The Dispatch
A candle company in Reedy Creek has caught the attention of a Hollywood celebrities; the Welcome McDonald s is undergoing renovation; and a woman s clothing boutique in Lexington is shutting down after nine years of business. Here s What s Happening in Davidson County.
Candle company growing, reaching the stars
Watson Candle Company, a small, Davidson County business that opened three months ago, has landed on the radar of a Hollywood celebrity who has promoted the 100 percent soy, woodwick jar candles on his social media page.
The recognition also pushed up plans for founder and owner Bradley Watson to launch an online website so people who live outside Davidson County and can t travel here are able to purchase online and have the candles shipped to them. Before this, the only way to buy a 12 oz. candle, in one of over 100 scents was to travel to Bradley s Candle Shop in Tyro and fork over $8 cash.
Lexington clothing boutique, Copper Lane on Main, has closed its doors for good.
Misty McMillion, who opened the store above Textür Salon & Wellness Spa at 113 N. Main St. in September 2020, said the store closed on Dec. 24, a few days shy of its four-month anniversary.
McMillion, who opened her first women s clothing store in Welcome in May 2020, said several reasons played into the closing of the Lexington location. Business never took off like her Welcome location, she said. One, we opened in the middle of a pandemic, she continued. Then everything with the Confederate monument happening in downtown. People were not coming to downtown to shop for months with the protests going on every day. Then so many big events were canceled because of COVID, where I could have gotten word out about the store... And so many people who usually work from offices in downtown are not doing that now. That all hurt businesses.