General Motors has notified Knapp Chevrolet that the Houston dealership is being considered for termination. GHPA is working with the Knapp family to increase public awareness of the possible loss of this heritage business. The company not only occupies a landmark art deco building on Houston Avenue, the local dealership is a vital part of Houston’s commercial history.

Please sign the company’s online petition at www.saveknappchevy.com and forward the link to your family and friends. Other dealerships around the country have attributed their success in overcoming termination to massive outpourings of community support. Knapp Chevrolet hopes to gather at least 100,000 signatures, the number of cars sold since the dealership first opened in 1939.

GM policy currently favors suburban dealerships over urban locations. For 70 years, Knapp Chevrolet has been a fixture near downtown Houston. With more than 80 employees, it is a profitable business in an area that has experienced a resurgence in residential development.

• Read Knapp Chevrolet president Robert Knapp’s testimony on dealership closings at a Congressional hearing on GM’s bankruptcy in July.

• Visit Knapp Chevrolet's listing at Houston Deco

Photo: Knapp Chevrolet (photo by Jim Parsons)