{"id":587,"date":"2007-07-05T19:44:23","date_gmt":"2007-07-05T19:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/166.62.41.2\/~holaamericanews\/2007\/07\/05\/local-boutique-offers-more-than-pretty-gowns\/"},"modified":"2022-07-17T14:39:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T19:39:14","slug":"local-boutique-offers-more-than-pretty-gowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/local-boutique-offers-more-than-pretty-gowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Boutique Offers More Than Pretty Gowns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"tina_chiquis\"<\/a> Chiquis Boutique has been open for five years in East Moline, Ill and recently expanded to a new location at 655 17th Ave. where they now have more room to display all the unique gowns and d\u00e9cor that they cater to.\u00a0 They sell items for all party occasions including weddings as well as all the sacraments in the church and the party after the ceremony.<\/p>\n

Owner of Chiquis Boutique, Tina-Maria Gonzalez started the business because she had a daughter who she wanted dressed.<\/p>

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\u201cI wanted her to have a girly dress and we always had to go to Chicago to get it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Gonzalez is also in the income tax business<\/p>\n

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and during the cold months when people are not usually having a wedding or quincea\u00f1eras; she files taxes on a separate part of the business.\u00a0 Gonzalez has been able to tend to many people\u2019s need for income tax services in Spanish and for that reason they come back to her when its time for them to plan a party.\u00a0 The boutique also follows through in the planning for a party at no additional charge.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do a lot of services; people don\u2019t just come in and look at something,\u201d she said.
\nTina-Maria Gonzalez has been in the tax business for seventeen years and uses what she makes from the tax services to invest in the boutique.<\/p>

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\u201cI\u2019m not competitive with local businesses,\u201d she said. \u201cMy prices are a lot different to save people a trip to Chicago.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though it was not intended, 95 percent of the boutique\u2019s customers are Hispanic. Even though many have attended a big party, sometimes the client may be the first in their immediate family to organize one.<\/p>

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\u201cA lot of people want to know how to plan the party,\u201d Gonzalez said.
\nChiquis Boutique is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m and is closed on Wednesday and Sunday. For more information you can visit the boutique or call (309) 755-4076.<\/p>\n

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