At the starting of April Moving around the corner Because they were capable of “take out” their current space because of the huge “community of independent book lovers” in the city.
But moving, from Middle Street to Main Street, needed a few more hands to make it occur.
“When I went down the stairs of the old store and looked, he turned around the corner, and saw this line … I really tried to hold it”, the owner of Michelle Tuplin Said ABC News.
Tuplin, who has been the owner of the store since 2017, said that about 300 members of the community got here out on April 13 to assist in moving, creating something called “Brigade Book”.
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Interestingly, the whole movement lasted only two hours, estimates Tuplin. About 9,100 books were handded by people of all ages around charming streets that look straight from the Hallmark movie.
Chelsea is about 60 miles from Detroit and has About 5,300 inhabitants. This signifies that about one in 17 residents of the city got here out of help. The store has been operating in the community since 1997.
“I think there was a 6-year-old and then a 91-year-old, so it passed the whole range,” said Tuplin ABC News. “I think that independent bookstores have a really important place in communities, and people feel property, a sense of being part of things, and we wanted to be able to help them in a significant way.”
Serendipity Books organizes its great event opening on April 26 to coincide with Independent Bookstore Day.