Brenda & Rollie Fink,
Celebrating 20 Years
2025

Uniquely North Retirement Closeout Sale!

For the second time in our lives, we are retiring—–this time from our special store, Uniquely North. We have loved how it has developed over the past twenty years, and being part of the Bellaire community has been amazing.  Now it’s time for us to let go of running a store every day, as we look forward to spending more time enjoying our family, friends and other activities we’d like to experience.

Over the years we have been so blessed with incredible staff, customers, and business colleagues. So many of you have become such dear friends, and these relationships don’t end.  Our closing sale begins today and will progress over the coming weeks.  Everything will be sold, including store fixtures, display units and furniture.

The new owner will be Crosshatch Center for Art and Ecology, a non-profit co-founded over 20 years ago by Brad and Amanda Kik. Crosshatch teaches traditional skills, and values local farming and art as ways to build strong communities. It is best known for their stewardship of the Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference and the new Traverse City performance space, The Alluvion.  Plans are to reorganize the store to create a unique combination of retail alongside a community gathering space. The new retail focus will feature handmade goods, affordable local art including pottery and prints, farm products from area producers, books, gifts, and seasonal items. The flexible space will also accommodate hands-on classes for up to 30 people, with workshops ranging from printmaking and natural dyes to seed-starting, mushroom foraging, small engine repair, storytelling, and food preservation. The space will also host events like author readings, small performances and group discussions.

The plan at this point is for us to close on the sale and leave by the end of October.  So, if you or anyone you know has Uniquely North gift cards or certificates, please use them asap.  We are and always will be incredibly grateful for the opportunity we’ve had to be part of and serve our community through our store. God has given us so much and so many to love and appreciate.   We’ll look forward to being with each of you whenever we can!

Rollie and Brenda

August 21, 2025