by adding trees, plants and open spaces. Now, he’s nurturing entrepreneurs and artists with a new marketplace aimed at growing local businesses.in April in the River North Art District section of Five Points to serve as a kind of springboard for small businesses in the area. He bought the Green Spaces coworking business and building a block down from his former clothing store in 2021 and turned part of the 13,000-square-foot space into a marketplace and kind of business incubator.
People attend the grand opening of Green Spaces Market on April 01, 2023. Eleven vendors and five artists have moved into the community marketplace. Kimberlee Ward sold some of her handmade candles at Taylor’s former store. “It gave me the confidence to be here and create community in a space where small businesses have kind of been pushed out,” she said.Co. in 2019. To deal with depression, she began meditating and used candles to “deepen the practice” and turned it into a business after deciding to leave her job in higher education.
“Travel is a really big part of my life. I started making scents to help remember where I’d gone,” Tori said.