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Two in one is usually a good deal, it is quite the opposite when it is two Wellington businesses closing in one week.
Movie Gallery, located at 500 E. 16th St., is going out of business as the result of parent company Hollywood Entertainment Corporation filing for bankruptcy. The corporation filed for Chapter 11 on Tuesday.
This will allow Movie Gallery to restructure but it also means the shut down of approximately 760 Movie Gallery, Hollywood Video and Game Crazy stores owned by Hollywood Entertainment Corporation. Wellington's Movie Gallery is one of that 760.
Manager at the Wellington store Jack Owens had no comment on the situation. According to the company's Web site the stores marked for closure aren't making enough money.
"We are closing these because they are not profitable and because funds from liquidating them can help us moving forward," the web Site statement said.
According to the site, Movie Galleries in Goddard, El Dorado and Emporia are also marked to close. Hollywood Video stores in Wichita on South Rock Road along with the West Central Avenue location are also going out of business.
Wellington Area Chamber of Commerce Director Shelly Hansel says anytime a small town loses a business, it's a huge blow to the entire community because it takes away the freedom of choice.
"From a chamber stand point it gives us one more building to fill," Hansel said. "Then from a citizen stand point there goes our choice of when we want to rent a movie we now either have to be on Netflix...or you go to RedBox."
Hansel also said she thinks the situation is sad and frustrating.
"Although it looks like a negative it's just one of those things, you probably don't pay attention to how many businesses close and open every year unless they are ones that have been good, solid businesses in our community for a long time," said Janice Hellard, director of Sumner County Economic Development. "So I think that makes it seems worse and we're more aware of it."
Hellard also said that while Apple Market and now Movie Gallery are shutting down, it is not right to single out one culprit.
"It is a rough economic time but each one of the businesses that have closed has had a separate and different reason for having closed," Hellard said. "So it can't be categorized as an all in one thing as the general down turn of the economy."
The economy has taken its toll on seemingly every element of American life. Small towns everywhere are feeling the crunch especially. The director at the Chamber of Commerce realizes there are some products and services that aren't available in Wellington but spending money locally needs to be the first place considered.
"I think we all really need to start evaluating where we are spending our money, and I'm just as guilty," Hansel admitted. "I'm pointing the finger right back at me but every time we spend any money outside of this community we are just whittling away at our local businesses."
Janice Hellard says she never likes to lose a business, and focusing on new businesses setting up shop in town makes the future look very bright.
"We have had a tremendous amount of activity going through our office lately which is a good indication that people are looking to the future and looking at things improving," Hellard said. "I find that to be a comforting thought, a positive because it is showing signs of turning around."
Both Apple Market and Movie Gallery are housed in larger buildings, Hellard says with those properties opening up, Wellington now might be able to accommodate a business that needs a bigger building.
Sumner County Economic Development knows the interest is out there and they working hard to bring in new jobs and new businesses to town. Shelly Hansel agrees that the new businesses coming soon to Wellington are a good thing, but says it is up to the community to keep all businesses up and running.
"I think we have to look and try not to let history repeat itself," Hansel said. "And really learn that when we don't support our own, it goes away."
Two in one is usually a good deal, it is quite the opposite when it is two Wellington businesses closing in one week.
Movie Gallery, located at 500 E. 16th St., is going out of business as the result of parent company Hollywood Entertainment Corporation filing for bankruptcy. The corporation filed for Chapter 11 on Tuesday.
This will allow Movie Gallery to restructure but it also means the shut down of approximately 760 Movie Gallery, Hollywood Video and Game Crazy stores owned by Hollywood Entertainment Corporation. Wellington's Movie Gallery is one of that 760.
Manager at the Wellington store Jack Owens had no comment on the situation. According to the company's Web site the stores marked for closure aren't making enough money.
"We are closing these because they are not profitable and because funds from liquidating them can help us moving forward," the web Site statement said.
According to the site, Movie Galleries in Goddard, El Dorado and Emporia are also marked to close. Hollywood Video stores in Wichita on South Rock Road along with the West Central Avenue location are also going out of business.
Wellington Area Chamber of Commerce Director Shelly Hansel says anytime a small town loses a business, it's a huge blow to the entire community because it takes away the freedom of choice.
"From a chamber stand point it gives us one more building to fill," Hansel said. "Then from a citizen stand point there goes our choice of when we want to rent a movie we now either have to be on Netflix...or you go to RedBox."
Hansel also said she thinks the situation is sad and frustrating.
"Although it looks like a negative it's just one of those things, you probably don't pay attention to how many businesses close and open every year unless they are ones that have been good, solid businesses in our community for a long time," said Janice Hellard, director of Sumner County Economic Development. "So I think that makes it seems worse and we're more aware of it."
Hellard also said that while Apple Market and now Movie Gallery are shutting down, it is not right to single out one culprit.
"It is a rough economic time but each one of the businesses that have closed has had a separate and different reason for having closed," Hellard said. "So it can't be categorized as an all in one thing as the general down turn of the economy."
The economy has taken its toll on seemingly every element of American life. Small towns everywhere are feeling the crunch especially. The director at the Chamber of Commerce realizes there are some products and services that aren't available in Wellington but spending money locally needs to be the first place considered.
"I think we all really need to start evaluating where we are spending our money, and I'm just as guilty," Hansel admitted. "I'm pointing the finger right back at me but every time we spend any money outside of this community we are just whittling away at our local businesses."
Janice Hellard says she never likes to lose a business, and focusing on new businesses setting up shop in town makes the future look very bright.
"We have had a tremendous amount of activity going through our office lately which is a good indication that people are looking to the future and looking at things improving," Hellard said. "I find that to be a comforting thought, a positive because it is showing signs of turning around."
Both Apple Market and Movie Gallery are housed in larger buildings, Hellard says with those properties opening up, Wellington now might be able to accommodate a business that needs a bigger building.
Sumner County Economic Development knows the interest is out there and they working hard to bring in new jobs and new businesses to town. Shelly Hansel agrees that the new businesses coming soon to Wellington are a good thing, but says it is up to the community to keep all businesses up and running.
"I think we have to look and try not to let history repeat itself," Hansel said. "And really learn that when we don't support our own, it goes away."
