Huntley announces lineup for new Shops on Main retail incubator – Shaw Local

Huntley has introduced which companies will probably be within the first spherical of the village’s new Retailers on Predominant retail incubator.

The setup will embody six outdoors retailers and 4 contained in the Hackett Home close to the intersection of Predominant Avenue and Route 47 in downtown Huntley. Plans initially had three retailer areas inside and 6 outdoors.

Retailers on Predominant is scheduled to have a grand opening Nov. 1 and keep open via Dec. 20 for the vacation procuring season and winter market. The plan is for the shops to open again up in Might, with subsequent 12 months’s season operating via December 2026.

The companies chosen to take part are:

• Naked Rags, promoting ladies’s attire
• chARM sweet assortment, promoting kids’s equipment
• DD Creations Studio, promoting personalised merchandise
• Pots and Pies, promoting baked candy and savory items
• Serenity Soul Company, promoting specialty meals accompaniments and kitchenware
• Wild In Ink, promoting life-style and presents
• Sew Mine, promoting stitching and craft provides
• Huntley Artwork Hub Gallery, promoting jewellery and artwork
• CP Boutique, promoting ladies’s clothes and niknaks
• The Discover – Classic + Thrift, promoting curated secondhand clothes and unique graphic tees, together with menswear

“We’re extremely excited to welcome this gifted group of distributors to the guts of our downtown,” Village President Tim Hoeft stated in a village information launch. “We’re proud to launch the Retailers on Predominant mission as a approach to assist entrepreneurs and develop the retail panorama of our vibrant downtown. This addition will present new procuring experiences for residents and guests and assist draw extra consideration to the numerous present companies in Huntley. We stay up for a profitable inaugural season.”

Village officers stated the distributors vary from “rising entrepreneurs to seasoned retailers, with backgrounds that span on-line channels, vendor markets, home-based operations and conventional retail settings.”

Huntley officers obtained a $975,000 grant facilitated by U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood for the mission; Underwood represented a lot of McHenry County earlier than redistricting following the 2020 census. The grant {dollars} must be spent by the tip of the 12 months.

Huntley officers signed off on contracts for the work in April and have lengthy hoped to have the Retailers on Predominant open in time for the vacation season this 12 months. In June, the village announced it was seeking businesses for the Shops on Main program.

Huntley will change into the third McHenry County municipality to have incubator retailers. McHenry has the Riverwalk Shoppes and Woodstock had incubator areas contained in the Previous Courthouse. Woodstock’s program just isn’t presently lively however the metropolis hasn’t utterly closed the door on it.