By Jim Kinghorn
The Man is back! Whew, with all the hot air and hullabaloo over the school board election and all the associated opinions, this dopey column kept getting pushed off the pages of this local paragon of journalistic excellence, so let’s catch up, shall we?
After 10 great years in beautiful downtown Mount Angel, we moved the palatial, global headquarters of Our Town and Mt. Angel Publishing to the corner of Oak and Second streets in Silverton… Is that the only business movement you ask? Nooooo, not by a long shot, Sparkey. In fact, it’s high time for another installment of The Man’s Business Musical Chairs, so buckle up and cue the music….
Preparations are underway for Rite Aid’s new building down the hill at its new location at Westfield and McClaine. Holland Collision was bought out by White’s Collision and will be at 207 Jersey. Silverton Mini Storage has taken over Mini Storall of Silverton out on First Street.
A Dutch Bros. at Westfield and Silverton roads and O’Reilly Auto Parts slated for C and Water are approved, construction to start soon….
On Main Street we have Howard Hinsdale Cellars for sale, Kevin Cobb from the aforementioned Cellars moving to Palm Springs. Anna Kuzmin’s The Gathering Spot is moving from First Street to Main and Water after Villa Gusto went…..away…. The Main St Bistro is moving across the street to the Wolf Building, there are new owners at the Towne House, Splinters and Silverton Barber Shop closed, White Oak Gallery opened, Jason Frielinger changed Radio Shack to Odd Fellows Games and Electronics, Outlaw Steel moved to Bend and MaPs Credit Union’s new building nears completion so they can move across the street as well. Dixon Bledsoe and Lisa Santana have started a new real estate office in the office in the back of The Main Street Bistro and may move into the Oak Street space of Apples and Oranges when it moves to what will then be the former Main St Bistro location. The former location of A&I Jewelers on Oak Street has been divided in two and rumor has it will house a sushi restaurant and a woman’s health business…along with a creperie next door… and don’t forget Willamette Valley Pie has started renovations and will be moving out on Eska Way…Nope, move along, nothing to see here…
Seems the only thing we are missing is a moving company to do all the moving.
See you on the street…
