As a former pastry chef, venue coordinator and marriage ceremony planner, Noelle Mother or father has attended her fair proportion of weddings. She pivoted to retail and crammed a necessity with Blue Sage Bridal, town’s solely consignment bridal retailer, in 2020. 4 years on, the shop’s success demanded growth. In September, the boutique moved to a 7,000-square-foot house at 424 E. Grace St. downtown.
The rehoming helps Blue Sage Bridal serve “all our bodies, all brides,” Mother or father says, noting the addition of three giant dressing rooms, elevated storage for a wider collection of attire and a constructing that’s compliant with the People with Disabilities Act.
From its beginnings on the parking plenty of The Diamond in 2020, PopUp RVA has needed to provide small distributors a dependable house to take their companies to the following step, founder Brian Sullivan says.
Its new everlasting house — a 9,000-square-foot storefront within the Chesterfield Towne Heart that opened Aug. 1 — lets them do exactly that, seven days per week. After subdividing the house, PopUp RVA is now renting 30 stalls to native distributors on a each day, weekly or month-to-month foundation to allow them to promote to buyers throughout common mall hours.