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Want great customer service? Shop local in downtown Aiken
Mary O'Hare can offer many reasons why she thinks downtown Aiken is the best place to shop, eat and play.
Recently, the owner of M.B. Jewelry and Beads on Laurens Street, was asked by the Aiken Downtown Development Association to serve as the chairman of the marketing committee. O'Hare accepted, continuing her five years of volunteer work with the ADDA.
"I love volunteering for the Aiken Downtown Development Association," she said. "There's so much that the ADDA does for the Aiken community to keep us (downtown businesses) unified."
ADDA committees are made up of local business owners who volunteer their time to help with the various aspects of keeping downtown Aiken vibrant. O'Hare also serves as the co-chair of the membership committee.
O'Hare said one of her goals as the marketing committee chairman is to change the misconception by many residents that it's too expensive to shop downtown. She cited a resident she knows who set a $20 budget for each loved one that he was purchasing a Christmas gift for, and he was able to do all his holiday shopping in downtown Aiken.
O'Hare said she wants to promote the fact that there is a level of customer service residents can receive in downtown Aiken that they can't find anywhere else. She remembers when her family came to Aiken to visit and stopped in Chris' Camera Center on Laurens Street. The employees of the store not only took their photograph but also made sure each family member got a copy.
"You can't get that kind of service at any of the large stores, but you can get it downtown," O'Hare said.
O'Hare wants more residents to come and explore the businesses in downtown Aiken. She's recently met people who have lived in Aiken for decades but never shopped downtown before. She wants residents to know that Plum Pudding sells not only cookware but also wonderful spices, candles and more. She wants them to be aware that 3 Monkeys has a bridal registry and the Aiken Center for Arts offers various classes.
"People don't realize what's here, and they don't realize what their missing," she said. "We want them to get off their computers and come out of the big box stores and come downtown."
Lastly, O'Hare said almost everything anyone could possibly need can be found in downtown Aiken from home furnishings to even a few groceries.
"We may be small, but we are packed with all the conveniences of big cities without the commotion," O'Hare said.
The reason she is so passionate about the downtown area is because of the sort of community it has become. O'Hare moved her store to downtown Aiken eight years ago from the basement of another business located on the corner of Pine Log and Silver Bluff roads. She said the business owners assist each other and are quite neighborly.
"There isn't a single downtown business that doesn't care about Aiken," O'Hare said. "We take pride, we're a neighborhood and I really want to market that neighborhood feeling."
Recently, the owner of M.B. Jewelry and Beads on Laurens Street, was asked by the Aiken Downtown Development Association to serve as the chairman of the marketing committee. O'Hare accepted, continuing her five years of volunteer work with the ADDA.
"I love volunteering for the Aiken Downtown Development Association," she said. "There's so much that the ADDA does for the Aiken community to keep us (downtown businesses) unified."
ADDA committees are made up of local business owners who volunteer their time to help with the various aspects of keeping downtown Aiken vibrant. O'Hare also serves as the co-chair of the membership committee.
O'Hare said one of her goals as the marketing committee chairman is to change the misconception by many residents that it's too expensive to shop downtown. She cited a resident she knows who set a $20 budget for each loved one that he was purchasing a Christmas gift for, and he was able to do all his holiday shopping in downtown Aiken.
O'Hare said she wants to promote the fact that there is a level of customer service residents can receive in downtown Aiken that they can't find anywhere else. She remembers when her family came to Aiken to visit and stopped in Chris' Camera Center on Laurens Street. The employees of the store not only took their photograph but also made sure each family member got a copy.
"You can't get that kind of service at any of the large stores, but you can get it downtown," O'Hare said.
O'Hare wants more residents to come and explore the businesses in downtown Aiken. She's recently met people who have lived in Aiken for decades but never shopped downtown before. She wants residents to know that Plum Pudding sells not only cookware but also wonderful spices, candles and more. She wants them to be aware that 3 Monkeys has a bridal registry and the Aiken Center for Arts offers various classes.
"People don't realize what's here, and they don't realize what their missing," she said. "We want them to get off their computers and come out of the big box stores and come downtown."
Lastly, O'Hare said almost everything anyone could possibly need can be found in downtown Aiken from home furnishings to even a few groceries.
"We may be small, but we are packed with all the conveniences of big cities without the commotion," O'Hare said.
The reason she is so passionate about the downtown area is because of the sort of community it has become. O'Hare moved her store to downtown Aiken eight years ago from the basement of another business located on the corner of Pine Log and Silver Bluff roads. She said the business owners assist each other and are quite neighborly.
"There isn't a single downtown business that doesn't care about Aiken," O'Hare said. "We take pride, we're a neighborhood and I really want to market that neighborhood feeling."
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