. >> i'm amber rayburn and i'm ashley smith. >> we own a gallery and we've been open for nine days. > does having your own business, your own store in downtown natchez mean to you? >> it's something that i've always wanted. always wanted to open up a store. >> when you were deciding to open up this store and do it in downtown natchez, were you nervous at all walking around and seeing a lot of storefronts boarded up, vacancies? >> definitely. we were nervous anyway to open up a store because i've never been in this kind of industry. i was nervous but optimistic that it would do well. i feel like natchez needed this. >> do you think that you can survive by just having this storefront on main street? can you make enough money? >> we hope we can. we're very optimistic about it. we're just hoping and praying. >> my name is mary beth shown and the name of my business is m. schoen. i've been on main street in natchez for eight years, ever since katrina. i have an online business, m schoen.com and an online magazine called modern silver.com and i've written a couple of books on american studi