Grand Opening: Northern Liberties Welcomes 70six Women's Boutique with Affordable Fashion

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Northern Liberties Business Improvement DIstrict is thrilled to announce the grand opening of the neighborhood's first fashion boutique - and the addition of another amazing female-owned small business. 70SIX Boutique is a brand new boutique that features women's fashion, accessories, home decor and gifts all under $100, presented by owner Lindsey McKinney. The grand opening will be this Saturday, April 30th, at 215 West Laurel Street, with a celebration from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. Shoppers are invited to enjoy complimentary champagne, 10% off shopping and a chance to win prizes. This is one of fifteen grand openings and new business announcements in the rapidly growing district this spring and summer, following high-profile openings for Craig Laban approved Pera Turkish Cuisine and eco-store/refill station Ray's Reusables. Opening hours for the launch of 70SIX Boutique are Wednesday to Saturday, 11:00am to 7:00pm, and Sunday, 12:00pm Noon to 5:00pm.

"Northern Liberties has been waiting for a clothing boutique like 70Six for so very long and we are thrilled to welcome Lindsey to the district's list of female-owned small businesses," said Northern Liberties Business Improvement District Executive Director Kris Kennedy. "We hope this accelerates a trend of boutiques seeking a storefront here. We have the demographic to support businesses like this and the more the merrier. My favorite part of 70Six is how affordable it is. For less than what you might drop with an online retailer, you can put together an ensemble that can make three different outfits."

70SIX Boutique in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia strives to offer our customers a carefully curated collection of women’s clothing, home accents, and gift items all under $100. The owner and buyer for the store, Lindsey McKinney, aims to select quality pieces that are modern and on trend, can be styled in multiple ways, and will last you for seasons to come. The store's goal is to create a space where customers feel welcomed and supported in finding their personal style. The store inventory includes everything from activewear to special occasion wear, and everything in between. It is important to McKinney that they provide our customers with the ability to pick up last minute items for special events or gifting, but ultimately they want 70SIX to be a place where customers can conveniently shop for any of their everyday wardrobe needs.

The owner, Lindsey McKinney, started noticing that although online shopping is literally at everyone's fingertips, it can be very inconvenient and unsustainable in many ways. She was spending hours browsing vast online websites, deciding what to order and spending money on shipping, just to then have to make another trip to the post office to return the items that didn’t work out. She realized that having a neighborhood clothing store would solve some of these problems, and that’s why 70SIX was born!

Lindsey chose to open the shop in Northern Liberties after moving to the neighborhood from Fishtown in early 2021. She said, "I realized that the neighborhood needed more retail being that it is so densely populated with busy students, young professionals, and growing families. I'm so excited that I get to immerse myself into the community and meet new people at the store everyday."

She added, "I have always wanted to start a business and I’ve always loved clothes. When I decided to leave the education field, I knew that it was time to give opening a boutique a shot."

70SIX Boutique is the perfect spot to shop for spring fashion, as well as Mother's Day gifts for Mom and the other special ladies in the family.

Look for the launch of the website for 70SIX soon at https://shop70six.com/. Follow @shop70six on social media.

GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION

70SIX and owner Lindsey McKinney welcome guests, shoppers and neighbors this Saturday, April 30th for a special open house from 2:00pm to 4:00pm with a complimentary glass of champagne, 10% off sales and a chance to win prizes.

70SIX BASICS

Lindsey McKinney, Owner
70SIX Boutique
215 W Laurel St, Philadelphia, PA 19123
(609) 915-7423
https://shop70six.com/

SEVEN GRAND OPENINGS THIS SPRING

Northern Liberties Business Improvement District welcomes at least six brand new businesses in six weeks - with a total of at LEAST fifteen new businesses about to open and/or be announced this spring and summer. This list has now been updated to include a seventh opening as well - with Bikes by Design being added to the mix!

Pera led the charge with their grand opening weekend April 1st to 3rd, Ray's Reusables in time for Earth Day Weekend on Earth Day Friday, April 22 and Saturday, April 23rd, and 1040 Creative Art Center and Gallery with a soft opening on Friday, April 29 and grand opening on Friday, May 6th, and Wag Watch, Bikes by Design and The Shake Seafood with their exact date to be announced in the coming days. Northern Liberties Business Improvement District in partnership with Northern Liberties-based PR firm Aversa PR will have more details on grand openings each week as they happen and are confirmed.

Grand Opening April to May:
* Pera Turkish Cuicine
* 70SIX
* Bikes by Design
* Ray's Reusables
* Wag Watch
* The Shake Seafood
* 1040 Creative Art Center and Gallery

Other businesses about to open and be announced include seven new eateries, cafes and restaurants, with even more to still come by this summer. In modern history, this will be the single largest number of new restaurants, retail and small businesses to open in the city's young business improvement district.

Many of the new openings are a result of several years of work by NLBID to recruit and also ready small businesses as they look for a new place to open and/or as they look to expand from festivals and virtual sales to actual brick-and-mortar locations. Programs that worked to recruit these businesses included extensive new business recruitment outreach, the Northern Liberties Pop-up Shops which matched small businesses with vacant retail spaces, and Retail Ready Bootcamp in partnership with the Community College of Philadelphia.

Northern Liberties also saw over a dozen new businesses open during the pandemic already, with a list that included:

* Anejo
* Bagels and Co.
* Figo Ristorante
* Figo Pizzeria
* Set No Libs
* The Learning Experience
* Suya Suya
* Parmigiana
* 7 Boys Collective
* Nirvana Wellness Med Spa
* Ghost Collective
* Ken Loves BYOB

NORTHERN LIBERTIES GROWING AT RECORD RATE

70SIX Boutique is opening in one of Philadelphia's fastest growing neighborhoods - one that will see a population literally double in size within two years. It is also one of the region's hottest food neighborhoods and top restaurant rows.

The population in the popular Philadelphia neighborhood is expected to nearly double in two short years, with 5,000+ new residential units and 184,655 square feet of commercial on deck or under construction. Northern Liberties continues to be one of Philadelphia’s hottest and fastest growing neighborhoods. Currently, there are 5,000+ new residential units and 184,655 square feet of commercial on deck or under construction. There are also other new nearby and adjacent projects announced in recent weeks that will be added to these totals. It is estimated that 5,000 to 10,000 new residents would move into the neighborhood in the next two years, essentially doubling the population in Northern Liberties (Callowhill to Girard, 6th St to the river). An additional 5,000 to 10,000 people are expected to move into adjacent and nearby projects as well.

A running and evolving project list includes:
5th and Spring Garden - 382 units, 6,000 sq ft commercial
Piazza Terminal - 861 units, 35,000 sq ft commercial
6th and Fairmount - 350 units, 18,000 sq ft commercial
418 Spring Garden - 330 units, TBD sq ft commercial
501 Columbus Blvd - 481 units, 37,000 sq ft commercial
310 Girard - 185 units, 6,400 sq ft commercial
342 Girard - 45 units, TBD sq ft commercial
700 N Delaware - 482 units, 10,000 sq ft commercial
918 N Delaware 452 units, 16,855 sq ft commercial
200 Spring Garden - 355 units, 18,000 sq ft commercial
412 N 2nd - 387 units, 20,400 sq ft commercial
417 Callowhill - 220 units, no commercial
814-26 N 2nd St - 52 units, 8,000 sq ft commercial
1102-48 N 2nd - 25 units, 9,000 sq ft

The above growth also will come to include the The Piazza/Liberties Walk, which will be replacing 500 units and 150,000 sq ft commercial over the next several years.

Despite the pandemic, new businesses and the city’s most acclaimed new restaurants have continued to open in Northern Liberties at a record pace. Recent openings have included Bagels and Co., Anejo, SET NoLibs, Ken Love's BYOB, Suya Suya, Pelicana, Stickman Brews, 7 Boys Collective, Studio N Med Spa, Pancho's Cafe, and soon-to-open Figo. Leases have also been signed and secured for at least five yet-to-be-announced new businesses moving into well-known restaurant and retail spaces.

ABOUT NORTHERN LIBERTIES BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

Northern Liberties Business Improvement District was formed in 2018 to provide supplements to the municipal services of the City of Philadelphia; maintain a safe, clean and vibrant commercial district for the benefit of the residents, users, and owners within the district, and to citizens of Philadelphia and the region; to create opportunities for the business and residential communities to come together to make improvements to the district; and develop and implement programs and services that ensure that Northern Liberties continues to be a desirable place to live, work, shop, invest and visit. For more information, see explorenorthernliberties.org.