STAUNTON — A new RV dealership has opened in Staunton, Waynesboro has a new coffee spot and ABC stores resume normal hours — here's the buzz.
New RV dealership opens in Staunton
Charlie Obaugh RV and Outdoors, part of the Charlie Obaugh Auto Group opened in early February atthe old Harley Davidson dealership just outside of Staunton. Last summer, it was announced the companypurchased the propertyat 213 Rolling Thunder Lane.
Eric Obaugh,dealer principal for the auto group, said the new store has been operating smoothly.
"The customer traffichas been incredible," he said. "RV inventory has been flowing in over the past few months from Jayco along with Keystone coming online. Plus, we have more inventory coming in monthly moving forward into the spring and summer. We have also become a Forest River dealer and we should start seeing inventory in the summer."
The new store has afull stock of EZ-GO products, with Cushmancoming soon andelectric Fission Cycles. Charlie ObaughRV and Outdoors also carriesColumbia appareland footwear, with new items coming in weekly, Obaugh said. The store also has hiking and camping gear, including kayaks.
"The building had great bones, just needed a makeover from motorcycles to RVs and outdoors along with a freshening up of the overall facility and property," Obaugh said.
"With adding our new RV and outdoor store to this location, it has created the opportunity to enhance our brand, exposureand to add to what we have been doing for 47 years in our community,giving back locally," Obaugh continued.
The Charlie Obaugh Auto Group has been serving the Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia since 1976 offering a line up of Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Kia, Mitsubishi, and Jayco. They are located off U.S. 11 outside of Staunton near Va. 262.
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New coffee shop in Waynesboro
Becky Quick was the manager at the BP Station on West Main Street in Waynesboro for a number of years and she wanted a change.
"I needed something different," she said.
There's been an empty storefront available at her husband's furniture store just down the street, Quick's Used Furniture. Tim Quick has owned the business for 42 years and there was a salon in the empty storefront, but that was decades ago.The space was being used for storage.
Becky Quickthought it would be the perfect spot for a coffee shop. That's how Bec's Coffee Shop came to be. It opened in October and she said business has been pretty steady. She serves drip coffee, cold brew, doughnuts, breakfast options, pastries, a brown bean dish every Wednesday, hot dogs, ice cream and more.
It's like a little shop with a little bit of everything — snacks, drinks and a place to hang out. She has WiFi in the shop and encourages people to bring their computers and do work if they want. She originally intended it to be for students, but it's grown since then.
Quick said she enjoys being her own boss. For now, she's the only employee and she likes it that way.
She's open from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. The store is located at 100 N. Magnolia St. in Waynesboro.
ABC stores return to normal hours
Virginia ABC stores will return to normal operating hours starting March 1.
All stores will open by 10 a.m. every day, apart from some stores that regularly open later on Sundays, a release said. Closing times may vary throughout the state.
“With COVID-19 case numbers once again falling in Virginia, we are now able to return to our normal operating hours,” Travis Hill, chief executive officer of Virginia ABC, said in a release. “We truly appreciate our retail team’s dedication and flexibility throughout this pandemic, and we look forward to serving our customers with expanded hours soon.”
Since Jan. 24, all ABC stores have been on reduced hours, opening at noon due to the increasing number of COVID cases affecting staffing.
Future decisions related to ABC store operations will be made based on the best information available to ABC and implemented on a case-by-case basis, the release said.
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