Question of the Week
By Peggy Roberts
Now that both Lowe’s and Home Depot are in Windham, do you think they can both survive?
Tom Dyer
Contractor
Wales, near Lewiston/Auburn
“I think that they can but I think Home Depot will do the better job because it always has.”
Charles Rice
Building contractor and real estate sales agent
Raymond
“Absolutely. Yes. Because you used to have to drive all the way to Auburn or all the way to Portland to get to the closest ones. I think being in Windham, they’ll get a lot of customers from the Naples and Casco area and up in Standish. Rather than driving all the way to Auburn, they’ll come here.”
Lenora Harmon
Retired
Standish
“I imagine they’ll be pretty competitive. But lasting – a lot of times there’s a big place that’s out of stuff where the other place has it – it could work either way.”
Carol Camden
Stay at home mom
Parsonsfield
“I think they probably both will because there’s always a lot of competition. But I have to say this is the first time we’ve been in here – it’s a much cleaner much more open space, easy to find things. I think this might be my favorite.”
Graham Smith
Student
Casco
“Lowe’s might be in a more convenient spot since it’s near most all the other stores and if some guy remembers that he needs something, Lowe’s is right there.”
Amanda Callahan and Kiely
Stay at home mom and part-time teacher’s assistant
Windham
“I think they’ll both survive but there’s going to be some competition, which I think is great for us. I just love that we can now come to North Windham and not have to go into Portland for these quick things when we have projects at home.”
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