A new men’s and women’s boutique is opening up in downtown Columbus next month.
Hoping to fill the gap left by the closure of Jim’s Clothing last year, the Huckaby family is opening Cotton Row at 409 Main St., a new boutique focused on classic Southern fashion for the everyday person.
Leading the venture is Amy Huckaby, alongside her husband and Huck’s Owner, Bubba, and their daughter, Anna Kathryn West and son-in-law, Jonathon West.
“We felt Columbus was ready and could support a family-style establishment such as ours,” she said. “…We hope to be the go-to spot where you can tell us you have family photos and some coordinating things for everyone from 8-80.”
Cotton Row will carry a range of brands, including Grand River Jeans made in Vicksburg, Cole Haan, Rockport, Flag & Anthem, F/X Fusion, True Grit, Criquet, Glam and even Bubba’s own line of T-shirts, caps and river swag.
The family has spent quite a bit of time restoring the more than 100-year-old building, a process Huckaby said was almost as exhausting as it was exciting.
“I love all the history,” she said. “… We are finding and repurposing many things and look forward to everyone seeing our vision through our eye. I hope they love it as much as we do.”
With Bubba, Jonathon and son-in-law Josh Jones all lending a hand in bringing the space back to life, Huckaby said it was an entire family effort to help make their vision a reality.
“We are from Columbus and believe in our city,” Huckaby said. “We have a great downtown and Main Street does a great job with promoting retail establishments. We look forward to being an integral part.”
Cotton Row will initially be open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, with plans to expand hours as demand grows.
Cotton Row is taking over the former location of A Southern Gathering, which closed in December.
The former vendor mall owners, Kevin and Kelly Kalinowski, announced on social media plans to reopen A Southern Gathering as an antique and vintage market in Aberdeen this month. Keep up with their revamped business on social media for more information.
Moving over to Starkville, a Mississippi State student has started up a service to help all those looking at spring cleaning.
About a month ago, Jackson Fullen decided to open Junk Be Gone, your next go-to place for garage and storage cleanout, small structure demolition and general junk removal.
“I needed some extra money and my family owns a farm, and I knew we had a dump trailer we don’t use much. So I asked to use it to make some money as a side hustle, and it just kept growing to a real business,” he said.
If you need some help cleaning up and getting rid of some junk, call or text Fullen at (731) 612-6060.
From junk to vintage finds. The Off-Campus Vintage Market is back in town this Sunday. Head over to Rick’s 1-7 p.m. for vintage finds like clothes, art, jewelry and more.
Last but not least, it’s officially springtime. Now, I know earlier this week didn’t exactly sell it, but warmer days are finally on the way, which brings me to one of my favorite parts of the year. Snowball season. When I was 7 years old, I used to dream of owning a snowball stand. Mainly because it meant I could eat them all day. When I was finally old enough, I got my first job working as what I called a “snowball technician.” Despite all the warnings that I’d eventually get tired of them, I can confirm: it never happened. To this day, I could eat snowballs all day, every day.
Snowball stands are opening their windows and welcoming us back as the pollen starts to coat everything and the Mississippi heat starts to rise. We’ve got Starkvegas Snowballs on Lumus Drive in Starkville and SnoBiz on Hwy. 45 in West Point and on Alabama Street in Columbus.
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