A local family-owned business is preparing to celebrate a major milestone this weekend as Shywanda Duck and The Water Ice Family officially open their new location at the Millcreek Mall.<\/p>\n
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Courtesy of the Water Ice Family<\/p>\n
The grand opening celebration is scheduled for October 17, at the mall location across from H&M. Guests are encouraged to begin arriving at noon, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony set for 12:15 p.m.<\/p>\n
What started as a seasonal business in 2024 serving Philadelphia-style water ice and customizable handcrafted lemonades is now taking its next step with a permanent mall location. Owner Shywanda Duck said the opening represents years of hard work and a shared family effort.<\/p>\n
According to the business, The Water Ice Family lives up to its name, with family members working together to build a welcoming experience for customers while serving a variety of frozen treats and specialty beverages. The transition from a seasonal operation to a storefront mark a significant achievement for the business and an opportunity to expand its reach within the Erie community.<\/p>\n
The grand opening festivities will include giveaways for early customers. The first 10 people in line will receive a free small water ice, while the next 10 customers will receive 10% off their entire purchase. Complimentary lemonade samples will also be available throughout the event.<\/p>\n
Guests will also have the opportunity to try the company’s October specialty menu items, including BooBerry Cheesecake Funnel Fries and the BooBucket, available with either hot chocolate or frozen chocolate.<\/p>\n
In a statement, Erie’s Black Wall Street praised the growth and success of the family-owned business, highlighting the dedication and perseverance that helped make the expansion possible.<\/p>\n
Community members are invited to attend the grand opening celebration, meet Shywanda Duck and her team, and support a local business as it begins its newest chapter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A local family-owned business is preparing to celebrate a major milestone this weekend as Shywanda Duck and The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137,124230,7576,125798,12074,48624],"class_list":["post-306824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-family-owned-business","tag-grand-opening","tag-lemonade","tag-millcreek-mall","tag-water-ice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}