"It’s got history, it’s almost 100 years old – it’s exactly the kind of place I wanted to work in,” said Sean Trembley, who reopened the barbershop in recent weeks and rehired three of its former barbers.
"They’re the largest form of un-subsidized housing in the country; they’re one of the largest forms of affordable housing, period," Lee Householder said Project:Homes' multimillion-dollar effort to revitalize a 50-home park in Chester.
The $17 million development marks new territory in Chesterfield for the Richmond-based nonprofit, whose other properties in the county are concentrated along the Route 1 corridor.
The longtime barbershop in the base of the former hotel high-rise on Broad Street is shuttering at the close of business Saturday, as the current leaseholders and owners look to line up a new operator.