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Homespun: Modern Handmade

Open Homespun, a store and classroom devoted to modern handmade goods.Homespun: Modern Handmade

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Goals

  • To help working artists support themselves.
  • To offer low-cost arts education to our community.
  • To help revive Indianapolis' east side.
  • To serve as the hub of Indiana's artisan community.

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Overview

Homespun will be the only retail store in Indiana that specializes in modern handmade goods, providing working artist with a year-round brick and mortar outlet for their goods. From clothing to jewelry to bath & body products, the store will be stocked with an array of stylish goods made by people in the city, state, and beyond. The store will also offer low-cost art classes and serve as a meeting place for the Hoosier handmade community. It will serve as a meeting point for the Hoosier handmade community. It will be private enterprise for the public good.
The store is an outgrowth of the INDIEana Handicraft Exchange, a popular bi-annual craft fair that features handmade vendors from the city, state and beyond. Our hope is that it will serve as a retail anchor in the Irvington neighborhood and help spur commercial redevelopment along E. Washington St.

How will the 5K be Used?

Budget Notes: Rent, utilities, insurance, salary, signage, inventory, build-out, fixtures.
$ 3,000 Lightspeed POS system
$ 1,300 iMac
$ 200 Microsoft Office
$ 500 Office hardware & supplies

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