Wednesday, July 18, 2012
After a hectic few hectic days last month when she got a lease termination letter, owner Chrissy Gibbs' hourly childcare business remained in the Spotsylvania Towne Centre.
Wiggle Worms is open for business in the Spotsylvania Towne Centre, but in a different location that is in the connector hallway for the food court and Le Gourmet Chef. Owner Chrissy Gibbs thought last month that she was going to have to close business when she got a lease termination letter from company that owns the mall, the Cafaro Company. But word got out quick that the hourly childcare center was in jeopardy and parents who use the services joined forces to protest in the mall. One parent even created a "Save Wiggle Worms" Facebook page. Later that day, Cafaro Company announced that it was moving Wiggle Worms from its original location to the 1,700-square-foot space once occupied by Macy's. Gibbs said she has about half the space …
Saturday, June 16, 2012
The Cafaro Company and the leasing agent worked with Wiggle Worms to find them new space in the Spotsylvania Towne Centre after parents complained about the mall terminating the child care center's lease.
Wiggle Worms will relocate to a 1,700-square-foot space near Macy's at the Spotsylvania Towne Centre, the mall owners announced today. Earlier in the day a group of parents protested the towne centre's decision to terminate Wiggle Worms' lease at the 4,200-square-foot space they utilize now near Costco. The parents' wishes, and Wiggle Worms' co-owner Chrissy Gibbs' hopes, were answered less than six hours later. Joe Bell, director of corporate communications for the mall owner Cafaro Cos., said Wiggle Worms will move after June 22 to space near Macy’s and the Spotsylvania Conference Center. Bell said the move is necessary because several new retailers are coming to the Spotsylvania Towne Centre and several merchants will be shifting …
Friday, June 15, 2012
The owner of the popular hourly childcare business in the Spotsylvania Towne Centre just announced that the mall owners found her a new location inside the mall.
BREAKING UPDATE: Wiggle Worms Finds A New Home. The owner of Wiggle Worms in the Spotsylvania Towne Centre just posted this message on the Facebook page: Thank you Joe, Tom, Mark and the whole Cafaro Company!!!!!We have a HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!I AM THRILLED!!!!!!!!Thank you for believing in us!!!! Fredericksburg Patch will update this story when details are made public. ---- Correction: The mall security did not ask the protestors to leave, but did ask them not to walk around the mall and use signs that said, 'We Love Wiggle Worms', or wear any attire that said that. The story has been corrected. About 10 to 20 parents protested the lease termination of Wiggle Worms hourly childcare center today at the Spotsylvania Towne Center Chrissy Gibbs, …
Dan Telvock
3:57 pm on Friday, June 15, 2012
That made me laugh, TP. It's Friday. have a good weekend. Headed to JMHS graduation soon. Congrats to Wiggle Worms for getting what they wanted--space in the mall more ›