Several Nashville shops are moving this summer since their building has been sold.
About two weeks ago, some of the tenants at 58 E. Main St. received notices that they had to vacate in 30 days. One of them was the Brown County Craft Gallery, which celebrated its 40th anniversary this past weekend.
The craft gallery is moving to 62 E. Washington St., where it will share space with The Dragonfly Gallery. “We decided to join forces and merge,” said Carrie Foley of The Dragonfly. “We’re excited about being able to come together.”
The building that sold is at the corner of East Main Street and Robert “Buck” Stogsdill Way, directly across the alley from the Brown County Courthouse. A call to the building’s new owners, Lonnie Prevot and Huyen Tran, was not returned by deadline.
It will remain home to the Nashville Spice Company and Weed Patch Music Company, but the Clay Purl and Old Mc Durbin Gold jewelry shop will be moving, along with the Brown County Craft Gallery.
The Clay Purl and Old Mc Durbin Gold are moving to spaces in Antique Alley.
“It’s where we started, so it’s kind of like going back home in some ways. It’s in a different building,” Clay Purl owner Michele Hayes said.
“Now we’re going to be back by the wood carver. It’s kind of fun to be going back there — a little bit harder to find maybe, but a lot of people go into Antique Alley. We’ve been in business seven years, so I am guessing they will find us.”
The Clay Purl primarily sells yarn and crochet and knitting supplies. It opened in 2011. The move will happen by June 1 or earlier. “I’d just like to get it over with at this point,” Hayes said.
Marcy Rader, an employee at Old McDurbin’s Gold, said that the business’s owner, Joey Durbin, was planning to stay open at the current location through Memorial Day weekend. Then, they’ll move to the blue building in Antique Alley around June 3.
Greg Fox, co-owner of the Nashville Spice Company, said his shop signed a new lease with building’s new owners.
“At least they came to us pretty quickly and asked if we were wanting to stay and they would love to have us stay. We said, ‘Well, we would rather not move …'” Fox said. “We worked it all out and it’s been good.”
The spice shop will celebrate its one-year anniversary on May 25. The Brown County Chamber of Commerce named it Business of the Year in February.
