In 2019, Pure Salon & Wellness Spa celebrates seven years as a downtown Mount Vernon business. They relocated to their current location, the award-winning Polson Building, two years ago. Owners Amy Currie and Melissa Harris, both Skagit County raised.

The Mount Vernon Downtown Association (MVDA) is excited to announce a new economic development initiative: The Pop-Up. The MVDA has entered a lease at 325 W. Kincaid Street to offer a space where entrepreneurs can test and refine a business or retail concept for a period of 30 to 120 days.

The MVDA thank returning B&O Tax Credit Supporters Puget Sound Energy and Hair & Body Mechanix! PSE has been an MVDA partner for seven years. Downtown business Hair & Body Mechanix opened in 2013, and became a B&O partner to downtown in 2015.

Jen Absten, new owner of Pacioni’s Restaurant & Lounge, and manager, Amy Saben, recently shared with us how they’re keeping it local, and in the family. Jen purchased Pacioni’s just 18 months ago, after working in the kitchen for several years.

The elSage story begins in 2009 at the kitchen table of Phoebe Carpenter Ells. Phoebe rediscovered linocut printmaking when she decided to create her own invitations for her eldest son’s first birthday celebration.

TRICO and Windermere Skagit both take advantage of the Tax Credit program in Washington state allowing businesses to keep their B&O tax dollars in the community in which they do business, rather than sending them to Olympia for redistribution elsewhere.

The Mount Vernon Downtown Association received designation as a Washington State Main Street in 2008, and achieved national accreditation in 2010. Now celebrating our 10th year as a Washington State-certified Main Street community, and as one of just 12 nationally accredited Main Streets in Washington.

MOUNT VERNON — Downtown Mount Vernon is brimming with independently owned stores, but Small Business Saturday, a nationwide campaign, garnered additional business over the weekend for the local shops.

MOUNT VERNON — A mural illustrating the significance of immigrants in Skagit County is being painted on the outside wall of a downtown building with the help of local youths and volunteers.

MOUNT VERNON — A mural illustrating the significance of immigrants in Skagit County is being painted on the outside wall of a downtown building with the help of local youths and volunteers.

MOUNT VERNON — Al Lyons recalls stacking sandbags with about 2,000 others in 2003 when a rising Skagit River threatened downtown Mount Vernon. His business, Lyon’s Furniture, sits in the river’s flood plain, and the sandbag barrier was built a few feet behind his building.

Puja Sharma sat at a picnic table Tuesday at Skagit Riverwalk Park, recalling the day her restaurant, Taste of India, burned to the ground. “We put our heart and soul there,” Sharma said.

Puja Sharma sat at a picnic table Tuesday at Skagit Riverwalk Park, recalling the day her restaurant, Taste of India, burned to the ground. “We put our heart and soul there,” Sharma said.

Major downtown stakeholders, from business owners to avid shoppers and residents, recently came together to share what they love about their downtown and additions they would like to see as the district moves through a major revision.

The Mount Vernon Downtown Association is undergoing a change of leadership after executive director Georgiann Dustin announced her resignation late last week, and three board members decided not to run for re-election.

The Mount Vernon Downtown Association is undergoing a change of leadership after executive director Georgiann Dustin announced her resignation late last week, and three board members decided not to run for re-election.