Werner Books & Coffee held a ribbon-cutting ceremony last Friday to mark the reopening of the business at its new location at 3608 Liberty St., Liberty Plaza, Erie, Pa. Owners Lauren Shoemaker and Kyle Churman had announced the impending move to a larger, 5,800-square-foot space earlier this year.
"It's official! Thank you to everyone who came to support our ribbon cutting this morning! The love from you, our customers, through this new move has been so appreciated!" the booksellers posted on Facebook.
"Werner Books is welcoming the community inside their newly renovated space in Liberty Plaza. The business now features a coffee shop and larger space for people to gather," Erie News Now reported, adding that the owners "said they will continue to serve the needs of their customers and look forward to hosting more events. Werner Books was previously located in Liberty Plaza just a few doors down."
"We're happy to be part of the developing part of the center of the city again, especially with Liberty Plaza itself is growing. We're getting more tenants in here, as we've expanded," said Shoemaker.
Churman added: "There's a lot of collaboration that can happen on the local level and the big box stores don't have that, they don't bring that to the table."