The Local Legends of Tigard: Small Businesses Worth Falling in Love With

For more than half a century, the same family has been keeping downtown Tigard supplied with paper, pens, and the kind of old-school craft knowledge that no big-box store can replicate.

Main Street Stamp & Stationery: Three Generations of Craft Knowledge on Tigard's Main Street

David and Mary Savory founded Main Street Stamp & Stationery in 1967, building a family-owned and operated stationery store that has now stood as a fixture of downtown Tigard for more than fifty-four years. Today, the Savorys' daughter Deborah Montoya manages the store, carrying forward the business her parents started more than five decades ago.

What makes Main Street Stamp & Stationery genuinely distinctive is the sheer depth of product and craft knowledge that comes from running the same shop across multiple generations. Deborah's expertise spans both ends of the spectrum — she knows old-school techniques that have worked for decades while staying genuinely current with new products and trends, giving customers a rare combination of traditional craft wisdom and modern relevance. The shop carries paper, pens, scrapbooking and craft supplies, cards, gifts, decorations, and office supplies, and for anything not on the shelves, Deborah and her staff can place a special order from a catalog of more than 25,000 items.

Beyond simply selling supplies, Deborah and her team genuinely love helping customers brainstorm their projects, offering the kind of practical, hands-on advice that has made the shop a beloved teaching resource as much as a retail destination. That community-minded approach reflects the same philosophy that downtown Tigard's broader revitalization effort has championed — as Tigard Downtown Alliance president Kevin Bates has put it, when locally owned businesses thrive, the money they generate stays within the community, and genuine relationships get built between business owners and the neighbors they serve.

Why locals love them: More than fifty years of the same family sharing genuinely deep craft expertise on Tigard's Main Street — proof that a stationery store can become a genuine community institution when the people running it actually care about helping customers bring their creative projects to life.

Why Local Businesses Matter to Tigard

Main Street Stamp & Stationery's fifty-four-plus years of continuous family ownership reflect exactly what downtown Tigard's decade-long revitalization effort has worked to preserve: locally owned businesses that build genuine, lasting relationships with the community they serve, keeping both the money and the expertise rooted right where it belongs.

FAQ: Supporting Local Businesses in Tigard

Which local businesses should I support in Tigard? Downtown Tigard's Main Street is home to Main Street Stamp & Stationery, a family-owned stationery and craft supply store founded by David and Mary Savory in 1967 and now run by their daughter Deborah Montoya.

Why are small businesses important to a community? As Tigard Downtown Alliance president Kevin Bates explains, locally owned businesses keep money circulating within the community and build the genuine relationships that help a town's downtown genuinely thrive over time.

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References:

Tigard Life. (2022). Local Business Spotlight: Main Street Stamp & Stationery. https://tigardlife.com/business-2/local-business-spotlight-main-street-stamp-stationery/

OPB. (2024). Tigard Transforms Its Downtown. https://www.opb.org/article/2024/10/16/tigard-transforms-its-downtown/