Laura Gregory Salon
1090 Goodale Blvd., www.lauragregorysalon.com
How long have you been open?
Twelve years, but we’ve been here for six or seven years.
Describe the business in one sentence:
We’re a hair salon that aims to be warm and inviting.
What do you do best?
Serve our clients.
What do you like about this location?
Since moving here, more people notice us while commuting to work.
If your business were a snow globe, what would you put inside it?
Our salon.
Krema Nut Compnay
1000 Goodale Blvd., www.krema.com
How long have you been open?
We’ve been open at this location since 1922.
Describe the business in one sentence:
We roast nuts and grind them into peanut butter.
What do you do best?
We’re best known for our peanut butter.
What do you like about this location?
We’re well-established, and the people know us.
If your business were a snow globe, what would you put inside it?
It’d probably have to be a peanut.
Open Door Art Studio
1050 Goodale Blvd., www.opendoorartstudio.org
How long have you been open?
We opened in Grandview in 2003 and moved to this building in August of 2011.
Describe the business in one sentence:
We provide daytime rehabilitation services for adult artists with disabilities.
What do you do best?
Provide a venue for adult artists with disabilities to create exhibits.
What do you like about this location?
It’s a nice area. It’s a middle point between the busy city and a developing area with more and more traffic every day.
If your business were a snow globe, what would you put inside it?
It would be filled with art.
David M. Berg, Ltd.
1057 Goodale Blvd., www.davidmberg.com
How long have you been open?
Twenty-five years, but we moved here nine years ago.
Describe the business in one sentence:
We are an interior design firm.
What do you do best?
Interior design.
What do you like about this location?
It’s really convenient for everyone who works here. We come from all over, and this is a nice, central area for all of us.
If your business were a snow globe, what would you put inside it?
Our showroom? I don’t know, but whatever it was, it would be tastefully designed.
Open Sky Day Spa
1124 Goodale Blvd., www.openskydayspa.com
How long have you been open?
We’ve been open for nine years, but we just moved here in October.
Describe the business in one sentence:
One word: spa.
What do you do best?
Massages, facials and foot scrubs.
What do you like about this location?
It’s bigger than our last place, and car traffic isn’t as bad.
If your business were a snow globe, what would you put inside it?
Hands and a massage table. Maybe it could snow little hands.
Star Beacon
1104 Goodale Blvd., www.starbeaconproducts.net
How long have you been open?
We were Downtown before, but in 1954, we moved here.
Describe the business in one sentence:
We’re a wholesale school supplies distributor.
What do you do best?
Selling art and crafts supplies for cheap.
What do you like about this location?
It’s growing and dynamic.
If your business were a snow globe, what would you put inside it?
Crayons, markers and paints.
Kyle Banfill is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at gbishop@cityscenemediagroup.com.
