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| Every Bloomin' Thing closed last week in Orland Park. |
Southland Savvy
Every Bloomin' Thing was opened by Bob and Linda Buikema as a Christmas tree lot with 400 evergreens in November 1985 and quickly became a popular garden center at 7648 W. 159th St. in Orland Park.
The center, which also added a
gift store over the years, opened for the season on April 28 and closed for the
last time last week after a lengthy going out of business sale.
The Buikemas were not available
but they did post a final message on the company's Facebook page:
"I write this final post with a
very heavy heart ... Our Garden Center is officially closed for business! Thank
you again to all of you for supporting our small, family business ... please,
continue to shop "small". Small business is the foundation on which
our wonderful country was built! God bless each and every one of you!"
The business had been listed for
sale for $995,000 for the past couple of years.
Shoe
Carnival to open Saturday in Orland
Shoe Carnival will hold a grand
opening at 9 a.m. Saturday for its new store in Lake View Plaza at 159th Street
and LaGrange Road in Orland Park.
The first 100 customers will receive
a $10 reward card to use toward anything in the store.
Other events include:
·
A 10
a.m. drawing for free shoes for a year
·
An 11
a.m. drawing for $1,000 cash courtesy of Crocs
·
A
drawing for a $100 Shoe Carnival shopping spree every hour from noon to 5 p.m.
·
Doorbuster
deals from 9 a.m. to noon
·
Prizes
and giveaways all weekend
“We are excited to open a new Shoe Carnival location in the
Orland Park area," said Todd Beurman, senior vice president of marketing,
in a release. "Shoe Carnival is known for our one of a kind shopping
experience, unbelievable product assortment and unique atmosphere, which
creates a customer focused way to shop for shoes. At Shoe Carnival, our
customers will not only be treated to great value on name brand footwear and
accessories for the entire family, they’ll also get a fun and exciting shopping
experience.”
The Orland store will be the 24th
store in the Chicago area. The Evansville-based chain has about 400 stores in
32 states and Puerto Rico. Stores typically carry name brands such as Nike,
Asics, Converse, Keds, Reebok and Skechers.
Culver's now open in
Lockport
A new Culver's restaurant opened last month at 15940 S.
Farrell Road in Lockport. It's the second Culver's location for owner Ron
Dalrymple, who opened his first Culver's in Romeoville in 2004. The restaurant
is open daily from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Mokena, Homer Meijer
stores now open
Grand Rapids-based Meijer opened its latest Chicago-area
locations this week in Mokena and Homer Glen.
The two supercenters will each be about 160,000 square feet
and each will employ about 300 team members. The Mokena store is at 11305 Lincoln Highway, and the Homer Glen
store is at 14169 S. Bell Road.
Work started on the two stores a year ago.
Each store will feature a pharmacy, gas station, optical
store and U.S. Bank branch. The Mokena gas station opened a few weeks ago.
The new stores will also offer more than 600 varieties of
fresh produce, a meat department with butcher shop service and a bakery that
carries bread baked fresh four times daily.
Meijer operates a smaller scale store at 159th Street and
Harlem Avenue in Orland Park.
The company purchased 13 acres in Flossmoor last year and is
planning a supercenter at Vollmer Road and Crawford Avenue.
If you see a new business in
town or wonder what happened to an old favorite, drop me a line at bobbong@hotmail.com.
You
can also catch up on Comings & Goings in other parts of the Southland at www.southlandbusinessnews.com
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