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As San Gabriel Valley businesses look to reopen, some already have - The San Gabriel Valley Tribune

I would see what kind of changes we need to make.”Some local businesses haven’t been as fortunate as Mellini’s. For Steven and Jean Preciado, owners of MD’s Florist in Arcadia, the pandemic completely cut off their businesses’ cash flow. They had to lay off two of their employees.“It’s uneasy not knowing if we’re going to be able to operate our business and maintain our overhead,” Steven Preciado said by phone.So he and his wife can’t wait to open up their flower shop again — just in time for Mother’s Day. Steven Preciado added they will be doing everything by curbside pickup from Saturday and Sunday, May 9-10, then will be offering delivery services after that.But what they really look forward to is returning to full capacity again.“We’re going to give it a tug and push, but it’s up to the government to allow small businesses to do their day-to-day,” Steven Preciado said.Some retail businesses have stayed open during the pandemic, including Dan Nhi Flowers and Gifts in San Gabriel, which reopened on May 1.During the pandemic, An Lam, the flower shop’s owner, said she kept the business open for phone and online orders only. But on May 1, she reopened her shop with social distancing guidelines in place. They’re still offering curbside pick up and delivery.“Everyone needs flowers for Mother’s Day,” she said by phone. “My customers need us.”And at Jeffs Sporting Goods in San Gabriel, co-owner Kevin Jeffs said he got the OK from the city to remain open during the pandemic. Still, business was slow and hours were shortened, so it’s been a struggle.Jeffs said the shop was open to customers as long as they wore masks. He added only a few customers were allowed the store at a time to maintain social distancing.But with people limiting how much they go out, he said the store hasn’t been too busy. He’s waiting for the government to ease social distancing restrictions.“Without customers, there would be no business,” he said. “With the government saying we can’t be open for businesses, how are we supposed to make money?” ... https://www.sgvtribune.com/as-san-gabriel-valley-businesses-look-to-reopen-some-already-have

'Nonessential' businesses close due to coronavirus - Los Angeles Times

Mall closures were announced by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, which operates 15 malls in California including Westfield Topanga & the Village in Canoga Park, Westfield Santa Anita in Arcadia and Westfield Century City. Advertisement “We have not made this decision lightly, and believe this is in the best interest of protecting our various stakeholders,” said Jean-Marie Tritant, U.S. president of the Paris-based company. “We look forward to reopening these centers in the very near future. In the meantime, we are doing everything possible to make sure that ‘essential’ retail outlets remain accessible.”Also closed were Simon Property Group malls such as Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance and Ontario Mills in Ontario. Taubman Centers Inc. closed malls across the country including the Beverly Center in Los Angeles and the Gardens on El Paso in Palm Desert.Smaller, stand-alone businesses were busy Friday considering their options and wondering whether they would be able to survive in the coming weeks or months. In Eagle Rock, Leanna Lin was figuring out how to turn her predominantly brick-and-mortar retail business into an ecommerce-only operation. She has run Leanna Lin’s Wonderland, “a playful gift shop and art gallery for the young at heart,” since 2010.Less than a week ago she had decided to offer curbside pickups to her customers. Now, going entirely online eliminates the beading and art parties — birthday and otherwise — hosted in the store.“As long as this doesn’t go much further than April 19, I think we can make it,” Lin said.On her Instagram page, which has 13,800 followers, Lin is showcasing items, offering free shipping on purchases of $25 or more and asking customers to buy gift cards.“Please support us online,” one recent post implored. “I promise you it’s just as cute and we’re adding a bunch new things often.” Advertisement One prominent store operator forced to close his Los Angeles shops said he was incensed that big retailers deemed essential such as Costco, Walmart and Target now have the market to themselves to sell nonessential items such as toys, towels and holiday knickknacks that people might otherwise buy at small businesses.“This really bothers me,” said Fraser Ross, owner of two Kitson stores on Robertson Boulevard, who fears, for example, being stuck with surplus Easter stock after he resumes business. His competitors shouldn’t get to sell theirs right now either, he said.“Is that Easter section at Costco getting closed off?” Ross asked rhetorically. “They shouldn’t be able to ring anything unless it’s essential.”Matt Monroe sat inside Turn Zero Games on Friday with the lights off as he waited for a UPS truck to deliver off a shipment to the store he’s owned for seven years.The 38-year-old and his five-member staff had already taken precautions, such as limiting the number of people coming into the Koreatown shop. On any given night before the pandemic, the st... https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-03-20/coronavirus-nonessential-business-closures

1 Dead After Car Goes Flying, Crashes Sideways Into Arcadia Flower Shop - CBS Los Angeles

ARCADIA (CBSLA) — One man is dead Thursday after somehow crashing a rental car sideways into a flower shop in Arcadia.The crash was first reported at about 3:15 a.m. at Arcadia Main Florist, 30 Las Tunas Drive. The impact of the crash left the red vehicle wedged on its side through a display window of the shop.Police say the car lost control and sheared a fire hydrant before flying into the closed flower shop.The male driver was pronounced dead at the scene. He was later identified as 42-year-old Carl Chandler of Alhambra.Witnesses told police they saw the car speeding just before the crash. Related... https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2019/08/08/arcadia-car-crashes-sideways-flower-shop/

Mary L. Dyce - Clarksville Now

Mary Lou Dyce, age 90, of Clarksville, passed away Sunday, September 8, 2019, at Arcadia Senior Living.Mary Lou was born January 28, 1929, in Montgomery County, TN, to the late Lonnie Thomas Morrow and Lillie Blanche Thomas Morrow. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Sterling Houston Dyce; son, Thomas Dyce; four brother, Donnie Morrow, Ernest Morrow, Clyde Morrow, and Thomas Morrow; and three sisters, Fanie Mae Scott, Bonnie Chester, and Louise Scott.Mrs. Dyce was a nurse and a member of Walton’s Chapel United Methodist Church.A Celebration of Life Service will be held Wednesday, September 11, at 11:00 AM, at the Chapel of Neal-Tarpley-Parchman Funeral Home, with Rev. Craig Cross and Rev. George Adair officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Tuesday, September 10, from 4:00 to 7:00 PM, and Wednesday, September 11, from 10:00 A.M. until the hour of service, at the funeral home.Mary Lou is survived by her daughter, Patsy (John) Peay of Clarksville; one brother, Carl Morrow of Clarksville; three sisters, Shirley Jarm... https://clarksvillenow.com/local/mary-l-dyce/

Follow your nose to experience the corpse flower at The Huntington in San Marino

There is also a bonsai club that meets the third Thursday of each month (excluding August and December) at 7 p.m. at the Los Angeles County Arboretum, at 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia (626-821-3222). https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2018/08/25/follow-your-nose-to-experience-the-corpse-flower-at-the-huntington-in-san-marino/

Small but mighty, a Washington florist battles back in the pandemic - Reuters

I really think they did a good job by not reopening too soon, because look at all the places that are having to close back down, like California, Texas,” Banks said. As the White House and Congress debate the next coronavirus relief bill, Banks said she would like more business funding and clarity on Paycheck Protection Program loans. The shop received a $75,000 loan under the program, allowing it to rehire furloughed staff. “They say it’s forgivable, but they haven’t come out with any clear-cut rules on how to make it forgivable,” Banks said. “I am on pins and needles.” Reporting by Makini Brice; Editing by Dan Burns and Richard ChangOur Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-smallbusiness/small-but-mighty-a-washington-florist-battles-back-in-the-pandemic-idUSKCN2511D6

Flower power: Business continues to bloom at Skyway Creations in Colorado Springs - Colorado Springs Gazette

The business has seen many changes, Don says, though there’s also a lot that hasn’t changed. “You’re still dealing with the trucks and the delivery and the product.”That product comes largely from California, with flowers bred in that state, and from Florida, a conduit for flowers from South America.“We’ve always bought from California and Florida,” Don says. But he’s also had to look to producers closer to home to fulfill a growing desire for more unusual flowers.“We need so many varieties of flowers now. We used to be able to order a big case of this and that. Now we need this special flower.”A desire for more variety isn’t the only change he has seen in consumer tastes. “They say the rose will never die, it will always be a contender,” he says, But, “the rose has finally faded a little bit in the public eye.” One increasingly popular flower, particularly with “the younger crowd,” is the Gerbera daisy.Those younger buyers have also spurred plant sales.“The millennials,” he says, “have caught on to plants again. In some ways, green plant sales died for a while, but millennials really like what we do here. The succulents are quite popular.”At the same time, though, the corporate world is embracing artificial greenery as a way to cut down on maintenance costs, Don says.“We’re doing more artificial than we’ve ever done, and that’s definitely the wave of the future.” He admires how far the artificial greenery has come — “some of the artificial these days will totally fool you” — but cautions that even artificial plants need care, specifically dusting. Colorado Springs workshop teaches ancient craft of blacksmithingWeddings continue to provide steady business. “We do as many as 100 weddings a year, so two a weekend.”Corporate customers, such as local hotels, also remain key to the business.“The hotels are still strong,” Don says. “We’re not doing the centerpiece work, the party work, that we used to get with the hotels.”He calls the 2008 economic crisis “the 25% recession.”“We lost about 25% of our customers, and the rest were asking for a 25% discount. If you can’t do it, somebody else will, so what do you do? You sharpen your pencil and go for it.”That was just one of many economic downturns the business has survived over a half-century.“We’ve always been lucky, we’ve never laid anybody off,” Don says. There have been times where he has gone to his staff and warned them that either someone would have to go or everyone would need to trim their hours, “and everyone has always been willing to do that. That says a lot for my crew.”Other flower shops have not fared as well; Don has seen several vanish over the years. He looks at Skyway and Platte Floral, which has been around for nearly 100 years, as “the two big guns on the block as far as full service.”“We’re so lucky to both still be here in the town,” Lori says.Big-box stores and grocery stores emerged as competition 20 or 30 years ago, and Don thinks that is finally taking its toll a bit. “You see an awful lot of people lined up at the supermarkets at holiday time.”But, he said, “we still get them with the quality,” and the customer service.“We spend the time with people,” he says. He u... https://gazette.com/business/flower-power-business-continues-to-bloom-at-skyway-creations-in-colorado-springs/article_d5c342b4-5821-11ea-b62d-7be600878467.html

Flower Power: Farm-to-Vase Movement Takes Root on Chicago's South and West Sides - WTTW News

U.S., is more often than not Colombia or possibly Ecuador. The small slice of the market not dominated by imports is, in turn, almost entirely monopolized by California growers. Before they reach Chicago, the blooms, most of which are cultivated in greenhouses, will have traveled thousands of miles via energy-guzzling refrigerated planes, cargo ships and trucks, passing from farmer to exporter to wholesaler to retailer. Plenty won’t survive. What you wind up holding in your hand is less a natural wonder than a marvel of logistics and the modern global supply chain. All of which serves as a prologue to the story of Eco House. Eco House founder Quilen Blackwell. (Patty Wetli / WTTW News) Rain barrels are the sole source of water for the farm's irrigation system. (Patty Wetli / WTTW News) Beehives at the farm. (Patty Wetli / WTTW News) Lilies, biding their time before blooming. (Patty Wetli / WTTW News) Southside Blooms' floral studio, in the basement of the Blackwells' home. (Patty Wetli / WTTW News) What a Midwestern flower farm looks like, when spring bloomers are spent, and summer's are freshly planted. (Patty Wetli / WTTW News) Southside Blooms seasonal spring bouquet. (Southside Blooms) Eco House upends pretty much everything we just told you about the flower industry. Here’s a farm with land located not in South America but the South and West sides of Chicago. Flowers are grown outdoors in the dirt on formerly vacant lots in E... https://news.wttw.com/2020/07/08/slow-flower-movement-chicago-eco-house

Around East County: Don’t forget area small businesses still open - East Bay Times

The business had even closed up shop for a few days before receiving a notice from the California Association of Flower Growers and Shippers, which sent out news that as agriculture-based businesses, florists could indeed keep operating hours with a few safety restrictions.“This was good news, as we wanted to find a way to help bring brightness to everyone’s day,” said Denise Grace, an employee for the small business. “Everyone has been supportive of us remaining open.”Part of the process of staying open means keeping up social distancing practices. While not allowing customers into the shop to see their assortment of flowers is a little difficult, much of Good Scents’ business can be done online or over the phone. They have an extensive website with pictures of available flower arrangements.“People usually order flowers through our website or phone in orders for deliveries to relatives and friends during regular circumstances,” Grace said. “When making deliveries we can call people in advance and see how they want the flowers delivered. Most of the time we can just leave them on the porch without seeing anyone.”Grace explained that they are even waiving local delivery fees to help. Good Scents Florist has reduced their current hours to Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon; call 925-625-5550 for details. Similar florists in Brentwood, Antioch and Pittsburg have also remained open. Information can be found on their websites for hours and services offered.Roni Gehlke can be reached at oakleynow@comcast.net. ... https://www.eastbaytimes.com/around-east-county-dont-forget-area-small-businesses-still-open