SVS Vision celebrates grand opening in Westgate

Like Goldilocks' search of the best porridge, chair and bed, Cathy Walker, VP of marketing and advertising for SVS Vision, says the company's new branch in Ann Arbor's Westgate Shopping Center offers customers the benefits of being not too big, not too small, but just right.  "We can offer more than what some of the smaller places can because of our size," she says of the Mt. Clemens-based SVS Vision, "but we're not huge. We have a much more personal touch than what some of the big places have." The 2,000 square-foot Westgate SVS Vision first opened in January, but celebrated its grand opening last weekend as the company's 57th branch. It the Ann Arbor area's second, joining an Ypsilanti location.  "We knew we didn't have enough locations in Washtenaw County, and we knew Ann Arbor was a place we wanted to be," says Walker. "The location in Westgate opened up and it made a lot of sense to us." SVS Vision began nearly 40 years ago as a vision center servicing the auto industry. Walker says the company began to expand its brand in 2008 by opening retail stores for the general public. The company is now in a growth mode, with locations throughout Michigan and seven other states. Walker expects at least one more SVS Vision location to eventually open in the Ann Arbor area.  Source: Cathy Walker, SVS Vision Writer: Natalie Burg