Despite hearing from multiple downtown business owners and representatives of stakeholder organizations, the Spencer City Council on Monday passed a second filing of an ordinance that would allow murals. The ordinance amends city code to allow murals to be placed on the side or back outside wall of a commercial building, but not on the...
Pressed Jewelry and Apparel’s store on Grand Avenue began as a dream. Now, with the 319 Grand Avenue store’s grand opening tomorrow from 4 to 8:30 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., that dream is coming true. The dream began about two years ago when Kristen and Eric Meeter began taking nightly...
Midwest Health Foods was built on people. The store has been in Spencer for over 50 years, most of those on or near Grand Avenue. After two moves this year, Midwest Health Foods’s customers still find the store, which is now located at 512 Grand Avenue Suite 4. “I have wonderful people,” owner Janice Larson...
Parents and others looking to find deals on children’s clothes, toys and more won’t want to miss this weekend’s Kanga Kids Consignment Expo in Spencer. The business’s fourth pop-up event in Spencer is this Friday and Saturday in the former Hallmark building, 414 North Grand Avenue. Hours are 9-6 p.m. Friday and 9-3 p.m. Saturday....
Pressed Jewelry has been one of the Spencer business community’s highlights of 2018. The online jewelry and apparel retailer just two months ago announced the opening of a brick and mortar store at 319 Grand Avenue in Spencer. It’s expected to open fall 2018. Founder Kristen Meeter and her husband, Eric, have been documenting the...
Spencer Main Street Executive Director Nancy Naeve wants to give a boost to businesses that would open on Grand Avenue and in the downtown area. Naeve has envisioned and discusses with others a downtown kickstarter program that she says could help attract new businesses and help them succeed. The program would provide funds that would...
Spencer’s not afraid to spend on retail attraction and growth. On Monday, the Spencer City Council approved a three-year, $50,000 per year proposal from Buxton, a Fort Worth, Texas, data analytics company that specializes in the retail industry, to help the city recruit and retain retailers. “I think this is a great tool that we...