M.O.T. Business M.O.T. Business

By: By: Calynn Howard, Courtney Brinsky, Domieona Kessleski, Calynn Howard, Courtney Brinsky, Domieona Kessleski, Jenna McCready, Casey Nicastro, Carlin Taveras, and Jenna McCready, Casey Nicastro, Carlin Taveras, and

Donald Wiegner Donald Wiegner

Small wonderSmall wonderSmall community Small community Small businessesSmall businesses

Our purposeOur purposeSmall Small businesses are businesses are important to our important to our town. They give town. They give us that small us that small town personality town personality that really make that really make our town what it our town what it is today.is today.

Picture taken with Middletown’s Finance Manager, Louis Vitola

Shhhhhh….Calynn Howard sits in the Shhhhhh….Calynn Howard sits in the Mayor’s chairMayor’s chair

Essential QuestionEssential Question

How can Middletown’s small businesses How can Middletown’s small businesses and specialty shops survive with the huge and specialty shops survive with the huge influx of franchises and big businesses influx of franchises and big businesses moving into Middletown?moving into Middletown?

Answer:Answer:

Small businesses provide better customer Small businesses provide better customer service and quality items. service and quality items.

Middletown TranscriptMiddletown TranscriptOur small town paper, “The Our small town paper, “The Middletown Transcript” gives Middletown Transcript” gives us information about our us information about our communities.communities.

Opened in 1868, opened Opened in 1868, opened location on Main Street in location on Main Street in 19041904

They have 70, 500 They have 70, 500 subscription holderssubscription holders

Immediato’sImmediato’sImmediato’s is the place to go when you are Immediato’s is the place to go when you are feeling hungry at lunch or dinner.feeling hungry at lunch or dinner.

It took 1 week to get the business up and It took 1 week to get the business up and running and 1 year to make a profit.running and 1 year to make a profit.

Great customer service and homemade food is Great customer service and homemade food is how they compete with bigger businesses.how they compete with bigger businesses.

E’s on Main StreetE’s on Main Street

Another place to go to Another place to go to please your appetite. please your appetite. In business 5 yearsIn business 5 yearsIt took 2 years to make a It took 2 years to make a profitprofitHer top selling items are Her top selling items are homemade soup and E’s homemade soup and E’s Iced tea.Iced tea.The owner, Eileen The owner, Eileen Keegan, says she offers Keegan, says she offers quality food, excellent quality food, excellent customer service and a customer service and a unique menu.unique menu.

Lamar’s barbershopLamar’s barbershop

Lamar, owner and Lamar, owner and operator, has been in operator, has been in business for 19 years. business for 19 years. He saw his first profit He saw his first profit in 1 year.in 1 year.He offers a better He offers a better haircut, cheaper haircut, cheaper prices, and nice prices, and nice hometown hometown conversationconversation

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Jream has all kinds of Jream has all kinds of urban designer clothes.urban designer clothes.

They do a lot of They do a lot of advertising, sending out advertising, sending out flyers, cards , and have flyers, cards , and have ads in the Middletown ads in the Middletown Transcript.Transcript.

They have been in They have been in business since Jan.2007 business since Jan.2007 and has not seen a profit and has not seen a profit yet.yet.

Jreams stands for Jesus Jreams stands for Jesus Rules Everything Around Rules Everything Around Me.Me.

Witherspoon’sWitherspoon’s

Witherspoon’s Pub is the oldest business Witherspoon’s Pub is the oldest business in Middletown, DE.in Middletown, DE.

Opened in 1675Opened in 1675

Witherspoon’s had a bad fire in the 1800’s Witherspoon’s had a bad fire in the 1800’s but was restored.but was restored.

There is a current plan to reconstruct the There is a current plan to reconstruct the restaurant and make it look like it did when restaurant and make it look like it did when it was first built.it was first built.