Village Square moving soon across square to former Cottonwood Gallery location

Members discuss transition period and opening date

  • Village Square members, from left, Dorothy Balaban and Loretta Jost stand in front of the former location of Cottonwood Gallery. The retail cooperative will be moving from its location to the previous gallery space at the end of February. Moving members Joyce Dose, Becky Freelend and Janet Alberts are not pictured.
    Village Square members, from left, Dorothy Balaban and Loretta Jost stand in front of the former location of Cottonwood Gallery. The retail cooperative will be moving from its location to the previous gallery space at the end of February. Moving members Joyce Dose, Becky Freelend and Janet Alberts are not pictured.

    The Village Square retail cooperative is moving out of its current location on the east side of the downtown square in the coming weeks to the former Cottonwood Gallery & Arts location on the south side of the plaza due to a change in building ownership. After Clint Mickey, co-owner of Cornwell Inc., bought the building, cooperative members stated that they had to move and plan to open their …