{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"W.D. Bryant celebrated the opening of Outdoor Solutions &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2qyjNpk9Z7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/w-d-bryant-celebrated-the-opening-of-outdoor-solutions\/\">W.D. Bryant celebrated the opening of Outdoor Solutions<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/w-d-bryant-celebrated-the-opening-of-outdoor-solutions\/embed\/#?secret=2qyjNpk9Z7\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;W.D. Bryant celebrated the opening of Outdoor Solutions&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"2qyjNpk9Z7\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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Bryant is celebrated the grand opening of its newest edition, Outdoor Solutions, on March 19 and 20. \u201cThe Outdoor Solutions is an extension of W.D. Bryant\u2019s,\u201d said Jeff Earnest, co-owner of W.D. Bryant. \u201cIt was a brain storm with Lee and us, and we got together and just decided to do something different.\u201d \u201cWe try to get something for everybody \u2013 something for people who want to plant, who want to do d\u00e9cor, something for grilling \u2013 just all different areas of outdoor,\u201d said Earnest. \u201cWe also have, in our outdoor solutions, farm products also. We are pleased to get stuff from Southern States and so we have those products available.\u201d Outdoor solutions has a variety of products ranging from lawn and gardening tools and products to grilling and patio essentials. Work on Outdoor Solutions began in September. \u201cThis really, like I said out there, stems from a pandemic event,\u201d said Lee Bryant, co-owner of W.D. Bryant. \u201cWe sold more outdoor goods last year than in the history of the company.\u201d \u201cPeople wanted to be outside. They were stuck at home; they were going to put in a garden,\u201d said Bryant. \u201cThis was spurred by pandemic, really. We grew lawn and garden last year by 40 percent and we said, \u2018We have got the opportunity right now to do something.\u2019\u201d The closure of several local businesses created an opening in the market for Outdoor Solutions to fill the gap. The slogan for the extension is \u201cWhere every garden gets its start.\u201d \u201cI love that,\u201d said Bryant. \u201cThis is more than a plant store. You can do a raised bed garden with vegetables; you can decide you want to landscape the front of your house here. You can decide that you are going to just put a pot on the porch here. You can decide that you are going to have a zen garden, and you are going to put a fire pit out there. You are going to gravel an area where you can go and escape the world. This has maybe five or six gardens in one.\u201d W.D. Bryant is a family company that has been in Williamsburg for 93 years. The Corbin location opened in the early 2000s. \u201cI am thankful that we are nimble,\u201d said Bryant. \u201cI am thankful that we haven\u2019t decided we are a lumber store and that is it.\u201d Bryant said that he loves how the business has grown from a necessity type store to a retail location. He predicts that Outdoor Solutions will be the fastest growing department in the business. \u201cWe want to be able to serve the community because we know this is a need, and we also want to be able to see the community grow greener and have more of a beautiful area,\u201d said Earnest. \u201cAnything we can do at W.D. Bryant to help people to be able to create the yard of their dreams.\u201d Corbin Mayor Suzie Razmus was present for the ribbon cutting Friday morning. She said, \u201cI am very impressed with what they have done here with this space. It is beautiful. It is really going to be an asset to our community.\u201d After presenting Bryant and Earnest with a Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce plaque, Bruce Carpenter, the executive director of the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, told the News Journal, \u201cThe Bryants have done such a great job over the years supporting our community, and to bring this to downtown is just another great addition to our community.\u201d W.D. Bryant in Corbin is located on South Main Street. The store is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m."}