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Open Bay will be ‘designed around people’

Business will be auto repair, coffee shop and nail service
By: Dave Thompson|April 13, 2026
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    • Open Bay Auto  – a business that combines an auto repair shop, coffee/snack shop, library and nail saloon all under one roof – will host a public grand opening from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 16. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

     Wendy and Chris Hermann are getting ready to make their longtime dream come true by opening a new type of business. It will combine an auto repair shop, coffee/snack shop, library and nail saloon all under one roof.

    “It’s going to be a boutique shop that also happens to do auto repairs. … This will be…

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