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WARREN — The Blank Space, an event venue managed by cousins Nina Gabrelcik and Jennifer Wilson, opened its doors earlier this month with the goal of bringing a modernized open-space venue to the Trumbull County area.
Wilson described The Blank Space, 101 North River Road NW, as having a “modern farmhouse” theme with white brick walls with black accents.
“We want to provide you with just a big open room for you to throw an event, for photographers to come in and do photoshoots, have fitness classes, playdates, bridal showers, baby shower, stags. ... Any type of event where you need an open space to do something in, we want to provide that for you,” Wilson said.
Clients can rent The Blank Space for one of two 6-hour time slots daily for $200 — either morning from 10-4 a.m, or evening from 5-11 p.m.
The $200 fee buys access to the event space along with tables and chairs. An extra $50 fee will be charged to bring alcohol into the venue.
Wilson told Mahoning Matters that clients can bring in their own vendors such as caterers and photographers.
In the future, The Blank Space plans to have a list of trusted local vendors for customers' consideration like KMCreatives, a local photography business that will host a Christmas photo mini session at the venue on Nov. 30 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m for $20 a photo.
“[KMCreatives] is going to do like a five-minute shoot with all of our clients so they could get a picture for their Christmas cards or whatever they need their picture. I know families spend like $300 on pictures when they're only looking for one photo for one card,” she said. “It just gives the families flexibility … We're having cookies and milk for the kids writing letters to Santa and then they get their picture taken.”
Additionally, the venue offers “add ons” including a champagne wall for $150, camera and film for $40, linens for $125, cleanup for $100 and more.
Gabrelcik, who is a special education supervisor at Willard PK-8 School and Wilson who teaches third grade at Champion Elementary School, credits the inspiration for The Blank Space to their “creative teacher nature” Wilson said.
Wilson said that throwing parties at home can be a huge undertaking, factoring in weather for outside events and not having enough room to host a proper gathering inside a home.
Comparatively, hosting an event at a restaurant can limit clients to food from that specific restaurant and can often be costly, Wilson added.
“We just wanted people to have an open space where they can make it as simple as they wanted to or they can make it as elaborate as they wanted to,” she said.
Aside from clients hosting their own events, The Blank Space plans to host some events as well to familiarize the community with the venue.
“We want to do another mini photoshoot for Valentine's Day. [We’re] talking about having ‘Mimosa’s with Mom’ on Mother's Day and kind of start bringing those [events] that we see trending [and] bringing them into our space,” Wilson said.
The Blank Space is aiming to partner with local organizations to donate the venue for fundraisers, Wilson said. Noting they are hosting an event in March for Sleep in Heavenly Peace, which provides beds to children in need. She is hopeful that more organizations will utilize their space for their fundraising events in the future.
“We hope to do that maybe once a month or twice a month where we could get to a charity that's looking to raise money around this area,” Wilson said.
For information on The Blank Space, visit their Facebook page or on Instagram at @theblankspace.warren.
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