Change—like death and taxes—is one of those things everyone wants to avoid, yet no one can evade.
As the lifecycle of humanity goes, so goes the business cycle of Main Street Seal Beach.
The local scene is changing—possibly for the better.
Belinda’s Art on Glass shop closed at the end of 2012. The New Year finds the Harvey Girls Gallery in the middle of renovating the former glass shop.
The Harvey Girls store has moved from its original location on the 200 block of Main Street to the 100 block.
The new location is larger. The official grand opening—well, re-opening—will be in mid- to late January. But the space formerly occupied by the Harvey Girls Gallery won’t remain empty long.
The owners of Tankfarm and Company, which relocated to Seal Beach from Los Alamitos in December, already have plans to expand into the Harvey Girls’ spot.
Owner Mike Anderson said the build out will begin this month.
“The end of January, it should all be done,” Mike Anderson said.
He said the store’s official grand opening would be in February.
Mike and his brother John Anderson said that they would design custom merchandise for Seal Beach businesses for free.
Mike Anderson said it was their way of giving back to the community.
John Anderson said they couldn’t be happier with the city and the response from the community.
Make Anderson said that 90 percent of Tankfarm’s business is design and selling clothing wholesale to retailers.
“The store is a labor of love,” John Anderson said. He said they were not expecting to pay the mortagage from the store. The retail store sells camping gear as well as motorcycle and surfing wear.
The Andersons have been in business 10 years.
Although the store only recently opened in Seal Beach, the Andersons have many ties to the area. Mike Anderson said he went to Los Alamitos High School. He also said that when he and his brother went to college, they lived on 11th Street in Seal Beach.
