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Park + Vine

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About Me

Park + Vine , 1109 Vine Street, is a green general store in Cincinnati’s historic Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. We offer environmentally friendly and ecologically minded merchandise from like-minded suppliers in Cincinnati and elsewhere. Products at Park + Vine range from home furnishings and personal care products to home improvement items and apparel and footwear. Featured product lines minimize the use of natural resources, toxic materials and animal by-products. We're open 11 to 7 Monday through Friday, 10 to 7 Saturday, 11 to 5 Sunday.

I got my layout at Cleanupmyspace.com

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I'd like to meet:

People who care about Cincinnati and the world, and subscribe to Mahatma Gandhi's conviction, "We must become the change we want to see."

My Blog

Green + affordable = canning jars + composters

There are some things that just make sense for any household aiming for a greener and more affordable way of life, and two of them are canning jars and composters. We've just introduced Ball's popular...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:13:00 GMT

Three new books on our shelf

Our in-store bookshelf just grew by three:American Earth: Environmental Writing Since ThoreauBill McKibben - Editor, Al Gore - Foreword$40 (hardcover)As America and the world grapple with the conseque...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:46:00 GMT

Survey for a bicycle-friendly city, county

Here's your chance to weigh-in on the city's and county's bicycling pluses and minuses. Under the leadership of Commissioner David Pepper, Hamilton County and the city of Cincinnati are collaborating ...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:37:00 GMT

More cloth diapering cuteness

Eight sets of parents attended our December session on cloth diapering. Let's see how many parents show up with little ones at the next one 2 p.m. Jan. 4.Park + Vine hosts an informal class on all asp...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:19:00 GMT

Solar power for laptops

We are excited to have one Voltaic Generator in the store. It is scheduled to arrive before the end of this week. This is the first solar bag powerful enough to charge laptops. It uses high-efficiency...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:02:00 GMT

Happy merchants, a smiling Tender Mercies CEO

Here was the formula for a happy Black Friday Nov. 28 in Over-the-Rhine: pleasant weather, pent-up interest in doing a little holiday shopping at locally-owned stores downtown, and a promotion that ga...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:29:00 GMT

Best of the City love for our green toys

What we thought might be a sidebar on our selection of play things for little ones turned out to be a "Best of the City 2008" pick from Cincinnati Magazine. It's a complete honor to have the store rec...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:26:00 GMT

Our little green gift guide

Park + Vine carries plenty of affordable eco-friendly gifts, including gift cards, to get you through the holiday season. Here are some of our favorites. Browse our online directory of products to see...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:37:00 GMT

Unchained momentum continues Nov. 28

We had one of our busiest days ever during BuyCincy's Cincinnati Unchained event this past Saturday. Supporters of Sierra Club Miami Group, which received 15 percent of our Unchained sales, and other ...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:29:00 GMT

More love and happiness: Recycling Award

Our near obsessive commitment to recycling ranges from making sure empty cardboard boxes and IZZE Sparkling Juice glass bottles end up in a recycling container, encouraging others to recycle and sell...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:02:00 GMT