Having, after well over a month of hard work, finally opened Somewhere Over the Rainbow, we are in that rather nerve racking period of waiting to see. If you build it, will they come?
So far, we’ve had a couple of really good days, and a few that have been anything but. We are on State Street, but a little off the beaten path, and sitting just a bit back from the road. Our next door neighbors are Cueva De Leon (Yum)and Davis Mountains Rock Shop (the business owned by my excellent Landlords Jim and Sue Franklin).
No business is an island, particularly a small business. We are interrelated with all the businesses we share space with, so to speak. Those local and nearby, those in adjacent areas, those who we do business with regularly, and those who we use as sources for our own business. I’m not just talking about merchandise for the store, but hardware, supplies, decor and embellishment among other things.
Local stores like Fort Davis Outfitters where we bought all manner of supplies, as well as one of our awesome front porch flower pots and plants. And Higginbotham Brothers for paint, supplies and all of the hardware we seemed to be in constant need of.