Make sure to plan your trip for Tuesday through Saturday to eat here and enjoy the River view. Venturing out a little we spot the ‘Together WEtumpka Can Do So Much’ Mural which is located next door to Coaches Corner. The Big Fish House Wetumpka AL Coaches Corner Wetumpka
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This home is occupied, so you can’t go in, but it’s cool to see, especially if you are a fan of the movie or Home Town Takeover. High upon a hill behind the shop lined streets was The Big Fish House. I remember how excited she was when Erin came in to “shop” and let her know that her store was part of the Wetumpka town takeover. It’s always fun to see things in person and thriving that you’ve seen on TV. Remodeled and in business Wetumpka AL Company Street progress Wetumpka AL Infrastructure for progress Wetumpka AL Tourist Trap Visitors Center HGTV Home Town TakeoversĮxploring this area, we discovered more of the featured renos from Home Town Takeover. There was street construction at the end of that block, possibly working on a new roundabout for traffic flow? Here we spotted the familiar Tourist Trap, a brightly painted container Visitors Center. Company Street was blocked off to traffic while we were there, but sporting shiny new sidewalks and curbs. River Perk Coffee at 1st National Bank Bldg Sweet Home Books at Jerry’s Barber Shop Wetumpka Company Street Progress Frios Company StreetĪctually, most of the historic downtown buildings have now been updated and are occupied. I’m sure there are many more examples from what the buildings were originally. There is now a book store, Sweet Home Books, in the remodeled Jerry’s Barber Shop. This little coffee shop gets great reviews. The First National Bank is where you will find River Perk Coffee House. Their motto is ‘Not just cheesy… we wine a lot too!’ Love it! Fain Theater repurposed as Provisions Cheese & Wine Shoppe Other Buildings Repurposed Several historic locations have been updated and repurposed including Fain Theater which houses a couple of apartments and Provisions Cheese and Wine Shoppe. Big Fish by Brett Jakel Wetumpka AL Big Fish Hubcap Art sign Fain Theater Now Provisions It was gifted by Collier Ford and is neatly displayed and fenced in. More art is on display at Company Street and Hill Street intersection with Hubcap Art by Brett Jakel called Big Fish. The Alleyway Company St Wetumpka AL The Alleyway sign Company St Wetumpka AL History Mural The Alleyway Wetumpka Big Fish Wetumpka It reminds me of the Leontyne Park in Laurel, MS. It’s nicely landscaped and a great use of space. There’s The Alleyway, cutting through one of the Company Street’s blocks, with a mural of local history and also benches to take it in, while taking a break. Wetumpka Historic District Map The Alleyway Wetumpka We found Wetumpka had been building on the highly publicized town reno, and continuing the progress. We landed in an unusual configuration of streets, including the ones transformed on the show.
Rolling into town, it doesn’t seem that much different than any other small town until you get closer to the historic core. It was here, we crossed the Coosa River on the Bibb Graves Bridge. Bibb Graves Bridge Wetumpka AL Entering Wetumpka AL Here is what you can look forward to if you are visiting Wetumpka for the first time, and are wanting to see the various featured sites that were completed as part of the series. But she had told us, ‘If you ever have a need where I can help, I am so passionate about small-town rebirth, and I know that is what you care about too.’ So we had the opportunity to work with her.After watching all of the HGTV Home Town Takeover episodes on the renovation of Wetumpka, AL, we were intrigued enough to make this town a stop on our recent road trip East. Then when the pandemic happened, all that got put on hold. But as a fan of Home Town, she reached out to the Napiers to see if they’d help her design “some old airstreams,” explains Erin. Crow’s own home is an antique-filled Nashville compound which AD visited in 2019, and which she decorated herself. Her involvement happened quite organically, according to the Napiers. As if this show wasn’t ambitious enough, the Napiers also brought in other HGTV personalities and celebrities along the way, including Food Network star Eddie Jackson, Say Yes to the Dress host Randy Fenoli, Tamara Day, Steve Ford, Wendell Holland, Dave and Jenny Marrs, Jasmine Roth, Mina Starsiak Hawk, Jon-Pierre and Mary Tjon-Joe-Pin, Ty Pennington, and even (drumroll please) Grammy-winning singer Sheryl Crow, who gives the town an outdoor concert in the first episode.