease or taxes they lose the ability to operate. With Grand Terrace being a place people commute to and from work and the price of gas going up and down, discretionary funds like those that may be spent on a cup of coffee are put into a gas tank rather than the drivers cup.

Perhaps Dr Hu will allow the corner space to be rented by a Service Group for the needs of the youth between the ages of 12 to 18. The Coffee Shop welcomed this group as customers and now there is no other welcome sign out for this group of our community. Perhaps the dance and arts school can open a cooking school?