Beer, ice cream and more coming to new building on Henderson Boulevard in Olympia
A new building, anchored by Olympia Pediatric Dentistry, is going to be much more than a dental practice. It also is set to welcome as many as five tenants on the ground floor, including a second location for Oly Taproom, project manager Marti Huld said this week.
Oly Taproom’s first location is downtown on Columbia Street.
Huld works for Dr. Andrea Mason at the dental practice, but she’s also overseeing the property at 4528 Maple Lane SE, which is just off Henderson Boulevard in Olympia and north of the Briggs YMCA.
Olympia Pediatric Dentistry will expand into 6,000 square feet on the upper floor of the new building at the end of the month, she said. The other tenants are expected to open in mid-September or early October, Huld said.
Here are the other confirmed tenants so far: Briggs Taphouse, Oly Taproom’s second location; Humble Cow Ice Cream, Jaymes Paige Hair Salon, Veltre Engineering and Evergreen Valley Espresso, which will occupy a nearby building, designed to be a drive-through.
Humble Cow has announced itself with a website and on Facebook. The owners of Evergreen Valley Espresso already operate a location on Yelm Highway and The Brim at Black Lake.
Other business happenings
Splash Gallery at 501 Columbia St. NW on Olympia’s Percival Landing is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month, said Katherine Ransom, one of the artists and a member of the galley cooperative that runs it.
The gallery is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. To celebrate its 10 years of business, the gallery is giving away a basket of art to a lucky customer, Ransom said.
The gallery adjusted to the pandemic, she said. They revamped the gallery website so that customers can make online purchases. Although they still require customers to wear a mask, customer traffic has been steady this summer, including visitors from Europe, China and Japan, Ransom said.
Downtown Olympia’s Arbutus Folk School recently offered ceramics classes in Spanish and now wants to do more of it, the nonprofit announced.
The Spanish-language ceramics classes were offered for the first time last month, a partnership of Arbutus Folk School and CIELO. The classes also received support from the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians, and Olympia Federal Savings.
More than 50 students of all ages took part in the classes, which made clay flutes inspired by the indigenous cultures of Mexico, according to a news release.
“There is a huge need for more arts and cultural experiences in our community, especially activities that are more accessible in language, cost, and location,” said Arbutus executive director Hillary Tully in a statement.
To meet that goal, Arbutus needs Spanish-speaking volunteers, arts instructors and community donations to keep the classes free.
For more information, go to https://arbutusfolkschool.org/.
If you know of a retailer, restaurant, coffee shop or other business that is opening, closing, expanding, remodeling, or changing its focus, send an email to reporter Rolf Boone at rboone@theolympian.com.
This story was originally published August 6, 2021 at 5:45 AM.
