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Elder's Ace Hardware in Rome, Georgia, is hosting its grand opening event Friday and Saturday, Sept. 23 and 24.

America’s most celebrated “helpful place” is opening a new location at 610 Shorter Ave. NW, Suite 1, in Rome. Elder’s Ace Hardware brings Ace's unique blend of personal, knowledgeable and helpful service, paired with quality home maintenance expertise and products, to Rome residents.

Elder's Ace Hardware's standard operating hours are Monday through Saturday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

"This Saturday, Sept. 24, 10 a.m.  to 2 p.m., we will have grilling demos from Traeger at our grand opening," the store wrote in a Sept. 20 Facebook post.

During the grand opening weekend event, customers have the chance to enter a drawing to win a Big Green Egg MiniMax Grill ($660 value), Bogg Bag giveaway ($150 value) or Milwaukee Drill & Driver Set ($399 value), according to a Sept. 21 Facebook post.

Elder’s Ace Hardware was designed to reflect the needs of the local community, in addition to offering products and services customers have come to expect from a full-service Ace store. There are solutions to everyday home maintenance needs, as well as an extensive array of high-quality products in categories such as paint, lawn and garden. Ace Hardware also focuses on providing expert specialty services in delivery and assembly, paint color matching, key cutting and auto key programming and cutting, acrylic sheet cutting, blade sharpening, grass cutting, pipe cutting, propane exchange and Stihl equipment repair.

The store is packed with thousands of essential products and supplies, including some of the most respected brand names and best-selling items to help people take care of their homes. Key store focuses and product offerings include paint, electrical, hardware, power equipment, plumbing, lawn and garden, as well as products, such as Craftsman, Milwaukee, Dewalt, Weber, Big Green Egg, Traeger, Yeti, Carhartt, Blackstone Griddles and Benjamin Moore.

Ace Hardware is the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the world with more than 5,600 locally owned and operated hardware stores in approximately 70 countries. Headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, Ace and its subsidiaries operate an expansive network of distribution centers in the U.S. and have distribution capabilities in China, Panama and the United Arab Emirates.

Since 1924, Ace has become a part of local communities around the world and is known as "the place with the helpful hardware folks." For more information, visit AceHardware.com or Newsroom.AceHardware.com.