Main & Mountain Bookstore held a grand opening celebration in Kernersville, N.C., on Saturday, November 29, the High Point Enterprise News reported.
Located at 103 N. Main St. in Kernersville, Main & Mountain sells general-interest titles with an emphasis on local authors and nonbook items made from local artists and artisans. Owner Danielle Darnell plans to host a variety of community events such as book clubs, poetry slams, and live music, and she hopes the store will become a place where local authors, artists, and readers can meet and connect.
"It’s going to grow into something that really supports the local authors and local artists and help [the] community thrive and grow," Darnell told the High Point Enterprise News. "Not everybody is able to sell their things online or advertise their things online, so it will be nice to really support them and their crafts."
Darnell and her husband were inspired to open a bookstore of their own after Kernersville's previous independent bookstore, Byrdhouse Books, closed. "My husband and I thought it over, and we decided that the town needed to keep a bookstore," Darnell recalled. "I think a lot of people in the town really enjoyed it and a lot of people were sad to see it go. We wanted to make sure that a bookstore would stay here."