A jewelry store in Atascadero, CA, was about to close for good as its owners retired.
But a former employee had other ideas.
Stan and Mary Sherwin operated K. Jons Diamonds and Gems for 40 years and were set to cease operations in early January, The Tribune reports.
But then Lindsay Jane Chatham, who began working for the store as a teenager and continued for several years, decided to move back to town with her husband, Greg, and take over the business.
“We found out they were retiring, and so many things had to fall into place. It was crazy,” she was quoted saying.
The store will operate as K. Jons Jewelry Co., according to The Tribune.
The Chathams, both of whom are gemologists, will lease the store space from the Sherwins. They’ll keep most of K. Jons’s employees.
One thing they aren’t buying from the Sherwins is inventory. Most of that was purchased in a going-out-of-business sale.
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