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The response from Home Depot is best characterized as token. There are years of neglect regarding the landscaping on the 175-foot streetscape. This issue remains open. Nearby on Dixwell Avenue is a new Starbucks. The excellent landscaping on this property not only showcases the establishment but also showcases Hamden. Home Depot can be given An award for Mediocrity in Landscape Appearance, Maintenance, and Litter. Garden of Eden, it's not. Great Looking Property, it's not. The Right Stuff - Acceptable Community Standards, it's not. The Wrong Stuff - needs a little TLC, it's not. It's just Hamden - not a community Home Depot cares about. In
the Home Depot corporation, store managers have very little discretion. The Hamden Home Depot store doesn't even post a sign with a photo of their store manager. But three or so levels up is this store manager's boss. She is the President of Home Depot's Northern Division and is responsible for the sales and operations of 795 stores in 24 Midwest and Northeastern states with a team of more than 110,000 associates. Fortune Magazine ranks her as one ot "Fortune's Most Powerful Women". There is no reason that she doesn't know about how the Hamden Home Depot is not a good corporate citizen.