{"id":1486,"date":"2019-05-17T13:35:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T13:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/?p=1486"},"modified":"2019-05-17T13:55:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T13:55:00","slug":"todd-general-store-reopening-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/todd-general-store-reopening-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Todd General Store &#8211; Reopening This Summer!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"776\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1.jpg 776w, https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" \/><figcaption><em>The Todd General Store in Recent Years<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Meet the Connell family \u2013 new owners of the Todd General\nStore! You are sure to see Matthew, Andrea and their children Eleanor (8) and\nCharles (3) around town in the coming days and weeks as they work to reopen the\ngeneral store which has been closed for several years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"868\" src=\"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2.jpg 652w, https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Opening in July, the Connells plan to provide goods,\nservices and a gathering space to residents and visitors to Todd consistent\nwith the store\u2019s history and the needs of the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Todd General Store originally opened in 1914 just before\nTodd became the end stop of the Virginia Creeper railway. Today, according to Ted\nAlexander, Executive Director for the Western Region of Preservation North\nCarolina, it is one of very few authentic general stores remaining in North\nCarolina. The store is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places and\nis a key part of the Todd Historic District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3.jpg 940w, https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><figcaption><em>The Todd General Store with caboose in front circa 1960s.<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout its history, the Todd General Store served\ncommunity and visitor shopping needs and served as an informal community\ngathering place. The Connells envision running it as a true general store \u2013\nwith some updates. Household goods, a limited food menu including coffee,\nsmoothies and ice cream, and space for planned and informal gatherings will be\ndownstairs. Upstairs the Connells eventually plan to install artist maker-spaces\nto highlight and support contemporary crafts. The space will include a small\ngallery and will host workshops with an emphasis on ceramics and pottery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4.jpg 700w, https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption><em> Painting by Roger Bansemer for the PBS \u201cPainting &amp; Travel\u201d Series <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Connells came to the area as part of the Appalachian\nState University faculty where Andrea is a faculty member in the Department of\nFine Arts. Matthew will be running the store full time. Part of what drew them\nto the store in the first place was the small town sense of community that\nmakes Todd such a special place. They look forward to collaborating with local\nbusinesses and organizations as a community partner as well as making the store\na welcoming destination. &nbsp;\u201cThe hard work\nof evaluating and actually purchasing the property is behind us and now the fun\npart begins\u201d, says Matthew. If you see them out about town, please stop and say\nhello!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the Connell family \u2013 new owners of the Todd General Store! You are sure to see Matthew, Andrea and their children Eleanor (8) and Charles (3) around town in the coming days and weeks as they work to reopen&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}