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Affordable Automotive is owned and operated by Mike Button and his family, and has been located in Chico for 25 years. The goal at Affordable Automotive is to provide each customer with honest and reliable auto repairs and services. Voted “Best of Chico” seven times, Affordable Automotive’s reputation has been built on one satisfied customer at a time.
Cottonparty has been serving downtown Chico for 36 years. Angela Youngblood is the third owner of the business and is excited to continue cottonparty’s legacy of helping women feel great while wearing comfortable clothing.
Raised in Durham, Button always had a knack for fixing cars. After some time in college, and with inspiration from his father, Button opened his business in 1996 and today has three Chico locations and 16 employees to service and repair any automotive need: 2106 Park Avenue, 906 Nord Avenue, and the classic and custom repair shop, Affordable Automotive Central at 1023 W. 8th Street.
vehicle, and provides honest repairs and quality workmanship that are guaranteed with a three-year, 36,000-mile nationwide warranty. Affordable Automotive is dedicated to maintaining 100% customer satisfaction.
Youngblood purchased cottonparty at the beginning of 2020, after working for the previous owner for more than five years. While surviving her first year as a business owner during a pandemic was a difficult task, she feels grateful to our wonderful community for their continued support. “Working with women, I constantly hear all of the ways we internalize how the world looks at our bodies and all the ways we inherit negative self-image from our parents, peers, media, etc. I love helping women break down those negative internal narratives and find clothing that makes them feel great inside and out,” says Youngblood.
Affordable Automotive knows the importance of maintaining a safe, reliable
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2106 PARK AVENUE | CHICO 530.892.1774 | CHICOAUTOMOTIVE.COM
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INSPIRE PHYSICAL THERAPY
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Born and raised in Paradise, Alan Hivale, DPT started Inspire Physical Therapy, giving his patients the personalized care they deserve, with one-on-one therapy that he personally administrates from start to finish.
Jeeptrail Print Shop specializes in ecofriendly, water-based printing, using high quality ink components, to bring your vision to life.
To better serve the Chico community, Inspire Physical Therapy is a mobile concierge physical therapy practice, breaking the mold of the classic PT clinic. This innovative framework brings the treatment to your home, office or wherever works best for you, providing convenient and personalized care.
His passion is to help people recover from and prevent injury so they can continue to do activities they love. “Inspire Physical Therapy, where we come to you.”
The Inspire model provides you the unique opportunity to have individualized care in the privacy and comfort of your home or office. This model also allows Alan more time with each person to get his clients back to 100% and reach their goals. Alan is a sports enthusiast and specializes in golf, running, cycling and sports movement.
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Cottonparty carries women’s clothing in sizes small through large (4-16), with leatherextra gloves an emphasis on natural fiber and clothing jackets made in thealpaca U.S.A. It also has a wide variety of jewelry and accessories. cashmere socks & sweaters
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Jeeptrail is the screen print shop that loves innovative design, off-the-wall graphics and creative people. Owner and artist Tom Little is Chico’s small local printer inspired by small businesses, musicians, educators and creative customers. Little’s background includes: working rock musician, designing and creating skateboards and snowboards for professional athletes, and display fabrication for national retail brands. He expanded his T-shirt printing knowledge working for a leading manufacturer of graphic apparel. Producing over one million shirts annually was a highlight of his 25 years of print and production experiences.
His passion for the arts, small businesses, local artists, community organizations, musicians and bands brought him back to artistic roots to pursue his mission: making your image as good as it gets. Why the name Jeeptrail? … you’ll have to ask Tom.
701 WEST 11TH AVENUE | CHICO 530.415.6244 | WWW.JEEPTRAILPRINT.COM
