DPBA Members Remain Resilient During Challenging Times

Mother’s Day is just around the corner and Downtown Palatine Business Association (DPBA) members are offering innovative (and socially distant) ways to make Mom feel special, despite restrictions due to the extension of the governor’s Stay at Home order. Area residents can purchase items online, take online classes, attend virtual events and more! The DPBA businesses are offering something for everyone!

Take Cook, Cork & Fork; each Friday they are hosting a virtual happy hour, and for wine lovers - curbside pickup or delivery of cases of wine (within 10 miles of the store), in addition to the delivery of cooking or baking supplies. Retail hair styling and hair cleaning products can also be picked up curbside at Brush Salon, as well as curbside pickup or delivery of menu items from Durty Nellie’s, Tap House Grill and JL’s Pizza and Sports Bar.

Shoppe the Mill is offering online sales of home décor and locally made furniture (delivered, also will within 10 miles of the store), and Just Peachy Photography is selling digital products online, including watercolor photo art and quarantine photo collages. Mother's Day gift certificates are now available from eyebrWOW – which offers eyebrow microblading services to create that ‘perfect frame’. Illinois Bone and Joint Institute continues to consult with post-op patients for physical therapy services.

Online dance classes and summer camps are being offered by The Dance Loft, and The Music Room is offering online instruction for children and adults via Zoom for a variety of instruments, as well as voice lessons.

Pan American Bank & Trust continues to offer drive-up, online banking and other financial services through their website, including resources to apply for the Paycheck Protection Program for current customers. Brandt Financial Concepts, Inc. and Tony Gambino Allstate Agent, both are also offering financial benefits and services, including insurance for individuals and businesses.

For more information on services and product offerings, please visit downtownpalatine.org for contact information.

Vote on the ‘Girls on the Town’ Reschedule Date: The popular Girls on the Town event sponsored by the DPBA - normally held at the end of April or start of May, will be rescheduled as soon as possible due to the governor’s order. The DPBA is looking for feedback from the community on a preferred reschedule date; please click here for options and provide your opinion!

“Ensuring local businesses stay strong during this challenging time is extremely important to our members and to our greater business community,” said DPBA President Mica Mahler. “Business owners are truly being resilient and creative, and I am confident our entrepreneurial spirit will help to see us through this pandemic.”

To view some of the specials and other offers that DPBA businesses, please click here.