Small events venue opens in Wesson

Wesson News

The Event Room is a new Wesson venue featuring a 825 square foot main room.

      A venue for small events has been opened by C&L Treasures (CLT) around the corner on Spring Street from its store on Highway 51.

      Birthday parties, baby showers and a workout coach have already been using The Event Room since its opening on March 22, says CLT owner-manager Christy Shaw.

      “We have 825 square foot main room, kitchenette and bathroom,” she adds.  “It’s ideal for relatively small events, including meetings, receptions and classes and trainings.”

      The building that houses it has been a project in the works for several years, evolving from a shell building with a dirt floor, walls and a roof that needed to be finished and installation of electrical and plumbing systems.

      Before moving into its current Highway 51 location, Shaw used it for CLT where customers acquire fleas, arts and crafts and boutique items, support home-operated businesses around town that make many of the special gift products it sells and help victims of child sex trafficking, all at the same time.

      Like CLT, the profits generated by The Event Room will support Life View Ministries (LVM), which Shaw started with her husband, Wesson Mayor Alton Shaw “to help people view their lives and inform their life through Christ” with a specific focus on child sex trafficking.

“The Events Room is LVM’s  latest  step beyond yard sales that became a store,” Shaw relates.  “We grew as donors started giving us items to resell and home-based businesses in the community looked to us to sell their products.  Our profits go to one home for child sex trafficking victims, and we hope our work can support other places where they can not only find a safe place, but get help in ongoing recovery.”

Rental fees for The Events Room are $75 for a half-day, $125 for a full-day and $100 per day for multiple-day use.  Telephone 601-918-3344.