Holly Barbo

Barbo Furniture, Holly Barbo Focus Northwest
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Holly Barbo married into a family of custom furniture makers. Her husband, Chris, continued the long tradition (70 years) of furniture designing, building, refinishing and antique restoring. She worked in the family business for 18 years along side her husband before opening Barbo Furniture 9 years ago.

Barbo Furniture sells quality manufactured furniture as well as custom Barbo pieces. She still works on the manufacturing side of the business and is one of the few

Barbo Furniture, Holly Barbo Sustainable Furniture & Decor 360 734 1997 hollyb@barbofurniture.com

"The cameras are not there to invade your privacy but are there to protect everyone downtown," said Holly Barbo, co-owner of Barbo Furniture on Cornwall Avenue. more... 2/8/2005

Holly Barbo, Barbo Furniture & Enterprises

Holly Barbo, co-owner of Barbo Furniture, was surprised and disappointed when she heard Lotfi was planning to retire."Businesses all get certain reputations, and his was sterling," Barbo said."Moe is one of those salt-of-the-earth kind of guys, very honest and always upfront.He was an asset to downtown Bellingham, and I hate to see a vibrant business like his leave."Lotfi was born in Iran in 1949 and many of his childhood memories revolve around the rugs, which he said played a big role in his culture.

"The cameras are not there to invade your privacy but are there to protect everyone downtown," said Holly Barbo, co-owner of Barbo Furniture on Cornwall Avenue.
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Barbo was one of the organizers of the petition.

"A lot of people talked about getting cameras, but nobody had the time to get anything started," Barbo said."I took the time to make sure it got done."

Barbo said she received signatures from people walking the streets downtown -- customers, visitors from out of town, business owners and students.Barbo did encounter some people who felt cameras installed downtown would infringe on their right to privacy, she said.

"People have to understand that you are not entitled to privacy on a city street," Barbo said.

A majority of the people Barbo spoke to said they did not feel like they had any reason to feel their privacy would be invaded by the cameras on the street, she said.

"If you're downtown minding your own business or shopping and not doing anything wrong, the cameras aren't going to be watching you," Barbo said.