Victoria York-Tomlinson and her husband, Brad, didn’t exactly go by the book when they opened Good World Goods in 2009 in the midst of the Great Recession.
“It seemed like a good idea at the time,” Brad Tomlinson deadpans.
The couple has more than weathered that storm, though, and now are settling into a 2,500-square-foot space at the intersection of East Brainerd and Jenkins roads. That location is home not only to Good World Goods, but to their art gallery, The Makers LLC, as well.
York-Tomlinson says she and her husband have strived to make Good World Goods, a gift shop specializing in unique gifts and home goods, a reflection of their desire to “live authentically” and “do what we believe in.”
“Everything in the store is artisan-made or small-maker,” she says. “The words around our logo are ‘artisan-made, fair trade, local, sustainable.'”