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More Southern Success Stories in Florence, Alabama

Posted: May 26, 2009

 

When I was a child the only bookstore of any size in North Alabama was Anderson Books which first opened in Florence, Alabama in the 1950s. By 1992 this small business which had begun as a newstand built by an enterprising 14 year old boy became a corporate giant. Anderson Books, named for the Anderson family who started the business, metamorphosed into Books-A-Million. You can read all about this amazing Rags to Riches story on Swampland.

However, the closing of Anderson Bookland is not the ending but the beginning of another story. Just proir to and in the years following 9/11 a number of downtown Florence business, including Bookland, closed their doors. Then Florence began to undergo a renaissance. New business sprung up along Court Street and other thorougfares. This urban regeneration was stimulated by in part by Billy Reid, renowned clothing designer, who opened his store in historic Pickett Place in 2004. PIckett Place is charming beyond words and Reid's designs are handsome and tastefully displayed, but space and limited and in order to meet the growing market Reid has decided to expand his Florence store and make Florence his headquarters.

Currently Billy Reid is restoring the old Bookland building and plans to move his corportate headuarters from Dallas, Texas,  to downtown Florence. For more about Billy Reid, see the following articles: Clothing Designer Billy Reid Moves Corporate Headquarters and A Touch of Southern Style in NYC.

---Penne J. Laubenthal

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