A roller skating rink in granville is getting new ownership and our marisa oberle talked to them about why now was their time to buy heather niemeyer and jenny sticketty grew up skating here at the terry hall roller ring so back in december when they found out the rink was going up for sale
With the possibility of it turning into something other than a place to skate they knew they needed to do something it’s all like surreal that whole dream come true fairy tale yeah it doesn’t really feel real quite yet the moment is still settling in for heather niemeyer and jenny stickety
The two gliding alongside their children friday at the terry hall roller skating rink in granville just hours after they alongside their husbands purchased it we wanted to continue to be able to bring our kids here and have some place to go and something fun to do the rink originally opened in 1959
You know so many people have an attachment to this place but it’s not until the early 90s when heather and jenny started making memories there it’s been a massive part of our lives for the last 30 years jenny even finding love on the rink i met my husband here we trained together
He competed on the junior world team i competed on the senior world team we came here on our wedding day so when the former owner listed the rink for sale this past december the decision devastated them offers soon came in she had one to be an antique mall
Storage warehouse a church a fitness center they turned those emotions into action though the two not willing to let the rink turn into anything else we texted back and forth a little bit about everything and here we are and with that now behind them they’re focused on running a business in
The middle of a pandemic we have glass that we’re behind when we’re selling tickets we’ve installed hand sanitizer in places all of our employees are masked we require masks inside the building hoping to create an even bigger impact in west michigan we’re ready to hit the ground running with this thing and
And make it even greater i feel like we’re on the cusp now for a full breakdown of when the rink is open just head to our website at fox17online.com reporting in granville marisa oberli fox 17 news
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