About Us

Your one stop shop for all your favourite local brands from all over Canada*; featuring bath & body,
apparel and giftware from some of the best brands (and some that are up and coming too!). We pride
ourselves on being able to offer the community an option of supporting other local families by shopping
from over 100+ local brands - it's like a market that never closes!

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*ALL OF THE BRANDS WE RETAIL ARE LOCATED IN CANADA, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE MANUFACTURED IN CANADA. PLEASE REACH OUT TO INDIVIDUAL BRANDS IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT THEIR MANUFACTURING OR WHERE THEIR PRODUCTS ARE MADE.

OUR PEOPLE

Owned by Megan and her husband, Matt Nakazawa (who you probably see around the shop on weekends fixing shit) and Bubba - he’s the real boss

Megan

KICK-ASS BUSINESS OWNER
Beer Drinkin’ Bossy Boss + Bad Influence(r) on IG

Thank you to all the local lovers out there for supporting us throughout the years. When you shop at The Local Space you aren’t just supporting my family but you are also supporting the families of all of our awesome employees, and the 150+ local vendors that retail their products in our shops.

MATT
Mr. Fix-this-shit
BUBBA
Shop Doggy

MEET OUR F*N AWESOME TEAM

We have a wonderful team of staff who are the real rockstars and the reason the shop continues to thrive. They tend to pop onto our insta-stories on a regular basis so if you want to get to know them a little bit more: follow along on Instagram.

TAMARA

DIRECTOR OF BUZZ
+ OTHER FUN SHIT

LINDSAY

CHAOS COORDINATOR

LAREINA

WRANGLER OF
GIFTS + COOL SHIT

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Alex

REEL GENIUS
+ CONTENT MASTER

SASHA S.

RESIDENT PRODUCT
ENCYCLOPEDIA

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The Warehouse Team

Katie & Leah

THE LANGLEY TEAM

Kristyna,
Brianna, Heather, Parri + Leah

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THE CHILLIWACK TEAM

Tristan,
Teresa + Kennedy

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THE SOUTH SURREY TEAM

Keira,
Zoe, Leah + Whitney

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Wanna work with us? Check out our current employment opportunities.

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

What started as a photography studio and marketing office with a bit of retail in early 2017 just a couple blocks down Fraser Highway in the ME Plaza, has grown into quite the destination for everything local.

Awarded many recognitions from Best New Business, Best Gift Shop and Megan also has been nominated for a few titles from her work with The Local Space (Entrepreneur of the Year and Business Person of the Year).

2017

Friends Megan and Kristy (from Kristy Powers
Photography) opened a photography studio and
marketing office in March of 2017. Stocking just a few
retail items at first, the requests for more local goods
grew and grew.

The Local Space became more about being a retail
destination for local product, and less about being
the “space” it was originally thought to be, and Megan
took over full operations in the fall of that same year.

Funny how starting a business goes, right? Don’t
worry, they are still close friends! When Megan got
married, Kristy was there snapping all the IG-worthy
photos

2018

We were soon outgrowing our original ME Plaza
location, and in December of 2018 we settled into
our new home and current space just a few blocks
over, in historic downtown Langley’s one-way
section of Fraser Highway.

2019

Opening a location in her hometown was always
a dream of Megan's, and in early 2019, the
opportunity presented itself, as Chilliwack’s
downtown core underwent major changes. The
lease was signed, and we started getting ready to
open our second location, but....

2020

It’s no surprise 2020 was a crazy year for The Local
Space. Like many other businesses, we shut our
doors, and became an online-only business for
several months. The push to support local small
business was huge, and y’all showed the fuck up for
us in ways we cannot begin to thank you for.


When Megan signed the lease on her dream of
opening a shop in her hometown, doing it in the
middle of a pandemic was not part of the plan.
Despite the rocky times, with your support, we were
able to open our doors in Chilliwack’s newly refreshed
downtown area, District 1881 in October 2020.

2021


In March 2021, we moved our operations from the
non-existent backroom of the Langley location, to a
Warehouse in Port Kells. A month later, the Langley
shop got the revamp it deserved; we redecorated, and
renovated to double the size of the store.


If that wasn’t enough action, Megan got bored and
quietly signed the lease in May 2021 for our newest
location in South Surrey, which opened it’s doors in
Morgan Crossing in August 2021.


As the business grew, so did our team. We created
brand new positions to form an Operations team, a
Marketing team, and bought in an Area Manager to
oversee all of the locations