St. George forges ahead in expanding to meet the continuing growth of our city. Construction does not stop, as we see new business structures or remodeling going on all the time. This building will be the Steve Ogden's Flooring and Design business.
Showing posts with label building construction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label building construction. Show all posts
Friday, April 3, 2009
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Too many eating places?
With all the heavy construction and building going on here in St. George all the time, it amazes me with all the variety of eating places opening up. At one point I really felt like the community was overdoing it....I mean, do we really need all these myriad of food establishments?! The size, and range of variety of places to stop and eat are shocking, to say the least.
But over the Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years holidays it was extremely unbelievable at how packed full EACH drive in and restaurant became. People sure like to eat out a lot!
We have a pretty steady growth rate here in Washington County. And even more so this past year. With so many, many hungry people out and about town....it is no wonder that our eating places are crammed full. Every one has their favorite place to go....and I sure have mine! I am so glad that Bajio, Lucky Buffet, Subway, and Del Taco....to name my favorites.....are here in town and so close to where I live!
With all these people (over 100,000), we need all these places to go and eat out and have fun and enjoy our self. We can shop, shop, shop... and eat, eat, eat...to our hearts content.
But over the Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years holidays it was extremely unbelievable at how packed full EACH drive in and restaurant became. People sure like to eat out a lot!
We have a pretty steady growth rate here in Washington County. And even more so this past year. With so many, many hungry people out and about town....it is no wonder that our eating places are crammed full. Every one has their favorite place to go....and I sure have mine! I am so glad that Bajio, Lucky Buffet, Subway, and Del Taco....to name my favorites.....are here in town and so close to where I live!
With all these people (over 100,000), we need all these places to go and eat out and have fun and enjoy our self. We can shop, shop, shop... and eat, eat, eat...to our hearts content.
Friday, December 28, 2007
Unique, fun new store opened in St. George in November
Much construction was going on within one half mile from where I live. This area of busy building took up a large, full 4 corner intersection. One particular building being constructed was an immense thing. I kept watching it’s progress, wondering what business it would turn out to be.
In the mean time, on the other corner I was more interested because it was the long awaited health food store near completion.
When I finally DID notice "that immense building" and that it finally had a name....it said “Tai Pan Trading Wholesale Home Decor”.
Well, since I am not much into home decor, I sort of ignored the newly opened business. At Thanksgiving we had several family members visiting and so the “girls” decided to check out Tai Pan. Well....were we in for a treat and a surprise!!! Everything you could imagine for uniquely and cutely decorating a home was inside that gigantic shell of a building. The center section of the whole store was devoted to just Christmas items....and at very reasonable wholesale prices!!
As of December 26, every Christmas item is at 50% off the already low prices. When they clear out the Christmas stuff....in will come the Valentine stuff. What a fun, fun store.
The interesting part of this is that I thought that Tai Pan was another one of those large chain stores that are throughout the U.S. Wrong!!! Tai Pan is currently only in Utah, with 3 store locations, at the time being. I went online and checked them out and this is the story of Tai Pan Trading Wholesale Home Decor store:
In 1977, a young BYU University (in Provo, Utah) student began selling for a particular company. He learned and saw many great opportunities for business and eventually started his own side-business. He bought a van and started importing and buying products for resale. The merchandise was warehoused in his basement and garage. His business grew, and he started Tai Pan Trading International. Eventually he needed more warehouse space so he moved his business into the basement of a building in downtown Provo. From there it moved to a warehouse in Midvale, Utah and then to a location in Sandy, Utah. Finally, Tai Pan found a home in Murray, Utah where the company would spend the next 15 years in a 52,000 sq. ft. building.
In the mean time, on the other corner I was more interested because it was the long awaited health food store near completion.
When I finally DID notice "that immense building" and that it finally had a name....it said “Tai Pan Trading Wholesale Home Decor”.
Well, since I am not much into home decor, I sort of ignored the newly opened business. At Thanksgiving we had several family members visiting and so the “girls” decided to check out Tai Pan. Well....were we in for a treat and a surprise!!! Everything you could imagine for uniquely and cutely decorating a home was inside that gigantic shell of a building. The center section of the whole store was devoted to just Christmas items....and at very reasonable wholesale prices!!
As of December 26, every Christmas item is at 50% off the already low prices. When they clear out the Christmas stuff....in will come the Valentine stuff. What a fun, fun store.
The interesting part of this is that I thought that Tai Pan was another one of those large chain stores that are throughout the U.S. Wrong!!! Tai Pan is currently only in Utah, with 3 store locations, at the time being. I went online and checked them out and this is the story of Tai Pan Trading Wholesale Home Decor store:
In 1977, a young BYU University (in Provo, Utah) student began selling for a particular company. He learned and saw many great opportunities for business and eventually started his own side-business. He bought a van and started importing and buying products for resale. The merchandise was warehoused in his basement and garage. His business grew, and he started Tai Pan Trading International. Eventually he needed more warehouse space so he moved his business into the basement of a building in downtown Provo. From there it moved to a warehouse in Midvale, Utah and then to a location in Sandy, Utah. Finally, Tai Pan found a home in Murray, Utah where the company would spend the next 15 years in a 52,000 sq. ft. building.
Tai Pan’s business was strictly done on a wholesale basis, selling to all sizes of retailers, such as Wal-Mart and R.C. Willey. It didn’t take long for Tai Pan to realize that the greatest future opportunity was to sell wholesale directly to the public, somewhat in the pattern of Costco.
In 2005, Tai Pan became known as Tai Pan Trading Wholesale Home Decor and opened its first retail store in a 100,000 sq. ft. facility in Sandy, Utah. Tai Pan’s presentation was a highly merchandised approach with a superstore level of variety, and an ambiance and charm of a small boutique. The wholesale to the public concept has gone over very well and subsequently, Tai Pan has opened two more stores. One in Clearfield, Utah, which opened in 2006, and the other located in St. George, Utah, which opened fall of 2007.
Check out their website at: http://www.taipantrading.com/index.html
Friday, November 30, 2007
We lack one important store in town......
Everyone is Christmas shopping now, and St. George has stores and businesses galore. There is something new being built and opened all the time. It is fun and exciting to anticipate what new establishment is coming next.
But St. George lacks one important store, I feel. That store is a Toys R Us. We have one very small retail toy store and of course there are the toys within Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Target, and other similar stores. But I feel we NEED a larger toy store with greater variety and volume. Goodness….we have over 100,000 people living here, and lots of children who like toys.
Our phone book has pages and pages of listings for eating places….and only one listing for a small toy store. Toys R Us…..WHERE ARE YOU!!
But St. George lacks one important store, I feel. That store is a Toys R Us. We have one very small retail toy store and of course there are the toys within Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Target, and other similar stores. But I feel we NEED a larger toy store with greater variety and volume. Goodness….we have over 100,000 people living here, and lots of children who like toys.
Our phone book has pages and pages of listings for eating places….and only one listing for a small toy store. Toys R Us…..WHERE ARE YOU!!
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
The size and climate of St. George
St. George is a very large city compared to the small country western town where I lived before. We are growing by leaps and bounds as people have discovered the area's great diversity of things to do and places to see. I am not sure of the current population....over 100,000 people and growing each day. We have constant construction of new buildings all the time...both homes and stores. Every store you can imagine!
Not that I like large cities, I really don't. BUT....I do love the dry climate here! And for me, that is the very big plus side of living here. I can't handle very cold, snowy winters. It makes my depression much, much worse. Living here in St. George provides the ideal winters for me. I would say the normal high temperature during winter hovers around 50-65 degrees. The average normal winter lows at night gets around 25-30 degrees (sometimes maybe a touch colder). Our summers DO get a little hotter than most places (110-115 degrees average). But a person gets use to it, and it is really not that bad after awhile.
Not that I like large cities, I really don't. BUT....I do love the dry climate here! And for me, that is the very big plus side of living here. I can't handle very cold, snowy winters. It makes my depression much, much worse. Living here in St. George provides the ideal winters for me. I would say the normal high temperature during winter hovers around 50-65 degrees. The average normal winter lows at night gets around 25-30 degrees (sometimes maybe a touch colder). Our summers DO get a little hotter than most places (110-115 degrees average). But a person gets use to it, and it is really not that bad after awhile.
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