07/11/2026
BUILDING UPDATE, PLEASE READ!
Our amazing Blossom & Bone clients,
If you have been to our shop lately, you may have noticed an official building notice posted on our window. (Or that it’s hot in here.) We want to be completely transparent with you about what is going on behind the scenes. The last three months in business, we have experienced more mechanical, plumbing and overall building issues than I have ever experienced over the course of many years renting other commercial spaces.
Recently, I requested a Springfield City Building Inspector to evaluate the property due to having so many issues only 3 months into business. The city officially ruled that the severe building challenges we’ve been dealing with (including previous plumbing issues and our current lack of air conditioning) are entirely the property owner's legal responsibility under municipal code. Regardless of Triple Net. The notice on our window is a formal demand from the city requiring him to fix these issues immediately or lose his legal right to rent out this commercial space.
Because the owner/previous owner(s) have allowed this property to sit without proper maintenance or safety inspections for MANY years (on record) we are working to retain legal representation to address this unsafe environment and what options we have.
But here is what we want you to know above all else: BLOSSOM & BONE IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE. Whether we stay right here once the court forces his violations to be fixed, or whether we move to a gorgeous new location in town, our doors will stay OPEN.
This brings me personally to the most important part of my business: our team. I am blessed with a group of incredibly talented professionals to share this space with. Their fierce loyalty, their dedication to our clients, and their unwavering belief in the Blossom and Bone dream (no matter where our building stands) is something I will never take for granted. I want to publicly thank the team for standing strong together through 95-degree heat and constant building disasters. They are the true heart of this shop and the shop is nothing without them.
We are still conducting business as normal as long as our team can work comfortably, and we’ve taken as many active steps as we can to counteract the discomfort for your appointments while we wait on a permanent solution. Thank you for your incredible patience, your kindness, and for supporting our local gay, alt, neurodivergent business. Blossom and Bone has never looked brighter going forward.
With so much gratitude,
Salem and The Blossom & Bone Team
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