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Talking Business: Bargain Barn opens new location
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FarkBargain Barn Tire Center and Repair is now officially a chain of tire centers.
Jim Heil and Greg Blaas, partners in the successful Deadwood Avenue shop, have added a second Bargain Barn at 1610 Cambell St.
The building was formerly a used car business.
Blaas said the Deadwood Avenue store, which opened about a dozen years ago, has become a huge business. He thinks the new, high-profile location will do well, too. "I think this is a sleeping giant here," he said.
Like its Deadwood Avenue counterpart, the new Bargain Barn sells Cooper Tires and other brands. It also does front-end alignments, brake repairs, tune-ups, oil changes and other work.
Hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Saturday. For more information, call 721-5427.
Forget Me Not moves to Main Street
Sharon Faiman, owner of Forget Me Not Floral, has moved her downtown business around the corner.
She had been located at 517 Sixth St., across the alley from the Alex Johnson Hotel. Now Forget Me Not Floral is located at 605 Main St., in the retail space formerly occupied by the ScandiaStore.
I told you last month that health problems force the owners of the ScandiaStore to close their doors.
The larger, more visible Main Street space is a good move, Faiman believes. She sells fresh flowers, chocolates, candies and gift items. With the new space, she's adding more gifts and other wares.
Faiman bought Betty's Flowers in February 2006 and changed the name of the business. On Sixth Street, she shared space with Bag Ladies, which will stay at its location, and Celtic Connection.
Hours at Forget Me Not Floral are 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday.
For more information, call 343-7882.
Mortgage broker opens new shop
Kari Bortnem has been in the mortgage business for 18 years. She has been a processor, a closer, an underwriter, a post closer, a delinquency coordinator and a loan originator.
Now she can entrepreneur to the list. She recently opened Mortgage Network of the Black Hills, a home-based Rapid City business.
She is the owner/broker, and she specializes in loans through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as well as conventional purchases and refinancing. She said she offers lower loan fees than her local competitors, and the Web site allows clients to check on the status of their loans online.
The mortgage business is not as gloomy as recent press reports would have you think, she said. "Rates are still low, lots of properties on the market, and they're still building," she said.
For more information, call 391-3925, visit www.blackhillsmortgagenetwork.com or send an e-mail to keri@blackhillsmortgagenetwork.com.
Talking Business appears Thursdays in the Journal. Contact Dan Daly by telephone (394-8421), by fax (394-8463) or by e-mail (dan.daly@rapidcityjournal.com).
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