Greenjeans: The Shop is Closed but the Webshop and Blog Continues...

Remember Greenjeans, the sustainable craft and home design shop on Seventh Avenue near 16th Street? That lovely shop, which featured wooden toys, ceramics, furniture, jewelry and sculpture has been closed for a while now but owners Amy and Jae, who were on the 2007 Park Slope 100,  (pictured left) continue to keep their webshop and blog going.

Due to the economic climate, they've decided not to open a new location. And, they're both looking for day jobs. If you can help let them know:

With the holidays long over, here we are, deep in the home-and-hibernation phase of winter. The days ARE getting a little longer, you might have noticed, which means we're on the downhill side of winter, but it's still mighty cold out. That clammy feeling cast by the recession of course isn't helping things either.

So how nice was it, at least for 53% of us Americans, to bask in last week's toasty Inaugural glow? Warmed me right up, and maybe it did you, too.

As our country enters a new chapter, and tries to embrace change, we too are changing: We have decided not to open a new location this year, but instead to rekindle old professional interests and find outside employment. We will weather the recession, and then find a space for our shop and gallery, but it's too much of a gamble to reopen in the current economic climate.

Some things won't change: We will continue Greenjeans Blog. We will keep the Webshop open, and have plans to expand it (more on that in the coming months). And we continue to plan our new location, which will have more space and a fabulous selection of locally made furniture.

In the meantime, we are job hunting. I'm looking for something in development, communications, marketing, or public relations with a non-profit organization supporting the arts (visual or performing), the environment, or social justice. (I haven't always been a shop owner...) And Jae is looking for something in graphic design or art handling and gallery management. Please feel free to ask us questions or send us leads!

It is an extraordinary time in American history. Obama is President. The economy has gone down Titanic style. We are in the midst of enormous change. These times are both exciting and anxious, optimisitc and wary, wonderful and terrifying. We wish you well as you navigate these rapid, rocky waters. And we'll be in touch again next month.