Iris Books will open next summer at 702 W. Main St. in Greeneville, Tenn. The Greeneville Sun reported that owner Americo Rodrigues plans to launch the new shop, which will also have a small coffee bar with pastries for sale, in a building that is currently being remodeled. Construction began last August after Rodrigues purchased the location.
The bookstore will feature a general-interest inventory, along with some sections geared toward homeschoolers, as well as children's books and used books.
Rodrigues, who expects current construction and remodeling of the building to be completed by the end of March, added that he and his wife lived in Florida "pretty much all our lives," but wanted to move to this area in search of "a simpler way of life" without excessive heat or humidity. He named Iris Books after Tennessee's state flower.