The support from their city motivated the owners to find a new location just a mile from their original building.
by Tyler Russ
Lisa Mack was at a loss for words when she heard the news. After eight years, she would have to find a new place to set up her antique shop.
“I was devastated honestly, it was just terrible,” Mack said. “We spent so long to become a piece of this community and were doing so great; it was just sad.”
The Success of Two LiRu
Two LiRu was just one of the antique shops Lisa Mack had run over the years, but it was becoming the most successful. Located on Main Street in Acworth, Mack and her business associate Ryan Blankenberger had built a reputation for selling a wide array of interesting items in their shop. The store was filled with a collection of vinyl records, vintage clothing, antique collectibles, taxidermied animals, sports cards, Halloween-themed memorabilia, and more.
Antiques have become more popular in recent years, especially vinyl records. A 2022 report by the Recording Industry Association of America revealed that vinyl records continued to grow in sales for the sixteenth consecutive year. Records also accounted for 71% of the total sales for physical copies of music.
Jeff Chase, the Director of Downtown Development, Tourism and History Preservation for the City of Acworth, said that Two LiRu’s collection of vinyl records, vintage clothing, and antique collectibles made them a staple in Downtown Acworth.
“Two LiRu offered an eclectic mix of antiques and collectibles and gave people visiting downtown a really cool retail place to explore,” Chase said. “They have been a retail anchor in the Historic District for nearly a decade, and pulled foot traffic to that end of downtown.”
Kollin Washington was one of the many customers who came for their collection of vintage clothes. He said he would stop by whenever he had the chance to check out the new pieces Mack had brought into the…
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