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New Gainesville boutique Garment and Grace offers something for every woman

Misti Patton, manager, works at the cash register Friday at Garment and Grace boutique in Gainesville. The store opened for business June 22 on Washington Street. - photo by Erin O. Smith

0904GARMENTSbiz 0001 — Misti Patton, manager, works at the cash register Friday at Garment and Grace boutique in Gainesville. The store opened for business June 22 on Washington Street. - photo by Erin O. Smith

Before Happy Volle started a two-decade career as an educator, she wanted to be a store owner. “I had been an elementary school teacher for 20 years,” Volle said. “This is something that I was interested in before I went to school to be a teacher, but never really pursued.