08/26/2026
Before I decided to close I wanted to get more awareness and support for the small businesses, especially downtown. So when I went to the paper to do an article, I didn’t want to make it about me and my business only. Ultimately I could’ve kept it going and no one thing or person was why I made my decision. It was just the right time in the end.
And I appreciate and am so grateful for Beth, MY TEAM, my friends, my family, all the other small businesses, my customers, this town, everyone!!!!!!
I wanted this article to be a wake up call. Our town is at such an advantage in so many ways, but yet we are so behind as well. I look at all the towns around us and what they do to help their small businesses and town to work together and I get discouraged.
I’ve been a small business owner in this town for 10 years now. And it’s been a disheartening journey. But the support and positive help has always made it worth it. I’ve always been told “you can’t do this” “ you can’t do that” “ that’ll never work” “they won’t allow it”. It’s always been more of a warning when starting a business here than it has been encouraging.
But if you push through and find your people and community. It’s great! But sadly. It’s not enough to support and grow a small business.
We need tourism in this town and give people a reason to come here and stay for awhile and come back. We built new baseball fields and doing more houses. GREAT
Now let’s give people something to do during those tournaments and when they move here so they don’t just sleep here and live life outside of town. Make them want to invite their friends and family HERE. And we should be working with the businesses to promote what we have to offer.
And it’s not just one person or one entity. It’s just the missed connections everywhere that are keeping everyone doing their own thing.
It’s a little dramatic, as I usually am. But it’s been this way since I’ve been in the game, still is that way, and it’ll stay that way unless people really see it’s a PROBLEM.
Save our small local businesses. That’s all this PSA is really all about.
THANK YOU ALL!!!!!!❤️
Don’t worry. I will be back ❤️
