Of These Mountains

Around Town Of These Mountains is Sprouting Up All Over

By Kendall R. Rumsey

Well 2022 has got us all on the run and Of These Mountains is no different. This year we have so many exciting things ahead we can barely contain ourselves! Right after the first of the year, we announced that Of These Mountains would be opening our second retail store. This second location will bring us home, to Downtown Clayton! This Spring, Of These Mountains will be opening at 39 East Savannah Street. We are so excited about this new location and can’t wait to open and provide all of our great merchandise for our hometown community. In addition to our own merchandise, the Clayton store will also feature products created by local and area vendors. We are currently filling those retail slots, if you have something you think would work well with our brand, contact us, we are always happy to check it out! We will keep our Clarkesville store open and continue to work with partners to carry our line in their own retail shops. Currently, in addition to our retail stores, OTM can be found in Helen, Lakemont, Hayesville and we have other exciting opportunities coming up. Our online store continues to grow, with customers from all 50 states and 2 foreign countries in 2021! www.ofthesemountains.com Spring and Summer will keep us busy with festivals throughout Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee, as we have done over the past few years. We get excited when we can take our brand to other locations, helping us spread the story of Rabun County, the people who call us home and the community that makes us so special. Our final announcement (for now) is the Of These Mountains Spring MarketPlace. After the success of our Fall MarketPlace this past November, we will once again return to the Rabun County Pavilions in May. With 100 craftspeople, artists, makers and small businesses, the Of These Mountains Spring MarketPlace will be held on Saturday, May 14th from 10am until 5pm. We are super excited about the year ahead. It’s going to be a lot, so bear with us, but we are growing because of your support, our hometown, our neighbors, the generations that came before us and those yet to come. We are proud to represent Rabun County with our Of These Mountains brand and look forward to continuing to tell our story! Here’s to 2022 and to moving forward!

Kendall Rumsey is a resident of Clayton, Georgia. He is owner of the lifestyle brand Of These Mountains and author of the blog, Notes from a Southern Kitchen. www.ofthesemountains.com www.notesfromasouthernkitchen.com