Hemlines Perfect Alterations recently opened its doors in Lansing's REO Town neighborhood. The shop is owned by long-time seamstress and new business owner, Marilyn Duncan.
“I’ve been doing this for 20 years,” Duncan says. “My dream was to be a business owner, but I didn’t think I could. Then I took the Entrepreneur Institute of Mid-Michigan course, wrote a business plan and learned that yes, I can do this.”
Duncan is one of several business owners that has received a loan from the Entrepreneur Institute of Mid-Michigan, which is designed to help small business owners open their doors.
The Institute's director, Denise Peek, suggested that Duncan look for a storefront in REO Town, a growing neighborhood south of Downtown Lansing.
“Part of it was the family atmosphere,” Duncan says about her decision to open her 1,400 square foot shop on Washington Avenue. “The main draw is that it’s so close to the Downtown area.”
Proximity to Downtown allows many of Duncan’s customers to drop off their clothes before work and pick them up after work on their way home.
Hemlines Perfect Alterations is located at 1202 S. Washington Ave.
Source: Denise Peek, Entrepreneur Institute of Mid-Michigan
Ivy Hughes, development news editor, can be reached here.
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