Arbor Furniture
Bloomington entrepreneur pitches subscription furniture business to city council
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Presentation: Arbor Subscription Furniture Business
Matt Rens presented Arbor, a proposed subscription-based furniture business aiming to make quality, custom furniture accessible and sustainable. He detailed two subscription types: collection (monthly pieces or banked credit for larger items) and custom design. A key feature is a take-back program where old furniture is refurbished, resold at a discount, and the original owner receives store credit, promoting sustainability and continuous redesign. Rens emphasized the business's roots in Bloomington and its mission to offer an alternative to expensive or low-quality furniture, concluding with a call to 'vote for Arbor to start here in Bloomington'.
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I want to change everything by making a subscription based furniture store for homeowners that are dissatisfied with the extreme prices of furniture
Arbor is the most approachable way to transform your space we do this by offering two types of subscriptions
If you have one of our tables a few years later we'll take it back we'll refinish it and we'll sell it back into the community at a discounted rate and award you with it a credit toward other pieces at our store
Arbor's mission is to make Quality Furniture with custom options accessible to all
vote for Arbor to start here in Bloomington