New Business Opens In Watford City -- March 13, 2016

This is really, really cool.

A long-time businesswoman in Watford City, with a store on Main Street, saw an opportunity to turn a vacant store next door into a new business: a coffee shop with art studio.

The Dickinson Press reports:

The new business, which celebrated its grand opening on Jan. 30, is one of several new small businesses to open recently in downtown Watford City.

“There’s some flavor coming back to Main Street,” said Gene Veeder, Beth’s husband and the county’s economic development director.

Horning left a job as a pressure tester in the oilfield to pursue his art professionally with his Shred the Lead Studio. In addition to his original paintings, Horning has a T-shirt screening business and has started a skateboard business with his nephew, Reese Clausen.

Veeder initially thought about a small corner coffee shop, but expanded it to allow room for people to meet.

There's always a chance I will move back to the Bakken once the grandchildren are grown. My wife continues to expand her interest in painting, and she loves coffee shops. She also loves a milder climate than the one we have here in north Texas. It is supposed to get to 78 degrees here in Grapevine, TX, about 20 degrees warmer than my wife likes. Watford City will be at a much more comfortable 62 degrees.