To: City Of LaHabra Community Development, David Lopez Asst Planner
Detail Garage Rides and Coffee Events
Allow Detail Garage La Habra to hold Rides & Coffee Events on First Sunday of Each month. This event generates more business for the Center and for the city of La Habra. It is a well-organized sale where 70-120 customers stop by to shop, drink coffee, and eat donuts. We have never had any issues with Police or Neighbors (85% of businesses in the center are closed during the hours of our sale (8 AM to 10:30 AM).
Why is this important?
Our business opened in August 2017 in the Sycamore Plaza at 2436 W. Whittier Blvd in La Habra. We have held a "Rides & Coffee" event every single month on the first Sunday each month for over 1 year now. This sale consists of customers coming by at 8 am; we provide coffee, donuts, discounts, music (not excessive volume), and a raffle.
What this event does is bring us a significant amount of exposure to our business and also for the center, which has been pretty quiet for a few years. Each Sunday, only 1 other business is even open for business while the sale is on. The Donut Shop (Jax Donuts) loves us as we bring great business to their establishment! The other 3 businesses don't open until after the event has concluded. Only 65% of the businesses in the center are even open on Sundays and all shops but one are closed while our sale is on.
We not only bring more exposure and business to this quiet center but also to the city of LaHabra (all families tend to go eat brunch after our sale). We believe this event has been a positive event for the center and for the city as we have never had any issues with our customers or the businesses in the area for the past 16 events we've had. This is NOT a car show but a sale. We did on one occasion hand out awards to customers, but this is NOT a sanctioned car show. Also, we have had such a positive impact for the community that the Chamber of Commerce has asked our shop to host their first ever car show at the Citrus Fair this year.
Many members of the community and even Chamber members have attended and they love this sale/event we hold once a month. We have had several officers from La Habra Police Department stop by throughout the year and all they can do is thank us for a great time and keeping the event under control (without any issues like you see on the local news media with the typical car scene).
Our Company Chemical Guys, which has been in business for over 17 years, operates 40+ stores across the country and run these sales once a month at each location.
Last but not least, I have taken videos of how sad and empty this center is on a typical Sunday from 6 am to 5 pm. Very few patrons even shop in this center on any given Sunday. We feel we are only helping the community and the businesses in La Habra with the traffic and clientele we attract.
This store has been in our community for over 17 months and is an added value to the entire business mix within the surrounding districts of La Habra. The demographics for La Habra demonstrate that we are a very diverse community both socially and economically. La Habra also has a vast number of car enthusiasts and certainly, all can benefit from the products and services that Our Shop provides.
What this event does is bring us a significant amount of exposure to our business and also for the center, which has been pretty quiet for a few years. Each Sunday, only 1 other business is even open for business while the sale is on. The Donut Shop (Jax Donuts) loves us as we bring great business to their establishment! The other 3 businesses don't open until after the event has concluded. Only 65% of the businesses in the center are even open on Sundays and all shops but one are closed while our sale is on.
We not only bring more exposure and business to this quiet center but also to the city of LaHabra (all families tend to go eat brunch after our sale). We believe this event has been a positive event for the center and for the city as we have never had any issues with our customers or the businesses in the area for the past 16 events we've had. This is NOT a car show but a sale. We did on one occasion hand out awards to customers, but this is NOT a sanctioned car show. Also, we have had such a positive impact for the community that the Chamber of Commerce has asked our shop to host their first ever car show at the Citrus Fair this year.
Many members of the community and even Chamber members have attended and they love this sale/event we hold once a month. We have had several officers from La Habra Police Department stop by throughout the year and all they can do is thank us for a great time and keeping the event under control (without any issues like you see on the local news media with the typical car scene).
Our Company Chemical Guys, which has been in business for over 17 years, operates 40+ stores across the country and run these sales once a month at each location.
Last but not least, I have taken videos of how sad and empty this center is on a typical Sunday from 6 am to 5 pm. Very few patrons even shop in this center on any given Sunday. We feel we are only helping the community and the businesses in La Habra with the traffic and clientele we attract.
This store has been in our community for over 17 months and is an added value to the entire business mix within the surrounding districts of La Habra. The demographics for La Habra demonstrate that we are a very diverse community both socially and economically. La Habra also has a vast number of car enthusiasts and certainly, all can benefit from the products and services that Our Shop provides.