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— Rick Reprinted with permission of Rick Karp, president, Cole Hardware.

By Rick Karp

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Karp said the January opening will be low-key. The family plans a grand opening in February on a date to be announced. November Town Hall Hardware Dreams November Town Hall speakers Carol Strickman, left, Jeff Morelli, Eileen Levin and Howard Cook. ...

By Carol Kasparek

...st companies to foster Main Street America community engagement.” Karp visits the College Avenue store each month to help the management implement what they ole Hardware opened on College Avenue ten years ago this month. At the time, owner Rick Karp wasn‘t sure that expanding beyond the limits of San Francisco was the right move for his family’s group of five stores. They valued their tight connection to

We are excited to be part of the Rockridge community and will continue to do whatever it takes to be a welcome addition to the neighborhood. I can be reached anytime to further discuss this or any other way I can be of service. — Rick Karp, President of Cole Hardware rick@colehardware.com Cell: 415/846-2004 convenience of being able to walk to BART and do all of our shopping without getting into a car is great. And the one-half block commute to work is pretty good, too.” Car...

By Adrianna Karp

ers here, just friends we haven’t met.” Cole Hardware’s top priority in striving to provide unbeatable customer service is rooted in this very attitude. Our goal is to provide what we like to Cole Hardware president Rick Karp, left, with daughter Adrianna, Housewares Buyer and Marketing, and son David, Inventory Manager. At rear, Chris Jackson, RDA Operations Manager. /Kevin Faughnan ➧➧Cole Hardware, page 9 8th Annual Out & About Fest Celebrates Rockridge Vibe ...

By Casey Farmer

“Foot traffic and business results along the avenue have been trending downward each of the last three years,” reports Rick Karp, the second-generation proprietor of Cole Hardware. “Covid triggered a mass migration to online shopping, RCPC May Town Hall, see next page Cole Hardware, see page 4

...ardware’s Mission Street Location Store Sites Accepting Donations for Displaced Neighbors; Further Statement and Photo Page 8 Joint Meeting: OPD Foot Patrols; Neighborhood Law Atty; Domestic Violence Safe House; ’Quakes Cole Hardware owner Rick Karp announces: We have set up our Coins for the Community spare change jars and POS (point of sale) prompt donations for

By Adrianna Karp

Hello, Rockridge.... by Adrianna Karp, Cole Hardware We at Cole Hardware are thrilled to announce that we are setting up shop at 5533 College Avenue. We can’t wait to get to know our new neighbors – so, let’s start with introductions. We are a family-owned local hardware store, wit...

Cole Hardware, from front page second location in the city.” Rick was in grad school, but his father decided to leave the decision about expanding the business to him — provided he’d come help run things. “So that’s how I got roped into the hardware business. It’s been 50-some years now.” About the Rockridge ...

By Casey Farmer

...ashioned Brand of Customer Service by Skip Fogarty and that’s been a killer for many small businesses.” The original store opened on Cole Street in San Francisco in 1920, hence the name, Cole Hardware. The busi- ness was purchased by David Karp in 1961. Now overseen by Dave’s son Rick, Cole has four locations in the city (the SoMa store on 9th Street closed late last month), plus the Col-