Look At This Dog...Retail Therapy Guide 2/26/2021

Hello Beaconites! And Hello Other People Visiting here! Happy Weekend. A couple things before we get to the good shopping, eating and donating that is in Beacon: Rents are on the rise in Beacon, due in part to NYC friends moving here. Which is fine! Come on up. But. This real life Beaconite dog friend is kicking off our new series on Affordable Housing, and what that means. Outside of required "affordable housing" below market units required in buildings sometimes. Pictured here is his shocked expression at receiving the news that their rent was to be increased by 12% in a Beacon apartment. Other stories are in the article. Driving. Not sure who is taking what liberties with driving like crazy people on Main Street, but we don't drive around public transportation buses on Main Street while they are servicing passengers, nor do we do U-Turns anywhere. If you see my car doing it - check who is in the driver seat. Could be a hubby. If you're from NYC or NJ, please know that Beacon streets don't follow the same rules. Classes and Camps: Spring is coming, you can feel it, right? We'll get more snow, but wheels are turning on how to plan for Spring and Summer. If you run a business that offers classes, ALBB really wants to list them for you in our Kids + Adult Classes Guides! Main Street businesses get a basic listing for free (just address and web link). As part of our advertising program starting at $100/month, businesses can have their classes with days, times and descriptions listed out. It will be one of the best marketing investments you make, and you'll be contributing to this publication, which allows us to keep publishing. Thank you to our sponsors now! THE RETAIL THERAPY GUIDE Edited and Written By: Marilyn Perez and Katie Hellmuth Martin Sample Sale at New Form Perspective Day: Last Days: Saturday & Sunday, February 27-28, 2021 Location: NFP: Studio, 457 Main St, Beacon, NY The @nfpstudio Sample Sale is real and no joke! Beacon is fortunate to have NFP localized in Beacon, even though they are a coveted fashion brand popular in NYC and larger markets. Located for years next to Joe’s Irish Pub, they gave homage to the pub when it closed and have been hosting their sample sale there. Open several days per week, this is your last weekend to shop the sale in the former pub. The Label Foundation Basketball Club Fundraiser Day: Now Location: GoFundMe The Label Foundation started in the Summer of 2020, at the height of the protest marches in Beacon. One of the founding members is John Galloway Jr., who back then decided to run for a vacated seat on the the Beacon Board of Education, and was appointed. The Label Foundation started with a bunch of young men who you can meet here in little videos, and has been busy every since doing clothing drives and other service initiatives.  Their mission is: "As a collective, we vow to bring people from all walks of life together in order to guide the youth in the right direction. We will complete this mission by giving back to our community, pushing the envelope creatively, using our platform to express positive content, and leading by example through our brotherhood." This fundraiser is to introduce their Basketball Club! "We have vowed to bring people from all walks of life together to guide the youth in the right direction- and that’s what we’re doing. Due to the times, inner-city and underprivileged kids have not had the opportunity to participate in extracurricular activities within a safe environment for nearly a year. "Here’s what we’re up to, providing an opportunity to participate in safe, welcoming, and inclusive youth development. Our players will be educated and mentored on academic topics, ranging from early financial literacy, formidable role models within the area to civic engagement. We need your help making this endeavor successful. "Our team necessities are fees for tournaments, equipment, jerseys, and gym time." Donate Now > Annual Soup For Greens Fundraiser Day: Sunday, February 28, 2021 Time: 10am-2pm Location: Beacon Farmers Market, 413 Main Street, Memorial Building From the Beacon Farmers Market: "We are so delighted to have Virginia Piazza Pottery as a regular and devoted supporter of Soup4Greens! Her work is well-loved in our community. Come find and buy her bowls this Sunday as part of the generous donations we have received for this event. "Curious as to why all of this matters? Last summer, between the Beacon and Newburgh farmers’ markets, more than $2300 worth of fresh, free produce made it into the hands of people who need it, on top of what they were able to purchase using Snap or their expendable income. "This effort was made possible by the #Greens4Greens program created by Green Geen Beacon and Common Ground Farm and this is the program that will directly benefit from every dollar made on Sunday. Fresh food is a universal right. Please help us bring much needed nourishment to our community." African American Art Show at the Howland Cultural Center Dates: Last Weekend: February 6th-28th Time: 1pm-5pm Saturdays and Sundays The Howland Cultural Center presents is annual African American Art Show. Featured artists include Jean Benoit, Ronald Brown, Rhonda Green-Phillips, Arnold Hayes, Kyra Husbands, Corey Lightfoot, Thelma Lightfoot, Marline A. Martin, Richard Outlaw, Symantha Outlaw, Myles Pinkney, Sandi Pinkney, James Earl Ransome, Lesa Cline-Ransome, Eddison Romeo, Oliver Spearman, and Donald Whitely. Information > Food Drive For Pantry At Beacon Rec Center - Operated By Open Arms Christian Ministries Dates: Right Now Time: Open Hours of Key Food (268 Main Street) or Barb's Butchery (69 Spring Street) Key Food and Barb's Butchery have teamed up to collect donated food for the Open Arms Christian Ministries, which runs the Food Pantry each Saturday at the Beacon Recreation Center. See the large donation bin at Key Food checkout, and ask about Barb's while you're there. Non-expired, non-perishables please. Food items you would also eat! Check our Calendar and Events Guide regularly for upcoming events throughout the week!       EAT CHURCH 3091 U.S. 9, Cold Spring, NY Noodles are a great comfort food any time of the year. Check out one of the specials from Eat Church - Dan Dan Noodles - Spicy Sichuan wheat noodles w pork, peanuts, and sesame paste. Tingly and nutty. Addictive. $16 Find them at Marbled Meat Shop, 3091 Route 9 in Cold Spring Friday & Saturday, 4-8pm with their Double Double Bang Bang Revue menu! Order Online Now >⠀ Eat Church is an ALBB Sponsor!     MEYERS OLDE DUTCH 184 Main Street, Beacon, NY Who needs a crispy chicken sandwich tonight??! Hand breaded, pimento cheese, coleslaw and bread and butter pickles all stacked up for crunchy, creamy, tangy perfection. Open everyday for take out and delivery 11:30-9pm.  Click here and order for takeout or delivery! Or call them at 845.440.6900. Meyers Olde Dutch is an ALBB Sponsor! HOMESPUN 232 Main Street, Beacon, NY and the Cafe at the Dia : Beacon Discover these delicious treats by Maggie & Ease at both Homespun locations. Follow them on Instagram @maggieandease and take a look at their beautiful dishes made right here in Beacon. "From generation to generation our family recipes have been the hallmark by which we have remained connected to our past. Soul food, or southern comfort as we call it, has come to serve as the reminder of the home and family my grandparents and parents left behind during The Great Migration, after moving to the unfamiliar north in search of better opportunities. This #blackhistorymonth and always we at Maggie & Ease honor those that come before us and paved the way. Without them none of this would be possible." Learn more > View Homespun Menu > Homespun is an ALBB Sponsor!  HUDSON VALLEY FOOD HALL 288 Main Street, Beacon, NY Meet Miz Hattie  (pictured right), and her husband Eric and their employee Joe. It's been a while since Miz Hattie was on the other side of the camera, but it's time. Next week she will be doing a photo shoot of all of her menu items, so that ordering from her new online  is even easier. Open 6 days a week - order for lunch or dinner! Order Now > Hudson Valley Food Hall is an ALBB Sponsor! BAJA 328 328 Main Street, Beacon, NY It's cold & you deserve a break from cooking! Order takeout from @Baja328! Their Blackened Tuna Salad looks amazing! Plenty of other goodness on their menu too. BAJA 328 is an ALBB Sponsor!   BRETT'S HARDWARE 18 West Main Street, Beacon Brighter days are fast approaching and the first day of Spring is less than a month away! Whether it is gardening outdoors or container gardening in your kitchen, start prepping by grabbing some seeds available at Brett's Hardware. They have plenty in stock!  Brett's Hardware is a Sponsor, thank you! LUXE OPTIQUE 181-183 Main Street, Beacon Take your pick of these thick, black rimmed frames from Jacques Marie Mage. You could finally be the Jeff Bloom Look-Alike you always knew you could be. Or just you, in frames that sit comfortably on your face, holding your prescription in place as you do your thing. Walk-ins welcome. Shop Online > Luxe Optique is a Sponsor, thank you! BINNACLE BOOKS 321 Main Street, Beacon A message from @binnaclebooks, "Just as this season is full of spring’s potential, one might think of these shelves like the ground in late winter, scattered with slumbering things and things soon to sprout. They hardly even need your tending, just a little participation. They thrive on your willingness to connect with the narratives that others have laid out at other times, some remote, some recent. One might look at these shelves and think: so much is inevitable and we’re in it, all of it, together." Binnacle Books is a ALBB Sponsor, thank you! LA MÉRE CLOTHING AND GOODS 436 Main Street, Beacon Military jackets are a great piece of clothing to have. You can do so much in styling and pairing it with other pieces. We especially LOVE this embroidered army jacket with adjustable waist line. This is the perfect outerwear for a relaxed and trendy look. Best part - it's 100% cotton! Download the La Mére app now!  It is available for iOS users and coming soon for Android users. Download our NEW app now and receive 10% off your first in app purchase. Apply code 10OFFAPP in checkout to receive the discount. Visit https://lamereclothingandgoods.com/ to download.  Shop Online > La Mere is a ALBB Sponsor, thank you! Is Raising Backyard Chickens Right For You? with Poultry Advisor Kim Pennock Day: Saturday, February 27, 2021 Time: 3-4pm Location: On Zoom HIRING: SEO Copywriter At Local Digital Agency, Hyacinth Group The Hyacinth Group is looking to add a talented SEO Copywriter to our team. The position is part-time, but will ideally grow into a full-time position in the future. Details > List your job in ALBB's Job Listings > NEW BUSINESS FEATURE - TUTORING Heads Up Learning offers courses in French literacy, English literacy, and academic support, grades 1-9. Students learn best when given the opportunity to make discoveries, find patterns, and think critically about new ideas, which is why their curriculum is built on student-centered pedagogies, and themes of citizenship, activism, and environmentalism. . Details > https://www.alittlebeaconblog.com/tutoring List your business in ALBB's Business Directory > ANTALEK & MOORE INSURANCE AGENCY 340 Main Street, Beacon Have you made the step up to cutting payroll to yourself as a business, and now you're adding your first employee? You'll need Workman's Comp Insurance, and Antalek and Moore can help. Got any more questions about new COVID-19 requirements? They can answer those questions too. Give them a call today: 845-831-4300 and visit their website. Antalek & Moore is a Sponsor, thank you!   TIN SHINGLE Do you need to send a press release? Of course you do! You can send a press release about anything. It's a great way to start the process that is building buzz about your business. Tin Shingle offers a Press Release Writing service, and works with two publishing industry stars who live in Beacon to get this written for you! Beth McDonough, former publisher of Traditional Home, and Olivia Abel, former editor-in-chief of Hudson Valley Magazine. Don't you want those publishing brains behind your brand? Learn More >   KATIE JAMES, INC. Coming Soon! Homespun is launching a Subscription Wine Box. Yes, you heard that right! Subscribe to 3 bottles a month that Homespun's sommelier picks out for you, based on your personal preferences. Ecommerce flow designed by Katie James, Inc., and we help strategize how it will all work. Do You Need A Website Too? >

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