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The Opelika BFGoodrich plant will officially close its doors Friday afternoon, said Tate Hoxworth, a representative of Michelin North America, the parent company of BFGoodrich.

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According to an ad placed on craigslist The Breezeway in Auburn will be closing as soon as the owner of the building finds a new renter.

Here’s the ad:

$3500 Large Restaurant Building In Downtown Auburn For Rent (Auburn, AL (Opelika Road))

Reply to: hous-hxkwm-1257629353@craigslist.org
Date: 2009-07-07, 11:36AM EDT

Up for rent is a Large Restaurant Building in Auburn, AL. The Building is on Opelika Road and is very close to Downtown. It is currently the Breezeway restaurant. They will be staying there until I find a renter for the building. The Building includes: Large Dining Area, Large Kitchen, Drive Thru, Office, 3 Huge Freezers, Food Prep Area, Men and Womens restrooms, and a deck for outdoor dining. Call Mike for more information at 334-749-5888 or 334-559-5888

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=1251+Opelika+Rd,+Auburn,+AL+36830&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split=0&gl=us&ei=RWtTSumiOMv6tgfdl-CbCA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1 (Click Street View)

You can view the original here: http://auburn.craigslist.org/off/1257629353.html

thanks to @jamerson for the tip

Brand X Pizza is closed after 20 years (according to sign on window). If you went to Auburn anytime during the past 20 years you will understand that this is an auburn institution that is closing its doors. Apparently it is due to the owners retiring but the economy and stiff new pizza competition probably didn’t help matters either.

If anyone has a pic of the sign or more info please let us know.

Opelika mayor Bill Ham says he is to meet with the United Steel Workers Local 753 President William Hart on Wednesday to discuss the jobs of the soon to be ex-BFGoodrich employees according to a recent AP article.

Opelika Mayor Gary Fuller says he’s working on plan to secure jobs for those tire workers. He says about 66 percent of them live in Lee County.

The BFGoodrich plant is closing October 31st and will put out around 1,000 employees. The city will also have to do without the money the company has been contributing to the city in taxes each year. Last year they paid in the ballpark of $850,000 to the city.

WSFA: BFGoodrich officials have confirmed that the company’s Opelika plant, which employees around 1,000 workers, will close its doors.

Bruno’s in Auburn is one of the Alabama Bruno’s stores slated to close. This has been confirmed by the OANews. They will have going out of business sales in the next 30 to 60 days. The Auburn store currently employees approximately 70 people.

Source: Local Citizen Reports
Confirmed by: OA News
(http://www.oanow.com/oan/news/local/article/brunos_to_close_auburn_store/60090/)

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Bruno’s info:
Store: 255
1530 E Glenn Ave
Auburn, AL 36832
Phone: (334)466-8847
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