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Millies Drapery & Decorating celebrates reopening one year after fire
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June Kinsey, right, chats with Kathie and Roger Futrell Wednesday afternoon at the grand reopening of Millie's Drapery & Decorating on Cleveland Highway. After fire destroyed the longtime Gainesville business in August 2016, the team moved to a temporary location across from Publix on Thompson Bridge Road but is now back at its original site in a new building.
John Kinsey recalled the tragic day, as he held the ribbon that would be cut and mark a new day for Millie’s Drapery & Decorating in Gainesville. “A year ago today, we stood right here embracing each other, giving God the glory for what he was going to do,” said Kinsey, co-owner with wife June. “He did it. He proved again that he is stronger than we are.” An overnight, accidental fire — thought to be electrical in nature — consumed the business at 1732 Cleveland Highway, but there was never a doubt what the next step would be. “We’ll start again,” Kinsey said after the Aug. 9, 2016, blaze.