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| Plenty Downtown Bookshop's new location | |
Plenty Downtown Bookshop, Cookeville, Tenn., has moved across the street from its previous location, doubling in size. Founded in 2022 as Plenty on Spring, the store moved in 2023 because of flooding problems and changed its name. The nonprofit bookstore is owned by Lisa and Dave Uhrik and Ashley Michael. The Uhriks also own Franklin Fixtures, the major supplier of display shelves and fixtures to independent bookstores and specialty retailers in North America.
The store quickly outgrew the second location, and what Lisa Uhrik called her "dream space" became available across the street. The new location, with lovely fixtures, is in a building where her great aunts used to work.
The Uhriks and Ashley Michael aim to continue their commitment to improving literacy and elevating book culture in the region. Plenty Downtown Bookshop hosted more than 400 events last year and recently partnered with a local winery, Delmonaco, to host Wine & Words. The book fair for grownups featured 20 authors and attracted more than 500 guests for a weekend of books, panels, and mixing wine and the power of the written word. Plenty has also donated thousands of books to the community, with books going to an expanding network of little book libraries, other nonprofit organizations, and local schools.