Thursday, August 7, 2014

We're Moving!

This blog has been dormant for a while, but that's because we've had a lot of things going on.

Marathon training never really materialized for this fall. I'm still clinging to the hope that I can get enough training in to do the Road 2 Hope Marathon in Hamilton in November, but I certainly won't be in the same shape as I was last fall.

The store has been humming along. A cold winter and spring has lead to a beautiful running summer. We had a little turnover with our staff, and saw some fabulous clinics make it through their 12-week sessions to their graduation race. Our Dirty Shoe Sale finished last week, and we collected over 250 pairs of shoes for Chalmers Community Services Centre, Lakeside Hope House, and Wellington Dufferin Guelph in motion! These shoes will go to those in need within our community (BTW, we'll take shoes anytime throughout the year).

The biggest thing we've had going on is we've been looking for a new home for the store.
We love Quebec St. The store has been in the same location since it opened back in 2000. We've had a half dozen different neighbours, and seen the block change almost completely. Unfortunately, our space is small, and we've had our challenges here, so we've been keeping our eyes open for the right opportunity to come by.

But where to move? We love being central in the city. It's great to be downtown. Something bigger is a must. Better running right our our door would be perfect. Neighbours that compliment us well would be good. Plus customer parking would be great.

The search is now over. Introduce the 40 Wellington Urban Retail Development at the intersection of Wellington St. and Gordon St. This space is 1km from our current location, door to door. It's within the new Downtown Guelph boundaries (Downtown now cuts off at the river on Gordon St.). It's right next to Royal City Park, which is the cross roads of all the trails in town. The space should allow us to have a bigger sales floor, which means more room on clinic nights. We'll have some great neighbours in Goodness Me!, Earth to Table Bread Bar, Starbucks, and the LCBO. Plus, there is a huge parking lot on site for our customers!

We're sad to be leaving a great spot, but really excited to be moving into a new space with lots of potential and opportunity. I'll post updates of how the design and construction of the space is going before we open. 

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