Champaign-based floral designer Andrea Hunt-Shelton is getting ready to open a new multi-vendor shop that will house her floral studio and several additional businesses serving weddings and other events.
C-U Flower House by A. Hunt Design is set to open in early December at 2000 S. Neil St., C.
Hunt-Shelton said the new location will also house an event rental business providing ceremony arches, rentable chandeliers, vintage couches and rugs and other items for events.
She also plans to have a table that can seat up to 15 people in the floral shop that will be available to book several nights a week for catered dinners.
She plans to add a second table later that can seat another 15 people.
Also to be at this location will be co-op space for others in the events business, such as photographers and videographers, to meet with clients, she…