New Business Update: Good Nature

Owner: Diane Peckham
910 Alley A | 442-4242 | goodnature.us | [email protected]
Nestled into a downtown alley way, the Good Nature store is full of surprises.
With everything from wine and incense to handmade drums and alpaca mittens, the shop is brimming with handcrafted goodies.
“We sort of have a tagline: Think of us as a new-age general store,” owner Diane Peckham said. “We’re trying to be as local, sustainable and natural as possible.”
The store opened in November in the newly renovated Alley A between Ninth and 10th streets and Broadway and Cherry streets. Peckham, an alpaca breeder, sold alpaca products in a specialty store with some other breeders during the Christmas season for a few years before deciding to open a shop year-round.
Alpaca products comprise about one-third of the merchandise, including rugs that can be made to order with custom designs. She said the store also has an excellent book selection on meditation and yoga, beautiful crystals and locally made pottery and jewelry.
“A lot of (what we have) is handmade,” she said. “We like the concept of keeping our dollars in Columbia. That’s a conscious business decision, to be as local as possible.”