Discover Local Insight About: Local Business

Pup’s Parlor, opened in January, 2020, is a unique pet grooming salon.

Do you know someone who owns a local business? Are they your best friend, brother, or mother? Maybe they are a neighbor who you only see rushing to their car. Local businesses are made up of people within your community. COVID-19 and the shutdowns have effected them in every way. It is our hope to help the general public understand that things are not always black and white.

From supporting local, independent artisans to actually saving money (I know, I’ll explain), there are some serious perks to custom furniture that you might be overlooking!

Dr. Timothy Watson is on a mission  –  to help both children and adults experience the rich history Redlands offers.  Dr. Watson, a Redlands resident, has finally completed the full restoration of his Victorian house on Vine Street – across from Smiley library – as his pediatric medical office.

Did you know there are tons of ways to incorporate Sweet Adeline’s Elderberry Syrup into your everyday diet? Candice Wenzel, owner and founder of Sweet Adeline’s Elderberry Company, makes and sells elderberry syrup using organic elderberries from Three Sisters Farm, raw honey from Soffel Farms, and oranges from Jacinto Farms.

Rentals were once known to be your normal plastic tables and plastic chairs, but have you ever thought about adding customized rentals to your next event?

You might be surprised just how long eye-lash extensions have been around. Women have been looking for ways to enhance their eyes not just for the past several years, but millennia!

O’Flanary’s Emporium is a gift shop/painting classroom on West State Street, Redlands (a couple doors west of Saverino’s Italian Deli). Judy Coates, the owner and internationally acclaimed art teacher and speaker, named her business after her grandparents.

Hands On Knitting Center is a fiber arts store which opened in 2011. There, one discovers natural yarns and fibers of both animal and plant origin, many of which are machine washable.  There are also patterns, pattern books, and the tools (needles, hooks, looms) necessary to create sweaters, socks, scarves, shawls, hats, gloves, cuffs – you name it. Since weaving looms are expensive, the Center offers looms for rent, so one can try a weaving project without having to purchase a loom.

Lions and tigers and bears, oh, my! Livers and gallbladders and kidneys, as a stuffed animal -- say what? And they can be found in Redlands?!