An Update from the Stricklands Owners

Hello everyone. The Stricklands owners issued a new statement in Edwin Goei's article from the OC Weekly. It reads, "Dear Customers: Many of you already know that it is with deep regret (and shock!) that we have been informed by our landlord that they have decided not to renew our lease early next year. We would like to thank all of our wonderful and loyal customers for your business over the past 15 years! Thank you to OC Weekly for your wonderful article this week (and throughout the years), and thank you to all the neighborhood sites who have reposted the article, and all of you who have commented, inquired, called, showed concern and emailed us! We are overwhelmed with the outpouring of support we have received!! Many of you have asked what you can do to help us remain in business in Campus Plaza, and have offered to petition, picket, etc. We are so grateful to you all! Unfortunately, the damage has been done. Not only do we feel that The Irvine Company has absolutely no interest in changing their mind about renewing our lease, but we have quickly become more than leery about renting from them as well. It has been our sincere pleasure to serve and support our community, schools, sports teams, clubs, religious organizations, sororities, fraternities, girl scouts, etc. for 15 years and we will truly miss you all. We are grateful that we will be open through the end of the year and we continue to look forward to serving you! We will be in business as usual for the remainder of 2018, as we continue to explore our options regarding relocation, etc. Randy & Donna Nettles Proud Owners and Operators of your California Stricklands Ice Cream" I just wanted to pass along the news. Anyways, thank you all for signing the petition. You can read the updated article here: https://www.ocweekly.com/stricklands-ice-cream-to-close-landlord-chooses-not-to-renew-lease/