[Dana]

I agree, Mrs. Wolfie.
Too many teens have nothing to do. They are accused of loitering everywhere and are constantly being told to move along.
They need more places to hang out with something productive to do and to be welcomed into an establishment instead of being look at with suspicion.
They have disposable income and statistics show that they have LOTS of it.
Allowance, income from part time jobs, etc..

A grocery store near where I live is directly across the street from a high school.
There are big signs everywhere indicating that only '2 students' at a time, no backpacks, etc.
That store owner doesn't realize how much business he's probably losing by turning those students 'off'.

There are no other places nearby for those students to buy lunch and teenage spending accounts for a huge % of the economy in fast food and entertainment.
If this owner was smart, he might hire a security guard instead and have that guard monitor the store around lunch hour to protect the store BUT have things to draw those teens in like food, magazines, perhaps a pinball game and most of all a kid-friendly atmosphere.

The teenage market is huge in terms of entertainment and the word-of-mouth marketing aspect of that age group is HUGE.

I hope you do really well, Evely.