New businesses starting up in Snow Hill

the town has been working on it — hoping to attract new businesses.. 47 abc’s lissette nu?ez has the details. track 1 take a walk in downtown snow hill and you might notice some changes. new businesses popping up… betsy brittingham, mirror owner salon “i’m opening my salon in snow hill maryland i been really wanting to open a salon for years and it’s finally a dream come true.” track 2 and vacant locations being worked on for more businesses to move in. michael day, economic development coordinator-snow hill the candy store is going to be open within a month or so just down the street is a new art gallery, they’ve been working on it up on pearl street we have had two art galleries open up in the last six months so it’s starting to happen here in snow hill. track 3 michael day – the economic coordinator for snow hill – tells 47 abc it hasn’t been the easiest job bringing businesses downtown. he tells us the th buildings are in need of a lot of rehabbing – and that can sometimes be a deterrent to business owners. michael day, economic development coordinator-snow hill if a young person wants to open a business they want to do it right now. they don’t want to wait six months and then open up.” track 3 day says the past year the town has been providing grant money in order to offset the costs of re-construction. michael day, economic development coordinator-snow hill ” so we took 100 thousand dollarsand divided it into four. and we have four 25 thousand dollars grant for improvement on the interior of the building. we also have grants up to five thousand dollars for facade, for renovating the outside.” track 4 the town is also offering free rent for the first few months of a new downtown business — while making the atmosphere more visually appealing. michael day, economic development coordinator-snow hill we put in new sidewalks, lampoles. track 5 day admits – the town has had some setback along the way. one of them being – the road collapse on route 12. he says it was a damper to businesses the week after it happened – but day says the town is moving forward and continuing with their plan of filling up their downtown area with business and people. lissette nu?ez 47 abc. and for a full list of business and shops opening up in snow hill… just head over to ur website that’s 47 a-b-c dot com. last night — in case you didn’t see it — was the launch