Jeannette Fox, owner of the recently opened Tillie Towne gift shop, shows off her downtown Ringgold, Ga., store.• Name: Tillie Towne gift shop
• Location: 7679 Nashville St. in Ringgold, Ga.
• Contact information: Owner Jeannette Fox is at 706-935-2455 and tillietowne@hotmail.com
• Age: Opened Oct. 20
• Products/services: A variety of American-made products including gourmet chocolates, designer babywear, scented candles and sheep milk soap. “I have a conviction that because of our economy and because of the job situation in our country, in our local area, our region, that this was a way I could participate in helping my fellow man by supporting that rather than having those items imported,” Fox said.