Apparel business looks to expand to Storiole

Park Prints gives back through raffle

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Used with permission by Stacy Atlas

Kari Martinez operates the embroidery machine at the Park Prints work space. The company sells hats, blankets, clothing and pet sweaters.

Carissa Prestholdt

After winning the Park Prints raffle, teacher Jenny Magdal said she is looking forward to more Park apparel coming to the Storiole.

“I love school spirit and wish we would do Park Pride Fridays for everybody in the school,” Magdal said. “If there are more places that make school apparel, then hopefully more people will be wearing apparel on Fridays.”

Park Prints founder Stacy Atlas said the business took off because of the enthusiasm of elementary school parents.

“(Park Prints) had a little flyer with just five items that went out to parents. There were no pictures; it just (showed it) would be accessible to elementary schools,” Atlas said.

According to Atlas, the expansion of her business started with an online webpage, and from there it will expand to the Storiole.

There were some really awesome designs that aren’t the normal things that you see in Park apparel.

— Jenny Magdal

“People would rather order online,” Atlas said. “Now we have an online store. We took feedback and did market research so that we could reach out to the community.”

Magdal said there is a lot of anticipation for the new apparel business because of the many unique styles.

“There were some really awesome designs that aren’t the normal things that you see in Park apparel,” Magdal said.

According to Atlas, the teacher raffle was intended to bring awareness about Park Prints to Park as well as to thank the teachers.

“(Park Prints) thought it would be really fun to reach out to staff, and it was a way to give back,” Atlas said.

Magdal said the raffle was a hit because of all the options provided and original products displayed.

“I am super excited (about the new apparel). It was nice of them to give us so many options of different items that we could get,” Magdal said. “I was able to get this really cool Park hoodie.”