A new multi-merchant marketplace for home goods is opening in Indian Trail.
Southern Marketplace will feature "shabby chic furniture, home accessories - shabby and new, (and) handcrafted jewelry shops," said owner Phyllis Smith in an email.
The shop, at 5411 Highway 74 West, has a grand opening today (Saturday, July 16). Planned events include sales in the parking lot, on the sidewalk and in a tent, as well as cornhole contests and door prizes every 30 minutes.
The shop features individual vendors who rent space in the store to sell their goods.
Said Smith: "All of us at Southern Marketplace believe there should still be some shops as individual as the people who shop in them, and not just another big box store."