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Camille's Flowers and Gifts opens fourth location in Styx Promenade amid CRA redevelopment
Summary
Camille's Flowers and Gifts has opened a fourth retail location in the newly developed Styx Promenade, placing the family-owned shop near Sunset Lounge and Heart And Soul Park as part of a CRA development that organizers say aims to support local small businesses and honor a historic Black business district.
Camille's Flowers and Gifts has opened its fourth retail location in the newly developed Styx Promenade in the city's historic Northwest, the family said.
The shop, a family-run florist, is operating next to an upscale bar the family also owns; the business is “one of the first to open in the newly developed Styx Promenade,” a CRA development the report said is intended to provide local small businesses space to grow and to honor the Black business district that once existed in the neighborhood during the Jim Crow era.
“We're here for the community. We're here to make a difference. We're here to bring life. We're here to bring business,” Jeffrey, Camille's son who is helping with deliveries at the shop, said in the report. He also described the store as small but well organized and said the family has learned to use every inch of the space.
The shop is located near the Sunset Lounge and across from Heart And Soul Park, the report said. The family operates both the flower shop and the adjacent bar and said they hope both businesses will become neighborhood fixtures.
The report did not specify public or private funding sources for the Styx Promenade development, nor did it provide a timeline for additional openings. The segment was reported by Sheryl Khan for WPB TV.
