Cash Mob descends on local business in Old Town

$h Mob is back and it's mobbing a much-requested local business in Old Town, Eureka. Which business? That will remain a well-guarded secret until the evening of November 14. Community members are invited to form a mob—unruly or otherwise—in front of Gallagher's Irish Pub at 2nd and C Street in Eureka at 5:15 p.m. Kazoos will be distributed.

What is Ca$h Mob? It's a collaborative effort between Fund Humboldt and Redwood Region Economic Development Commission and Humboldt Made to support local businesses. Humboldt County residents gather and descend on a small business, wallets in hand, to deliver a much needed cash infusion. Past Ca$h Mobs have stormed businesses in Rio Dell, Ferndale, Arcata, Fortuna and McKinleyville.

Nancy Zimmerman, the owner of Times Remembered in Ferndale, describes the excitement of seeing the mob enter her store on April 3.

“Everyone who came in had a good time,” she says, “For my store, it was a wonderful blessing.We sell a lot of consignment items from local artisans, and the Ca$h Mob people bought a lot of those. It was great to be able to get that money to the people who made those items.”

Humboldt County residents are strongly encouraged to use the Humboldt Ca$h Mob Facebook page or call RREDC at (707) 445-9651 to suggest businesses to mob.