Downtown: Sylva Main Street notes
Loretta Womack’s toy store “Lily’s Treasures”, open for about two years now at the corner of Main and Spring, is closing.
It’s a loss for Main St., in that it will leave a big hole at a prominent location, it’s a loss for the Downtown Sylva Association, of which Womack was president-elect, and it’s a loss for local families who like a step up from the standard fare, toy-wise.
“Almost all of the toys I carry have an underlying social or educational value, and they require interaction on the part of the child,” Womack told me recently. “Our kids need to explore and develop their own superheros and princesses,” she added. “Where is the imagination if all that is done for them?”
A nurse by trade, Womack has hired on with WestCare.
Spring Street Cafe
When most recent owner Lisa Agee closed Spring Street Cafe in late summer, it ended a 15-year stretch during which an eatery filled the spot beneath City Lights Bookstore.
Ownership of the restaurant has reverted to founder Faye Holliday, but the space still belongs to bookstore owners Joyce and Allen Moore.
The three are still considering possibilities, but clearly would like to see another dining establishment in the Spring Street space — one that’s as complementary as possible to a bookstore, Joyce Moore emphasizes.
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Being the owner of a micro business, It really hurts to see so many people going to one business in town while I watch another one struggle so badly. It would help if people would ’spread the wealth’ and not focus all of their spending in one place day after day.
The second part of this struggle is when people are spending their money at businesses owned by people outside of our immediate area. The money spent in locally-owned businesses helps keep the money here, allowing those business owners to again spend it locally.
Finally, I think sales EVERYWHERE have dropped off. It would help if people who have a steady income not threatened by the poor economy to GET OUT AND SPEND. We need the cash to flow in Sylva and we will be able to weather this together without losing any more businesses.
Unfortunately, when people see two businesses as prominent as these go under, they think we are in trouble and pull back. We have really strong businesses here, so people please go out and support them.