Local goods + clothing + accessories = River & Grace

DURAND – By pure coincidence, two women from Durand were brought together and developed a partnership through their joint business venture, River & Grace.

Ashley Urness and Ashley Dorschner said they already knew each other through their children when they discovered they both were exploring the idea of starting their own businesses.

“We spent quite a bit of time together (at) different sporting events (for our kids) and so forth, and didn’t realize we had the same interests until a local business entrepreneur that buys rental properties, fixes them up and then leases them out, brought us together because we both inquired about a space she had listed for rent,” Urness said...