Dawn-Marie Joseph knows a thing or two about Williamston, having opened the popular
Gracie's Place and Vivee’s Floral Garden and Café. One thing she's known for some time is that the town is becoming a destination for wedding businesses, with florists, caterers, invitation printers and a new cake shop. There's just one thing missing: a bridal shop.
Joseph and partner Tina Benington will change that in April with the opening of
The Wedding Gallery at the corner of Grand River and Putnam in Downtown Williamston.
"What we really found in our research is basically customer service is key," says Joseph. "That business is 100 percent about the customers. We're not going to have every dress in the bridal magazines, but we'll work our hardest to find it for them, for what they can afford."
To really complete the town's collection of wedding vendors, the building will also include Gallery Travel, a travel agency.
"The building offered me the opportunity, so right across from the bridal shop, we'll have the travel agency," says Joseph. "So, we'll be able to book honeymoons for our brides."
The Wedding Gallery and Gallery Travel will both open in April, sharing about 3,000 square feet of space and employing staffs of about three and two, respectively, in addition to Joseph and Benington.
Source: Dawn-Marie Joseph, The Wedding Gallery
Writer: Natalie Burg, Development News Editor
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