{"id":20057,"date":"2023-04-25T11:45:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/a-retail-oasis-for-earth-day-on-april-27-2\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T11:45:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:45:12","slug":"a-retail-oasis-for-earth-day-on-april-27-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/a-retail-oasis-for-earth-day-on-april-27-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A Retail Oasis for Earth Day on April 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion partners with two NYS Women-Owned Businesses to Celebrate Eco-Conscious Businesses<\/p>\n<p>Alessandra Payne owner of Salvage &amp; Shine and Jordon Egleston owner of Uniquely Jordon Boutique partnered with HVCC\u2019s Environmental Sustainability to host the Eco-Conscious Retail Oasis, a vendor market showcasing over 20 eco-conscious businesses. The Eco-Conscious Retail Oasis event is in celebration of Earth Day and will take place on Thursday, April 27, 2023 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Siek Campus Center and is open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to build a platform for environmentally sustainable businesses to sell their products.\u00a0 A place where customers can meet and learn from concerned business owners about how to live a more eco-conscious lifestyle that reduces pollution and protects our planet,\u201d said Alessandra Payne, owner of Salvage &amp; Shine, an eco-conscious wearable art jewelry business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter speaking with Alessandra about her vision, I was so excited to be a part of the Eco-Conscious Retail Oasis planning team. This experience has taught me that there are so many other eco-conscious businesses in the Capital Region.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s wonderful that we are creating an Eco-Conscious Event for these eco-conscious businesses to promote their products,\u201d said Jordon Egelston, owner of Uniquely Jordon Boutique, an eco-conscious apparel business<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Salvage &amp; Shine<\/strong><br \/>\nSalvage &amp; Shine is an online wearable art boutique based in downtown Albany, NY that was established December 2021.\u00a0 This boutique sells handmade wearable art jewelry made from salvaged, recycled, and renewable materials.\u00a0 Each Salvage &amp; Shine piece is wearable art that begins with an original design concept that celebrates multicultural aesthetics, empowers its wearer, and promotes environmentally sustainable jewelry production.\u00a0 For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.salvageandshine.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.salvageandshine.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Uniquely Jordon Boutique<\/strong><br \/>\nUniquely Jordon Boutique is an online clothing boutique based in Coeymans, NY that was established in March 2021.\u00a0 Uniquely Jordon Boutique sells statement t-shirts, custom hats, and, a customer favorite, upcycled flannels and jackets made from salvaged trims, embellishments, and antique\/vintage clothing.\u00a0 Uniquely Jordon Boutique\u2019s apparel features specialty hand dyed techniques.\u00a0 For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uniquely-jordon-boutique.myshopify.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.uniquely-jordon-boutique.myshopify.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Tue, 25 Apr 2023 11:45:12 +0000 by\u00a0a.johnson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion partners with two NYS Women-Owned Businesses to Celebrate Eco-Conscious Businesses Alessandra Payne&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-announcement-college-related"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}