The Shell Factory may have closed its doors, but the vendors who once set up there are finding new life here at Paradise Vintage Market. Fox 4’s North Fort Myers Community Correspondent Austin Schargorodski works in the area daily, so he went to the market to talk to a vendor about their journey and resilience.
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FRESH START: Closed Shell Factory vendors find new home at Paradise Vintage Market
Rows of tables filled half the parking lot, as customers perused the handmade goods and vintage finds. Captain Brandon Grendell, owner of the Potato Pirate Food Truck, used to sell cottage goods at the Shell Factory. He says this market has given him a way to keep his business growing.
“If it wasn’t for something like this, the economy, growth and regrowth, and recovery would be that much slower. So, I love seeing that resurgence and that effort out of the community to be able to keep growing and get back together,” said Grendell.
Austin Schargorodski