Moss Envy eyes St. Paul, joins other shops for creative tour

Source: Pioneer Press, St.儲存 Paul, Minn.Nov. 15--It was only natural that the owners of eco-friendly store Moss Envy would want a St. Paul location.Since debuting their home and gift shop three years ago at Calhoun Commons in Minneapolis (3056 Excelsior Blvd.; 612-374-4581; mossenvy.com), owners Ryan and Tina North kept getting requests to expand."We have customers that come over from St. Paul who say they'd love to have one closer to them," says Ryan.He says the husband/wife team has looked at Grand Avenue and other neighborhoods with a mix of retail and walking traffic. Like the Minneapolis location, expect the new shop to offer eco-friendly gifts and furniture as well as an organic mattress showroom.Meanwhile, the Norths and other shop owners have come up with a creative way to get customers into their stores during the holidays. "One & Done: Twin Cities Holiday Shopping Tour" will take participants to retail spots for a lunch and shopping event via chartered bus.From 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on迷你倉Saturday, shoppers will meet at Moss Envy, board the bus and head to Bibelot in St. Paul and Shop in the City, Twiggs Home & Garden and Majors & Quinn Bookseller in Minneapolis. Between shopping, lunch will be available at Cossetta's Italian restaurant and deli in St. Paul."We as small businesses need to stick together and help each other out," North says. "This is a way to just hop on a bus and go support five of them in one shot."Cost of the tour is $99 and includes five shopping tokens worth $10 each that can be used with each $20 minimum purchase. A free Chinook shop local coupon book and lunch also are included. To make a reservation or for more information, visit mossenvy.com and click on the "shopping tour" link.Nancy Ngo can be reached at 651-228-5172. Follow her at twitter.com/nancyngotc and pinterest.com/nancyngotc.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.) Visit the Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.) at .twincities.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage