The Last Page Book Shop recently hosted its official ribbon-cutting with the Moab Chamber of Commerce to celebrate the shop's grand opening at 55 E. 100 South in downtown Moab, Utah, the Sun News reported.
Owner Jasmin Atwood said opening a bookstore and sharing "how magical books can be with other people" had been a dream for years. "The opportunity never came together--until it did."
The day after last Thursday's festivities, Atwood posted on Instagram: "The BIGGEST thank you to everyone who came to support us at our grand opening last night! The support we’ve received from the community in the last few weeks has been unreal and I couldn’t be more grateful.... It was the best night."
She told the Sun News that when she first saw the restored 112-year-old building listed as a commercial property, it spoke to her: "This building had the perfect layout, and once I saw it, I knew I had to try."
Atwood turned the space into a functioning bookshop and juice bar within "two months and a lot of improvisation, stocking shelves with a distinct selection of titles not found elsewhere in town," the Sun News wrote, adding that the juice and smoothie bar "is the only one of its kind in town, a point of pride for Atwood."
"There are very few resources when it comes to this type of business," she said, "and I had to do a lot of guesswork to get it to fit the vision I had in mind."