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>>> WITH MOTHER’S DAY COMING UP,
YOU’RE PROBABLY WONDERING WHAT
TO GET HER.
YOU WANT SOMETHING SPECIAL AND
FROM THE HEART, OF COURSE.
>> Jason: SO WHY NOT GET HER
SOMETHING AND MADE BY LOCAL
ARTISAN.
WE HAVE JUST THE SHOP WITH MORE
THAN 100 PIECES, AND HOW THE
STORE CAME ABOUT IS JUST AS
SPECIAL.
>> Tati: MICHELLE TAKES US TO
THE BOUTIQUE ALL ABOUT GRACE.
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>> ALL ABOUT GRACE IS A LOCAL
HANDMADE BOUTIQUE.
WE HAVE 97 PEOPLE AS PART OF OUR
STORE.
EVERYTHING THAT THEY PUT INTO IT
IS 100%.
I FEEL LIKE WHEN I BUY SOMEONE A
GIFT AND I CAN SAY IT’S FROM
THIS STORE, I KNOW THAT
EVERYTHING WAS PUT INTO THAT
GIFT.
>> Michelle: AND SHE WOULD KNOW
BECAUSE ASHLEY YOUNG IS THE
OWNER.
BUT OWNING A STORE FULL OF COOL
ARTISAN PIECES ISN’T WHAT SHE
ENVISIONED A FEW YEARS AGO.
WE NEED TO TELL YOU ABOUT GRACE.
>> GRACE IS MY DAUGHTER.
SHE WAS 2 WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY.
THE RARE LEUKEMIA THAT SHE DID
HAVE, THEY ONLY LAST FOR LIKE 2
WEEKS.
FOR ME, LOSING A CHILD
TRAGICALLY IS SOMETHING I NEVER
THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE TO DEAL
WITH.
>> Michelle: SHE TURNED TO
CRAFTING STARTING GRACE’S WOOD
CO.
>> IT HELPED MY ANXIETY.
>> Michelle: AND IT REALLY TOOK
OFF.
>> I WAS WALKING OUT ONE DAY AND
SEEN AN EMPTY BUILDING.
I CAME HOME AND THOUGHT ABOUT
IT, I’M JUST GONNA DO IT.
I’M GONNA JUMP IN AND TAKE THE
450-SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING AND
TURN IT INTO ALL ABOUT GRACE.
>> Michelle: BUT IT WASN’T HER
OWN WORK SHE SOLD, IT WAS OTHERS
AS WELL, GIVING MANY SMALL
BUSINESSES THEIR CHANCE TO SELL
THEIR GOODS AT A BRICK-AND-MORE
BRICK-AND-MORE -- MORTAR STORE.
THEY THEN MOVED INTO A MUCH
LARGER SPACE.
>> EVERY SPOT IN THE STORE HAS
AN AREA.
SO WE DO OUR MAN CAVE AREA WITH
ALL OF THE MAN ITEMS AND WE HAVE
OUR LITTLES, WHICH IS FOR THE
LITTLES.
WE HAVE TOYS, NURSERY ITEMS.
>> Michelle: WHO DOESN’T WANT A
BABY YODA?
>> OUR SHE SHED AREA IS THE
WOMEN’S AREA WITH HANDMADE
JEWELRY, CLOTHING, AND THEN OUR
BATHROOM AREA, WHICH IS OUR
SUDS.
>> Michelle: SO THEY HAVE
PRODUCTS FROM A VARIETY OF
VENDORS, BUT THEY FOCUS ON ALL-NATURAL PRODUCTS LIKE
ALL-NATURAL PRODUCTS LIKE
SHAMPOO AND THIS BOMB WITH
FLOWERS IN IT.
>> IT HAS BLANKETS, PILLOWS AND
PORCH SIGNS.
AND IT’S SEASONAL SO WE’LL
SWITCH IT OUT.
>> Michelle: IT’S SO MUCH MORE
THAN A BUSINESS, IT’S A
COMMUNITY.
>> IF I NEED SOMETHING, I SEND
OUT THE BAT SIGNAL AND THEY COME
RUNNING.
WE DONATED OVER 500 MASKS.
IT WENT TO OUR LOCAL HOSPITAL.
WE WANTED TO BE A BIG COMMUNITY.
WE WANT US ALL TO BE HERE AND TO
SUCCEED AND TO BRING MORE LIFE
DOWNTOWN.
>> Michelle: AND IT’S ALL THANKS TO GRACE.
TO GRACE.
>> IT’S AWESOME THAT WE GOT TO
THIS POINT BUT IT’S OVERWHELMING
BECAUSE I NEVER THOUGHT THAT DAY
AND THAT CHANGE WOULD LEAD TO
THIS.
SO IT’S NICE BECAUSE NOW I HAVE THIS TO LOOK AT EVERY DAY.
THIS TO LOOK AT EVERY DAY.
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>> Jason: ALL ABOUT GRACE ALSO
HOLDS EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS ON
THE WEEKEND AND ARE LIMITING THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO CAN
PARTICIPATE.
WHEN THE WEATHER IS NICE,
THEY’LL HOLD THE EVENTS
OUTDOORS.
>> Tati: THAT’S WONDERFUL. TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE SOAPS, KNIT
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