There is a new outdoors store opening in Rome and it opens on September 9th. It's called Runnings. We got the chance to get an advanced look at the new ‘Runnings’.

Whether your a camper, hunter, fisher, mechanic, or pet owner, this will be your new chose for all of your needs.

The store originated in Minnesota and the original owners were The Runnings family. Lance Buckingham who is the General Manager of the new store in Rome had this to say about the small chain of stores:

It’s a family owned business, the owners are involved,” Buckingham said. “This is truly just a large-scale mom and pop store. It’s not a huge franchise or anything like that, it’s not corporately owned and there’s no stock holders.

Runnings has provided 80+ new jobs for our area. The doors open September 9th, 2014

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