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![#WomenOwnedWednesday ft. Kim DaPonte & Heritage Lane 🧸💛🪞
For Kim DaPonte, opening her own store was only a matter of time. Her friends and family had always known that it was her dream to open some sort of shop, but it wasn't until 2021 when a true idea began to take shape.
"[My husband and I] built our house, and I was having so much fun designing it," she recounts. "The idea started to be like, well, why don't a do a home decor and gifting type of boutique?"
One new house and two children later, Kim began getting a real itch to go back to work. Previously a preschool director, she found it to be time to do something for herself and begin bringing her lifelong dream to fruition. After years of budgeting, strategizing, curating and designing, Heritage Lane opened for business in April 2026.
Now that Heritage Lane has opened, Kim loves everything about it. "I love sourcing everything—and that was the whole year leading up to it. I can't tell you how often I was on Facebook Marketplace, Pinterest, everything," she says.
Heritage Lane sells what Kim sees as "modern heirlooms" because she loves the idea of holding onto something meaningful. "If you go into my kids' rooms, all of the pieces in there are meaningful, sentimental, and passed down," she explains. "I love trends as much as the next girl, but at the same time, I try to source things that are unique to the point where people want to hold on to them and pass them down because they're that cool."
As Heritage Lane continues to grow, Kim wants it to become a lifestyle in the Bristol community. Through hosting a plethora of community events (including after-hours bag charm classes and a book club), she hopes that Heritage Lane will be more than a gift shop; it will become a place where the community comes together.
"I truly don't feel like I'm going to work every day," she says. "I'm genuinely waking up so excited to be there. And that's the truth."
Visit Kim DaPonte and Heritage Lane at 190 High St., Bristol, or check out some happenings at heritagelanegifts.com. ✨
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