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An interior designer, a stylist and an event planner are bringing together their expertise to develop a wide-ranging lifestyle boutique in Marietta.

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Saint + Goldie has been a long-time dream of Caroline Gordon, Liz Sicard and Bri Williams, and the time was golden to bring it to fruition.

“It was altogether good timing for us to chase the dream,” Williams told What Now Atlanta. “We all have different skillsets we bring to the table, different career paths we’ve been on thus far.”

Whether customers are seeking a gift or furnishing a home, the all-encompassing shop will feature home decor, accessories, children’s items, textiles and even a signature candle scent created with The Minted Market. There will also be larger furniture items and custom offerings.

“Our idea behind it was to be heavily curated, but at all price points,” Sicard said. “Anybody can come in and find a unique or thoughtful gift, whether your budget is 10 dollars or you’re looking to spend upward of a couple hundred. We’re offering something for everyone.”

Each of the owners brings unique experience and expertise to the business.

“We all bring something to the table, with Liz with interior design, Brianna with event and bridal, I do styling,” Gordon said. “We wanted to create a space that we can kind of do everything for you.”

Saint + Goldie is being built out at 397 North Sessions Street, next to Sessions Stand, a coffee shop and bakery.

“It truly came into our laps so perfectly,” Williams said. “It felt so meant to be from the beginning. We knew immediately that was where we wanted to be.”

The trio, who are local to the area and passionate about the neighborhood, have had their eye on the space and the potential it had, especially after Sessions Stand (owned by Katie and Micah Pfister) relocated to the building a few months ago. Then things really fell into place.

“We’ve all lived here for quite a long time,” Sicard said. “We pass by it going to the park. It was always like, that would be such a cool space. Katie and Micah, when they moved Sessions Stand over to the new space, it was kind of wild. I had this tugging on my heartstring, ‘I should ask if they’re gonna have any space available for rent’ … Katie reached out to us, ‘Hey, I hear you guys are interested in opening a space in Marietta.'”

As a vendor at the recent Sessions Stand Holiday Market, Saint + Goldie gave visitors a sneak preview of some of the offerings they’ll be able to find at the shop.

Sicard, Gordon and Williams expressed gratitude for the kindness they’ve experienced through the process, whether it’s customers getting excited for the doors to open, or those involved in the buildout of the shop – all equally important pieces to the puzzle.

As a tight-knit group and built-in support system (Gordon and Sicard are sisters, and Williams was one of the first friends they met when they moved to Georgia from Pennsylvania as kids), the challenges of opening a business become easier to navigate.

“Having a really great support system that we can lean on has been super helpful,” Gordon said. “If one of us is like, ‘This isn’t going well,’ we pick each other up. We’re gonna figure it out.”

With construction almost complete, Saint + Goldie is expected to open in early 2024.

“We’re excited to be a part of the Marietta community,” Gordon said. “We have a lot of events planned for the future, and we can’t wait to open our doors to everyone.”

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MARIETTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - More than 400 movie and studio productions are produced in Georgia each year. Big-scale productions happen all over the state.

One of those movies, Reptile starring Benicio Del Toro and Justin Timberlake, just dropped on Netflix. It was partially filmed in Cobb County’s Marietta.

Scouts for Reptile wanted a retro vibe, which they found with The Manely Firm. But instead of a law firm, the building was turned into a real estate company. The production company paid to take over the property for four days.

“There’s hardly a day that goes by in Marietta that you don’t see a film crew set up somewhere. I mean at least weekly,” said Shelia Manely, business manager for The Manely Firm. “I can count on one hand five people that I know who have had filming either in their offices or in their homes.”

Manely said they had a pleasant experience with the movie-making process and they’d do it again, even though the production company threw them a curve ball. Manely called it a plot twist.

“We got a call about 10 o’clock and they said, ‘We want to break out the front window,’” she said. “Then we were like, what? And they said they promised they’d have it boarded up immediately after and replace within 24 hours after and they did.”

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Due to a nondisclosure, Manely couldn’t talk dollar amounts but said movie-making helps to offset costs.

The city of Marietta also generates money from movie-making. Parks and Recreation Director Richard Buss says they issue on average about 35 permits for filming per year, but he says local businesses are the ones that really profit.

“We have three or four churches that always provide parking. They’ll be there for four days with the base camp,” Buss said.

According to the governor’s office, 2022 saw a new record. The film and television industry spent $4.4 billion in Georgia.

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MARIETTA, Ga., Oct. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Crunch Franchise today announced the upcoming opening of Crunch Marietta, a $5 million, 30,000-square-foot fitness facility, with state-of-the-art equipment. Crunch Marietta is located in a newly renovated space at 2203 Roswell Rd., East Lake Plaza Shopping Center.

Fusing fitness with entertainment to make serious exercise fun, Crunch Marietta will offer top-quality strength training equipment, extensive selection of premier cardio equipment, Group Fitness Studio, the HIITZone™, Training Hub, a Cycling Studio, Dry Saunas, HydroMassage® Tanning, spacious locker rooms, and more. Members looking for assistance reaching their goals will have access to our staff of highly experienced personal trainers.

CR Fitness Holdings LLC. is operated by Vince Julien, Geoff Dyer, Tony Scrimale, and Jeff Dotson, who combined have more than 100 years of experience in the fitness industry. The CR Fitness team currently operates 56 locations in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Texas. Crunch Marietta will be the 12^th location to open in the Atlanta region.

"We are looking forward to bringing the exciting and inclusive Crunch workout experience to the community surrounding our newest location in Marietta," says CR Fitness CEO Tony Scrimale. "With top-quality equipment, amazing group fitness classes and personal training, there is something for everyone at an unbeatable value."

Crunch is known for its innovative group fitness programming and will offer a wide range of classes every week, including BodyWeb with TRX®, Zumba®, Cardio Tai Box, Yoga Body Sculpt and Fat Burning Pilates. Members looking for additional guidance or motivation can utilize the HIITZone™, a proprietary high-intensity interval group training program.

Saturday October 21st, prospective members can visit www.crunchmarietta.com for a one day, online only sale to join at discounted rates for memberships beginning at $9.99 per month, with $0 enrollment fees and ability to save $120 annually on membership options. The first 500 founding members will also receive a free t-shirt, discounts on both small group and personal training, and more.

Crunch is a gym that believes in making serious exercise fun by fusing fitness and entertainment and pioneering a philosophy of 'No Judgments.' Crunch serves a fitness community for all kinds of people with all types of goals, exercising all different ways, working it out at the same place together. Today, we are renowned for creating one-of-a-kind group fitness classes and unique programming for our wildly diverse members. Headquartered in New York City, Crunch serves two million members with over 440 gyms worldwide in 37 states, the District of Columbia, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Portugal, Puerto Rico, and Spain. Crunch is rapidly expanding across the U.S. and around the globe.

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Marietta leaders could decide on Wednesday if they want to approve an apartment development that some say is too big for the downtown area.

Why it matters: While multi-family construction has boomed in Atlanta over the last several years, many of its suburban counterparts remain resistant to higher-density projects.

The latest: Bridger Properties' plan to build 122 units and 6,000 square feet of commercial space was rejected the second time last week by the Marietta Historic Board of Review.

Catch up quick: The developer in March initially submitted a request to build 135 units in an 84-foot tall building on an existing parking lot at Polk Street and North Marietta Parkway.

What they're saying: Beemon told Axios that after that rejection, Bridger worked with Cobb Landmarks to come up with a project that met the design and height requirements.

The other side: According to the Marietta Daily Journal, Historic Board of Review members still say the current proposal includes too large a building for the area.

What we're watching: The Council meeting starts at 7pm at City Hall.