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How to Support Your Local Central Park Businesses Even During This Socially Distanced Season
Local businesses are at the heart of every community. Right now our local retailers are working hard to keep customers coming through their doors and stay afloat.
So, who will support them? We will!
Supporting local business also supports the local economy. After all, the people who own these businesses are often your friends and neighbors. We can’t think of a better time to pay it forward by supporting small businesses who have always been a huge part of the Central Park community.
When shopping for the any occasion, we urge you to consider your local independently-owned retailers first when buying for friends and loved ones. What’s more – now might be a good time to get that haircut or dental check-up. Why wait until next year? There’s no time like the present!
And when shopping, here are few suggestions for you to consider:
- Shop your local stores online. Most retailers are offering their products through online purchasing, even if they hadn’t been doing so before the coronavirus pandemic. Continue supporting local businesses by choosing to order through their websites until they reopen their brick-and-mortar locations.
- Buy gift cards. Service businesses like spas and theaters that don’t sell products, are hit particularly hard by the coronavirus shutdowns. Help them continue to turn a profit by purchasing gift cards now for later use.
- Tip extra. Whether you’re ordering dinner in or just having your groceries delivered because you can’t leave your home, you can help local businesses make it through this economic crisis by tipping a little bit more than you normally would. You can usually add your tip to the total being charged on your card to avoid physical contact with the delivery person.
- Take advantage of discounts. In an effort to boost their sales, many small businesses are offering steep discounts on their products at this time. Take advantage by purchasing larger than normal quantities of the sale items to help the business stay afloat.
And in the interest of putting local businesses top of mind this season, we’ve compiled a list of our Central Park woman- and minority-owned establishments who would love to see you during this yuletide season. The following is a list of our local businesses with a status report on buying and gifting options, and other info to help you buy with ease!
29th Avenue Nails – Open 9:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. Masks required. Appointments are preferred.
Amore Fiori – Open for in-store pick-ups, purchases and deliveries. Gifts, gift cards and gift baskets available. Masks required.
Awesome Dental – Open 8:30 a.m. – 6 p.m., Monday – Thursday. 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. every other Friday. Masks required.
Blue Creek Urban Health Retreat – Open by appointment only, Mondays – Saturdays, 9 a.m. – 8 p.m., by appointment only. Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 – 8 p.m. Masks required. No facials at this time.
Central Park Dental – Open Monday – Friday by appointment only. Masks required.
CorePower Yoga – Open, reservations only, walk-ins not allowed
Eyebrow Threading and Design – Open every day, noon – 6 p.m. Masks required.
JC Nail Spa – Open Monday – Friday, 10 am to 7:30 pm; Saturday from 10 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.; Sunday from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Gift certificates available.
Katy Tartakoff Portraits – Open primarily by appointment. Masks required upon entry and after sittings are complete. Stop and peruse the work of other Central Park artists in the storefront windows at 8246 Northfield Blvd. to inquire about purchases.
Shine Chiropractic – Open Mon-Thurs 9am-12pm, 3pm-6pm. Gift certificates available.
Skinsanity – Open Monday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Closed Sundays.
Smile Studio – Open Mondays and Tuesdays from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Closed Wednesdays; Thursdays and Fridays from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. Closed weekends. Masks required.
The Bar Method – Open with online, in-studio and outdoor classes when the weather permits. Because class times vary, call the studio or check their website for class times.
YogaSix – Open, but with reduced class sizes. Masks and social distancing required. Streamed online Zoom classes also offered. Classes being added because of reduced class sizes.
You can also find great small businesses in the Park Hill neighborhood here.
