The Country Store & Farm has two new services available now to islanders after recently contracting as a U-Haul moving equipment and supply dealer. It has also established a meeting room for community use on its upper floor.

Owner Mike Biel said that a representative from U-Haul had approached him several months ago, but he wasn’t sure if it would be a good fit for the store. Ultimately, he decided it would be a good move, complimenting the store’s established UPS shipping service.

The store will not have every truck available on site, but it will be able to get whatever anyone wants or needs, especially with some advance notice, Biel said of the truck and trailer rentals.

“We’ll probably have about six to eight vehicles here to start, small trailers — enclosed and open, as well as a car-hauler trailer — a pick-up and a van … a tasteful amount. It won’t look like a truck lot from the street; everything will be in the back.”

The store will carry moving and shipping boxes and supplies as well.

Biel has also recently created a community meeting room in a space on the upper floor of the store, which is available during the store’s regular business hours (9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sundays). The space can accommodate roughly 40 people and will have tables and chairs if needed. Users will have access to a bathroom, and coffee service can be added for a fee. Anyone interested in booking the space should contact Keri Ohrt at 463-3655 for rates and possible discounts. The room is available free of charge for nonprofit organizations.