Word gets out: KEEP IT OPEN!

photo: Mike Hentz/Key West Citizen

Let me begin by expressing my appreciation to the Key West media for the coverage we have received this week, most notably:

• Bill Becker and US-1 Radio;
• Mandy Bolen, Mike Hentz and The Key West Citizen;
• Sam Nissen and the Key West Keynoter.

The value of this attention is in communicating that the Keep Waterfront Market Open initiative is a genuine movement, and that as a movement we are on the move.

As our new website, waterfrontmarketkw.com, was left unmentioned in the newspaper articles, if at all possible, it would be a great service to all of us if everyone on our mailing list forwards the link to the site to their immediate friends and family. Waterfrontmarketkw.com is the access point to sign-up to receive information on how to KEEP IT OPEN!

We have begun to collect funds, and the money has begun to trickle in. As word spreads, I believe it will soon turn to a stream, and then a river.* Our plan is clear: We are aiming to buy Waterfront Market and to open it as a community-owned grocery. (When you want to make a pledge, and have questions, call me/305-304-1555. The Friends of Waterfront Market money is held in an escrow account at TIB administered by attorney Robert Citron.)

Make it known: Friends of Waterfront Market is in the process of raising $1.5 million dollars because we love Key West, we love living here, and the quality of life which makes living here such a dream come true is what is at stake.

*Checks made out to Friends of Waterfront Market should be dropped off at The Restaurant Store/Cole's Peace Bakery at 1111 Eaton Street, or the Law Offices of Hugh Morgan at 317 Whitehead Street.