A love of handcrafted Amish furniture sparked one couple's desire to come out of retirement and build a new specialty store in Cedar Springs. The duo, longtime sellers of Amish goods, hope to open the store before the holiday shopping season.
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While some people think it might not be a good idea to open a business during a recession, Bob and Betty Truesdale believe they can make a go of it -- for a third time. The Rockford couple received approval Thursday to build a 1,963-square-foot retail establishment and 2,233-square-foot dwelling on a vacant lot at 141 S. Main St. Betty Truesdale said a trip to Lancaster County, Pa., long ago sparked her love of Amish-crafted goods, and that will be the store's specialty, particularly hand-crafted furniture which she and her husband started selling out of a Courtland Township barn in 1992. Within seven years, they outgrew that site, and they moved their Hay Loft store to the Cedar Rock strip mall in Algoma Township. That operated -- with sales in excess of $700,000 annually -- until December 2007.
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