

Instead, the company has made a habit of successfully navigating the shifting landscape.
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“We’ve closed seven of them since 2017, due to competition, because of all of the marijuana license opportunities that were opening up.”īut that changing marketplace is not slowing them down. “At our peak, we had 14 Piece of Mind glass stores,” Sharpe says. Sharpe came on as a partner in 2003, and has watched the marketplace change alongside Wilson ever since. It wasn’t long before Wilson opened a second location in Spokane, followed by a Seattle store and stores in Bend, Oregon Newport Beach, California and Missoula, Montana, then all the way up through Bellingham to Anchorage. There was certainly a market for what they offered. We knew back then that it was good medicine-good for the mind and the body-and we were trying to ‘fight the man.’” “It wasn’t the safest business to be in, but it was something we enjoyed and believed in. These so-called “glass shops” performed well, but they did so under a bit of a pretense. “There were very few of them around in the ‘90s, and they were operating in a gray area as tobacco accessory shops,” says co-owner Quinn Sharpe. At the time, there was a lot of excitement around the new technology of intricate and artistic water pipes that smokers could collect and admire, as well as use for smoking. Known as a “head shop,” this type of store sold gear for marijuana smokers. Justin Wilson opened the first Piece Of Mind store in Spokane in 1997, as the master’s thesis for his business degree. Now the company is looking to the future by going back to its roots, including changing back to its original name, Piece of Mind. Start by liking them on Facebook then visiting the new webpage here.Satori has made a name for itself as downtown Bellingham’s only cannabis store, and by focusing on the medical marijuana community.

If you are continuing forward with your home improvement project or anything of the like, you may still be able to find your salvaged and reclaimed building materials, vintage decor, or lightly used donated items to finish the job. However, like many of us, they have gotten creative in the face of adversity and are now offering sales over the phone and online. Amidst the pandemic, The RE Store made the difficult decision to close its brick-and-mortar store in Bellingham’s Fountain District to the public. The mission at the RE Store is to divert as much reusable material as possible from the landfill and to build a culture of reuse in our community.

We look forward to patronizing this local business and seeing the updates as soon as we’re able! The RE Store The Grand has closed during this time and is keeping busy by doing some refurbishing in the alehouse. Learn more by contacting Coach Josh at or following their instagram at crossfitironindustry Grand Ave Ale House Moving forward, they will be moving to a Satellite Programming membership model with workouts direct to your inbox and virtual coach check-ins. As the need to isolate increased and Governor Inslee asked us to Stay Home, the the gym is now creatively offering workout classes online that don’t require any equipment.

Iron Industry decided to close its doors on March 16th in order to encourage social distancing practices.
