The owner of Mimi’s Fresh Tees in downtown Portland wants people to come back to downtown for their shopping.
PORTLAND, Ore. — “Small Business Saturday” encourages people to shop at small local businesses — a sentiment that Portland business owners are encouraging after a rough couple of years.
Kamelah Adams, owner of Mimi’s Fresh Tees in downtown Portland, said she hopes people come back to downtown. She has a new temporary pop-up store on SW 10th Avenue and Morrison.
“It’s vital for people to come to downtown Portland — and if you don’t, you’re going to say ‘bye bye’ to a lot of unique small businesses,” Adams said.
Adams started Mimi’s Fresh Tees back in 2018. She makes T-shirts focused on social justice and female empowerment. She had a store in Old Town…