Multiple Local Businesses Change Hands; More Restaurant, Retail News
By Beth Milligan | Jan. 12, 2026
Multiple prominent local businesses have changed hands or are under new ownership structures, including Don Orr Ski N’ Beach Haus, Einstein Cycles, Iron Fish Distillery, Modus+, The Good Bowl, and The Kitchen/Grandview Catering. The Ticker has details on those and numerous other restaurant and retail updates from across the region.
Ownership Changes
Don Orr Ski N’ Beach Haus is now under just its third set of owners since opening in 1953. Libby and Eric Shutler recently purchased the winter and summer apparel store on Munson Avenue from Jeff Swanson, who owned it since 2013 and is now retiring. Swanson took over the shop from original founders Don and Bonnie Orr, …
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