Calera Main Street officials help one couple with their dream wedding

SENATE. AND THAT IS THE NEWS WE LOVE OUT OF SHELBY COUNTY. OOH. THIS IS WHERE ONE COUPLE WILL SAY I DO NO COST. THANKS TO A BIG GIVEAWAY BY CALERA MAINE’S STREET OFFICIALS PATSY DOUGLAS LIVE LOCAL FROM CALERA. PATSY HAS SAID THIS YOUNG MAN SHOULDERS MOTORCYCLE TO BUY BUY A RING THAT IS TRUE LOVE PATSY. LISTEN. TRUE LOVE. THIS GIVEAWAY WAS WORTH $20,000. MANY OF THOSE BUSINESSES AND VENUES WILL BE HELPING OUT WITH THEIR SPECIAL DAY. BUT YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THIS. THE AVERAGE COST OF A WEDDING IN 2023 IS EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT $29,000. CALERA MAIN STREET AND OTHER LOCAL BUSINESSES, THEY TEAMED UP TOGETHER TO HELP CUT SOME OF THAT COSTS WITH A FREE WEDDING PACKAGE GIVEAWAY. ALEX JOHNSON AND DAVID LAURENT BECAME THE LUCKY WINNERS. NO WORDS COULD EXPLAIN HOW GRATEFUL I WAS. I WAS SUPER EXCITED, JUST SUPER EXCITED FOR ALEX AND JUST HAPPY THAT WE CAN GIVE HER HER DREAM WEDDING. NOW. NOW, THE COUPLE, THEY’VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS WAS STILL COMPLETING THEIR EDUCATION AND WORKING MULTIPLE JOBS. THEY KNEW IT WOULD BE A STRUGGLE PLANNING A WEDDING BY THEMSELVES. NOW THEY’RE THANKFUL CALERA MAIN STREET IS MAKING THEIR DREAMS COME TRUE. I MEAN, I GREW UP HERE AND MY DREAM JOB WAS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY OF CALERA AND WORK IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. IS THAT AND IT JUST IT FEELS GREAT THAT THE COMMUNITY IS GIVING BACK AND I JUST HOPE I CAN GIVE TO THE COMMUNITY LIKE THEY’RE GIVING TO ME NOW. CALERA MAIN STREET OFFERING. ALEX AND DAVID, LISTEN TO THIS. A FREE VENUE, CATERING, WEDDING PARTY, FLOWERS, CAKE, MUSIC, PHOTOGRAPHY AND SO MUCH MORE. THIS WEDDING ALSO GIVING CALERA BUSINESSES AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW OFF WHAT THE CITY HAS TO OFFER NOW AND IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AND THEY PLAN TO HAVE THIS DREAM WEDDING THIS SUMMER. AND OF COURSE, HAVING IT AT COLLECTIVISTS CHURCH AS WELL. AND CALE