Ashley Reed opened the doors to Galaxy Skate right before Thanksgiving and held a grand opening Dec. 6.

Reed calls herself an avid roller skate enthusiast who started her professional career as an accountant. After a few years, she started thinking about opening her own business. She officially created Galaxy Skate as a business in May of 2024 as an online store and offering skating lessons, she said.

Galaxy Skate offers roller skating, mixing in nostalgia with old and new music and a disco ball in the middle of the skating rink. Skaters can choose either traditional skates with four wheels or inline skates.

Galaxy Skate offers adult night skating on Tuesday, from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m., according to a Facebook post .

The location was formerly SkateTown, a business that operated in Grape

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