{"id":46790,"date":"2015-03-14T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2015-03-14T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=46790"},"modified":"2015-03-14T08:00:52","modified_gmt":"2015-03-14T12:00:52","slug":"connollys-do-it-best-to-celebrate-grand-opening-of-wells-street-location-this-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2015\/03\/14\/connollys-do-it-best-to-celebrate-grand-opening-of-wells-street-location-this-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Connolly&#8217;s Do it Best to celebrate grand opening of Wells Street location this morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/Do_it_Best_logo.jpg\" alt=\"Do it Best Corp. logo.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>News release from Do it Best Corp.:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Connolly&#8217;s Do it Best Hardware and Rental to celebrate grand opening of Wells Street location March 14<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>(March 13, 2015) &#8211; Please join us as we celebrate the grand opening of Connolly&#8217;s Do it Best\u00c2\u00ae Hardware and Rental&#8217;s newest location on Wells Street on March 14.<\/p>\n<p>The new Connolly&#8217;s marks the return of a local, independent, neighborhood hardware store serving central\/downtown Fort Wayne for the first time in more than a decade &#8211; and it&#8217;s another positive sign of downtown development and the growth of residential living in the central part of the city.<\/p>\n<p>The grand opening will feature product demonstrations, customer drawings and giveaways and more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What<\/strong>: Grand opening of Connolly&#8217;s Do it Best Hardware and Rental<\/p>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: 9-11 am, Saturday, March 14<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where<\/strong>: 1642 North Wells Street<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/wells\/81643.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Judi Wire, WCBA President, displays one of the &quot;Tin Caps&quot;.  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Photo taken April 8, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='eee13eddf23ee17ac1c51a4b918a30cc' data-image-id=\"1376\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/wells\/81663.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/wells\/thumbs\/thumbs_81663.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/04\/08: Judi Wire hanging a ball and bat\" data-description=\"Judi Wire, WCBA President, hangs a ball and bat from a light pole along Wells Street.  The displays are saluting the opening Parkview Field and the TinCaps.  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Photo taken December 5, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='eee13eddf23ee17ac1c51a4b918a30cc' data-image-id=\"4857\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/wells\/122184.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/wells\/thumbs\/thumbs_122184.jpg\" data-title=\"Wells Street Corridor entrance sign\" data-description=\"The Wells Street Corridor entrance sign at Wells and Ewing Street decorated for the Christmas season. Photo taken December 5, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Wells Street Corridor entrance sign\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Wells Street Corridor entrance sign\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"4857\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/wells\/thumbs\/thumbs_122184.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/wells\/122391.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Great Panes Glass and Wells Street Corridor Christmas decorations. 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