LACONIA — One door is likely to be closing, because the landmark Greenlaw’s Music retailer house owners plan retirement, however two new doorways have lately opened.
Scentapy, situated throughout Principal Avenue from the Colonial Theatre, opened final weekend. Taylor Mead manages the shop, which sells soaps, lotions, physique sprays, lip balms, face masks, scrubs and different magnificence and hygiene merchandise made by her mom, Kim Mead, at her house in Gilmanton.
Mead mentioned her mom has been making soaps and different merchandise at house for about 15 years, however that the placement at 622 Principal St. is her first storefront.
Although they make the product in Gilmanton, Mead mentioned they selected to open in downtown Laconia, “due to the revival that’s taking place,” such because the renovated Colonial and new companies together with Defiant Information and Craft Beer, that are drawing extra folks to the guts of town. “And we simply actually love downtown,” she mentioned.
Although they’re simply celebrating their one-week anniversary this weekend, the early returns are promising.
“It’s been actually good,” Mead mentioned.
A brief means down Principal Avenue, GoodNatured Juice and Smoothie Bar is serving well being drinks and meals from an area within the parking storage constructing that was a monetary companies workplace. GoodNatured has been open for a couple of month, mentioned common supervisor Emily Monfet.
“I used to be born and raised in Laconia, I at all times wished to have one thing wholesome as an choice. Downtown is a ravishing spot, and could be very up and coming,” Monfet mentioned.
She labored in eating places earlier than serving to to open GoodNatured, and mentioned the expansion in that business over the previous few years has been “superb.”
An excessive amount of care went into the renovation of the area, Monfet mentioned. What was as soon as a darkish, closed-in area is now vivid and open, adorned with vegetation and artwork, leading to an environment that’s each enjoyable and energizing.
GoodNatured sources as a lot of its substances regionally as doable, together with blueberries and kale, granola, tea, maple syrup, and protein powder. “We attempt to help native companies as a lot as we are able to,” Monfet mentioned.
There’s a take-a-book, leave-a-book part for the bibliophiles, and, for these with inexperienced thumbs, a take-a-cutting, leave-a-cutting shelf. GoodNatured gives reductions for FitFocus gymnasium members, veterans, lecturers and well being care staff.
“It’s been going properly, it’s beginning to get busy,” Monfet mentioned, noting that final weekend went significantly properly. “Lots of people are saying, ‘we’ve been ready for one thing to return downtown like this.’”