MORGANTOWN — A once-forgotten building tucked beside Jack Roberts Park has been transformed into one of Morgantown’s newest summer gathering places. The Eisgarten, a German-inspired seasonal ice cream shop in the city’s First Ward neighborhood, officially opened its doors this past ...
But there’s still plenty of brick-and-mortar uncertainty Not long ago, the future of brick-and-mortar stores looked dicey. The rise of e-commerce, combined with COVID-19, threatened to gut Main Street business districts. Merchants were urged to prepare for a post-store future. For ...
To quote Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” — “Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.” In the last couple weeks, two of Morgantown’s locally owned institutions closed their doors: Ruby & Ketchy’s after 66 years in business, ...
Sharon Rynard originally trained as a nurse. However, her true passion was creating art. So, she developed a career as a professional gallery painter and sculptor alongside her work as a nurse. The multi-talented Rynard also has a good nose for business. In 2009, she tested her business ...
MORGANTOWN -- You don’t have to be in a basement to have a cool record store. But it sure does help. “I think it’s a very punk rock thing. A lot of punk record shops throughout the country are in basements,” Chris Herrod said. “It’s just a cool aesthetic. You ...
The hustle of Black Friday and the more subdued bustle of Small Business Saturday are already behind us, but that doesn’t mean it’s too late to shop local. For the many of us who don’t complete our Christmas to-do list by the end of Thanksgiving weekend, there are still 27 shopping ...