08/31/2026
Community Spotlight: Alyssa’s in Pace
For more than 20 years, Alyssa’s has been a local favorite filled with vendors, handmade crafts, food, Christian books and gifts, antiques, furniture, home décor and unique finds. Over the years, the Alyssa’s family has grown to include Alyssa’s Etc./The Refinery, Gather at Alyssa’s and Alyssa’s South.
But this place holds a special spot in my heart. ❤️
When I moved here in 2011 knowing ONE person, the Savvy Shopping Sisters, a FB group I joined to help make ends meet, would gather in the Alyssa’s parking lot every week to exchange things we’d bought and sold. We’d pop open the trunks of our cars and Amy Day Allen, current owner of Everyday Nutrition in Pensacola, would stand in the back of her pickup truck with a megaphone, calling out names so everyone could find each other. 😂 It was basically Facebook Marketplace before Facebook Marketplace!
I had no idea those connections would eventually lead me to teaching fitness classes 13 years ago. 163 of those ladies showed up to my first Zumba®️ class— changing the course of my life and giving me my chosen family.
All these years later, Alyssa’s is still a great place to find treasures, but for me, it’s also part of where I found my people. ❤️