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Dear Menlo Park City Council, My name is Karsten Iwers, and my family owns Harvest Furniture. We were located at 639 Santa Cruz Avenue (the closed block). We closed our store after 24 years on Santa Cruz Avenue in March of 2023. Although I no longer have a stake in this decision, I would like ...

CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Unless you recognize the sender's email address and know the content is safe, DO NOT click links, open attachments or reply. Dear City Council, My name is Karsten Iwers, and I am the owner of Harvest Furniture at 639 Santa Cruz ...

Dear City Council Members, My name is Karsten Iwers, and I am the owner of Harvest Furniture at 639 Santa Cruz Avenue. We have operated Harvest Furniture in Menlo Park for well over 20 years. The closure of Santa Cruz Avenue in its various forms has been devastating to our business. While I do ...

. Dear Menlo Park City Council, Your news of keeping the street in its current format until September of next year is absolutely devastating to Harvest. Our foot traffic is dramatically reduced and the visibility of our store front is extremely limited. The restaurants neighboring our store are...

. Dear Menlo Park City Council Members, My name is Karsten Iwers, owner of Harvest Furniture, and I want to express my frustration with the closure of the 600 block of Santa Cruz Avenue. As I have expressed in the past, I am vehemently opposed to the closure. Simply put, when you block or close...

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Dear City Council, My name is Karsten Iwers, and I have owned and operated Harvest Furniture at 639 Santa Cruz Avenue for over 25 years. I understand that the City Council will vote on whether to reopen the street for the Downtown Business Community today. I am very much in favor or reopening Santa...

Dear City Council, My name is Karsten Iwers, and I have owned and operated Harvest Furniture at 639 Santa Cruz Avenue for over 25 years. I understand that the City Council will vote on whether to reopen the street for the Downtown Business Community today. I am very much in favor or reopening Santa...

Dear Council Members, Thank you for your efforts to revitalize downtown Menlo Park. I am the owner of Harvest Furniture at 639 Santa Cruz Avenue. We have been in our current location for over 25 years. I am strongly opposed to closing the 600 block to vehicle traffic. This measure interferes with o...