How To Help!

What can you do to help in the struggle against the arrival of a Borders superstore in Davis, CA?

The Top Ten List of Things You Can Do:

1. JOIN "The Friends of Davis (Our Town)"

This citizen group meets every Thursday, 6:30PM

The Next Chapter,

225 G Street

Phone (916) 758-8728

2. ATTEND City Council Meeting on Wednesday, April 9 -- the city can rezone for a 10,000 sq. ft. limit on size with a conditional use permit for larger uses that serve a need in Davis.

3. Pledge a dollar at The Next Chapter, Bogey's Books, or Avid Reader for an ad stating:

I WON'T SHOP AT BORDERS.

4. Call or Write the Borders chain:

Alexandra Elliott
Public Service & Media
c/o Borders Books
311 Maynard Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
-phone (313) 913-1100 x 1519
-e mail aelliott@borders.com

Vin Altruda
Borders Vice-President of Operations
c/o Borders Incorporated
311 Maynard Street
Ann Arbor MI 48104
-phone (313) 913-1320
-fax (313) 995-5230
Of Secondary Importance

Marilyn Slankard
Borders Vice-President of Marketing
-phone (313) 913-1100 x 1316
-fax (313) 995-5230

Bill Edwards
Borders Retail Operations
(800) 315-7323 x 1301
-fax (313) 995-5230

Pam Lent
West Coast Real Estate Office
c/o Borders Books
PO Box 1169
Livermore CA 94511
-phone (510) 225-9585
-fax (510) 225-9586

5. Call or write the developer

Mark Friedman

c/o Fulcrum Corp.

7750 College Town Drive, Suite 350

Sacramento, CA 95826

-phone 381-1887

6. Write a letter to the editor of the Davis Enterprise.

7. Call a City Council member:

Susie Boyd 758-1435

Jerry Kaneko 756-2324

Lois Wolk 756-9655

8. Call UC Davis

Marj Dickinson 752-2619

(government & community relations director)

9. Sign our petitions.

Petitions can be found at virtually every bookstore and coffee house in downtown Davis.

10. Connect with our Website

http://virtual-markets.net/vme/no-borders/

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