It’s your girl Charese!
Charese Chambers is a local bookkeeper and financial literacy coach by day with a passion for supporting small business. Join her as she explores shops of Downtown Lynchburg and maybe finds a few new “must-haves” to purchase.
Accents Flags & Gifts
Location: 1716 Main Street (website)
Charese’s Buy: Christmas gifts for the ladies in her life (don’t tell her Grandma)
Bailey Spencer
Location: 1216 Main Street (Website)
Charese’s Buy: Custom-stained Adirondack chairs (the kind that rock)
Beeswax Candle Company
Location: 109 13th Street (Website)
Charese’s Buy: Feathered twist taper candles (they burn so funky!)
Gilded
Location: 1103 Church Street (Shared website with LTOD)
Charese’s Buy: A baby shower gift (for all of those quarantine babies that are on their way)
The Hip Tulip and Lexie & Lee
Location: 1220 Main Street (HT Website and L&L Website)
Charese’s Buy: Fresh flowers (everyone needs fresh flowers in their house) and a bangin’ leopard-print blouse (that she most likely saw LIVE on Instagram)
L. Oppleman
Location: Main Street (Website)
Charese’s Buy: Cameras, guitars, percussion instruments, and jewelry (because, honey, they got WHATEVER. YOU’RE. LOOKING. FOR.)
Live Trendy or Die
Location: 1101 Church Street (website)
Charese’s Buy: Pretty much any outfit displayed on their mannequins (because they do a great job of styling all of the pieces together)
Pap’s Cigar Company
Location: 817 Main Street (website)
Charese’s Buy: Her FIRST cigar (probably something with a little flavor)
SpeakerTree
Location: 901 Jefferson Street (Website)
Charese’s Buy: Mood-boosting music (maybe Roberta Flack like her mother used to play)
Spearman Artisanry
Location: 919 Main Street (Website)
Charese’s Buy: Some super-soft alpaca yarn (for when she picks back up the art of crochet)
TaleTellers Fly Shop
Location: 920 Commerce (Website)
Charese’s Buy: A rod and a reel (because she doesn’t fish…you have to start somewhere)
WANT TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE CHARESE?
First thing, shop local whenever you can. Second, donate to Downtown Lynchburg Association’s Downtown Recovery Initiative, an effort created by DLA to actively support small businesses as they recover from the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Donations made before August 10, 2020 are eligible for exclusive DOWNTOWN-A-THON merchandise.
