ANSONIA - Mayor David S. Cassetti announced today in a written release that Ace Cosmetology/Barber Training Center will open its third location at 370 East Main St.
The business is owned and operated by Gary Olmstead, who owns two other locations in Waterbury and Hartford.
The new site will be Connecticut’s largest cosmetology and barber training center in the industry.
Olmstead will lease with an option to buy and hopes to be open for business in April.
Olmstead will lease with an option to buy and hopes to be open for business in April.
The Ansonia location is the former site of several restaurants and nightclubs, but has been largely vacant for the last two years.
The school will have six new employees and is targeting 150 students for enrollment. The school will also provide services at a 50 percent reduction to the public and all walk-ins will be welcome.
The school will have six new employees and is targeting 150 students for enrollment. The school will also provide services at a 50 percent reduction to the public and all walk-ins will be welcome.
“There is already a steady flow of traffic through East Main Street and in our downtown area and with new residential apartments coming on line and an improved parking plan in the works, this will be an ideal location for the school," Cassetti said.
It will be one of several new successful businesses that have opened up on East Main Street in the past two years, including Banko’s House of Music and Rosa Mina Restaurant. They will join the well-established businesses of Fitzpatrick’s Auto Dealership which just recently underwent a $1 million renovation, and Yale Podiatry which has recently renovated the exterior of the building.
Corporation Counsel John P. Marini said,
“This new business will play a prominent role in recharging our downtown. It will attract students wanting to learn a trade and residents and visitors looking to give new hairstylists and barbers a chance.
"We are seeing concurrent development on both our Main and East Main Street corridors. It can only add to the enthusiasm and energy already present in our downtown,” Marini said.
Economic Development Director Sheila O'Malley said, “We have worked with the owner, Jim Polari, in the past to help find a suitable tenant, but it has always been challenging because it requires a retail/restaurant tenant that can completely make use of 10,000 square feet. This seems to be a perfect fit.”
Olmstead said, “We are very excited about this opportunity in Ansonia and look forward to a long and positive partnership with Mayor Cassetti and the residents of Ansonia and the Lower Naugatuck Valley.”
This is a press release from Mayor Cassetti's office.
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