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Turnrow Book Company takes renovated department store, creates look and feel of an old European library.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 29-JAN-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Turnrow Book Company takes renovated department store, creates look and feel of an old European library.(Book Business)

Article Excerpt
GREENWOOD -- Turnrow Book Company's name is evocative of the rich heritage of the Mississippi Delta. Owners Jamie and Kelly Kornegay considered different names and were inspired by an old photo they saw of rows and rows of King Cotton growing in the area. One year ago, the young couple took over the existing Dancing Rabbit Bookstore and re-named it.

Last August, they moved into the bottom floor of the renovated Fountain Building on Howard Street in downtown Greenwood. Kornegay doesn't know when the old building, which housed the Fountain Department Store, was constructed, but residents share their fond memories of the store with him.

Asked why he and Kelly, along with daughter Sophie, decided to venture into the book business, he replied, "There was an earnest desire in Greenwood to have...

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