It’s a good news, bad news situation: the bad news being that Main Street has lost even more independent business to the huge fire that happened a couple weeks ago. A few years ago a huge fire wiped out most of the east side of the 2500 block Main Street, and now the same has happened on the west side of the street.
I worked on that block for years, and met many friends there for the first time. Everybody loved the neighbourhood on that particular strip of Main Street, and all supported one another. Hopefully Slickety Jim’s and the other businesses will find other locations elsewhere, but it will be really hard to top the magic that the area had. I’ve also lost my accountant, Tom, who’s business was also destroyed in the fire….. hopefully he’s up and running elsewhere soon too.
But the good news, if there is any, is that Militant Penguin has come through the fire with only smoke and water damage….. While the store is being reno’d, Lawrence has relocated to his previous Pleasant Girl location and set up a sale shop, so you can still get your Astrosatchel fix on the block, at 2541 Main Street.
Also on Main Street, I’ll be participating in Shiny Fuzzy Muddy 10 December 12+13 at Heritage Hall….. More reasons to catch the #3 Bus….. See you soon!! Janna
