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A 10-year dream is finally coming true and I’m over the moon to share it with all of you: we’re opening a Tender Loving Empire location at Pike Place (on 1st between Pike & Pine to be exact).

We’ve loved operating out of our Sea-Tac Airport store for the last two years, and we’re so excited to deepen our connection to the Seattle community with a street store - one that allows us to show up in a bigger way for Washington-based artists, makers, and small businesses.

This next chapter means more opportunities to discover, support, and celebrate the creative community that makes this region so special.

Some thank yous are in order: Our community of investors helped make this possible and it feels really good to already be putting those dollars to work in meaningful ways before we've even closed the round.

There are only A COUPLE DAYS LEFT of our WeFunder campaign! If you’ve been on the fence, now’s the moment to jump in, spread the word and help us finish strong. Every $100, $500, $1000 investment helps us get there.

Our community round closes 4/30 at 8:59pm PST / 11:59pm EST, and we’d love to have you in this with us.

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A 10-year dream is finally coming true and I’m over the moon to share it with all of you: we’re opening a Tender Loving Empire location at Pike Place (on 1st between Pike & Pine to be exact).

This next chapter means more opportunities to discover, support, and celebrate the creative community that makes this region so special.

Our community round closes 4/30 at 8:59pm PST / 11:59pm EST, and we’d love to have you in this with us.

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