Timbergrovian

Thanks! I was in there this past weekend and noticed that their organics/natural foods area has a much larger selection than it used to. I think they stacked the shelving higher to cram more inventory in that corner of the store for now. Looking forward to seeing the wall get knocked out.

Did you receive a written communication from Kroger corporate that you could post to the site? Or did you just speak to them on the phone? I would love to get an update on the timing of this expansion. These rumors are great, but I want to see the renovation begin! Thanks! timbergrovian

Has anyone heard any updates on this Kroger expansion? I am anxiously awaiting the sushi chef and it's already June! timbergrovian

In Mindy's defense, when she originally called 911, they WERE just "suspicious people" in the neighborhood. So, whoever categorized her call initially at the 911 call center did so appropriately. However, when she (and other concerned neighbors who did not make the Channel 13 news story) called back to give 911 the play-by-play of the robbery as it was taking place, 911 did not re-categorize the call to a robbery level. And, from what I understand, these kind gentlemen were in the house for 20 minutes - there are police officers at the corner of Durham and 11th at the HPD storefront within 5 minute WALKING distance away that never came. It's really unacceptable. And not Mindy's fault for the mis-categorization, but rather the fault of the 911 call center. IMHO, of course (And, no, I don't know Mindy personally)

Well, there were actually two burglaries mentioned in my original post - sorry if I jumbled them together! They were both on my mind so I thought I would throw them both out there for discussion. The first (Channel 13 news story) was in Timbergrove and the second was in Lazybrook this past weekend (which was the email that I pasted into the original post). Not exactly the same neighborhood but darned close enough.

Many of you have heard about the burglary on Prince Street in Timbergrove that went unanswered by police recently. If you haven't, here is the story: http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=...&id=5687258 I received the following email yesterday about a crime in nearby Lazybrook. I don't know this woman personally - her email was forwarded on to me by a neighbor. But I am very upset about the crime level in this area, being a Timbergrove resident myself! Does anyone have any inside knowledge of what is going on at HPD to rectify this lack of interest/response? Here is the Lazybrook email: "Saturday, November 10: Can you get this info out to everyone ASAP. Our home was burglarized = today around 2 p.m. today (Saturday)and I actually walked up on the 2 guys. 2 young, thin hispanic guys. Probably early to mid 20's- both = around 5'7"-5'9" slim build maybe around 145-165 lbs. I saw that one had a burr haircut. They were driving a white 4 door car (either = Chrysler or Buick) with license plate 907 CZN. I had taken a dog for a walk for literally 15-20 minutes and while I locked the door, I didn't = set the alarm. I actually saw them in the neighborhood at Waltway/Shirkmere knocking on a door and noticed them because one was = wearing a bright blue hardhat. Subconsciously, I thought it was a bit odd but I guess middle of the day on Saturday with people home, I just = didn't really think something bad would happen. When I got home, I saw their car backed up in my drive with the trunk = open. I immediately knew something then and as luck would have it I had my cell phone so I called 911. While I was standing at the end of my = driveway on the phone with the police, the 1st of the 2 guys came out carrying my flatscreen TV! He saw me and I yelled for him to stop and = that I was talking to the police. He calmly shoved my TV in the backseat. I was afraid to approach since I didn't know if they had = gun/knife, etc. The other one then came out carrying other stuff and they both jumped in the car and literally drove right past me as I was = talking to the police. Here's the really scary part. Even though they have the plate #, the = police aren't sure they will be able to apprehend. The responding officer was very polite and said a squad car had been dispatched to the = esidence the car was registered to but no sighting. He was going to go by later as well but he made a point of saying several times that they = only have so many officers and the number of people moving inside the loop has far outstripped the police force abilities. I really feel that = if they stumble on the car, they might catch them (assuming the car wasn't stolen) but if it doesn't happen today I fully expect this to = drop off their radar screen as they can't keep up with everything. He encouraged me to file a complaint with the Mayor's ofc, our city council = and the police chief and for all of us effected by this kind of thing to keep doing it until accountability for the police force is taken by the = higher ups of our city government. It truly is up to us to help police our neighborhoods and if I had paid more attention when I first saw them = who knows what would have happened. At any rate, I hope people use this instance to think more about their personal safety and that of their = neighbors and take a lesson from my lack of awareness to increase = theirs." Thoughts?