Jefferson Wants You - New Business Incentive Fund Recipient

A new business in Jefferson has been awarded $3,500 for their new start-up. The Studio is a hair salon owned and operated by Kelsie Wearmouth along with her partner Chuck Foster. Kelsie managed a salon in Ames and has worked as a cosmetology educator. Services that will be offered at The Studio will be haircuts, highlighting, root color, balayage, bright colors, curly haircuts, men’s cuts, hair extensions, kids cuts, up-dos, perms and facial waxing.

The Studio located at 110 W Lincoln Way is owned by Kelsie Wearmouth along with her partner Chuck Foster.

The Studio is located at 110 W Lincoln Way which was the most recent Jefferson Matters: Main Street office and is owned by Nikki Uebel. Many improvements have been made to the exterior of the building such as painting the tile roof and windows. The interior has fresh paint with beautiful antique furniture refurbished for the salon’s use. Kelsie uses her Facebook page to reach her clients and shared that 50% of her clients from Ames will continue to use her services at the new Jefferson location.

Kelsie stated, “It is very important to be connected to other businesses in town so they can support one another. Helping to bring people to Jefferson is everyone’s goal, so knowing the other business owners is crucial for that.”

The Jefferson Wants You Incentive Fund is a project of the Rural Return project through Jefferson Matters.  This project is funded through  contributions of Jefferson Telecom, Home State Bank, Heartland Bank, Peoples Bank, and Alliant Energy.  The Selection Committee was also awarded a Grow Greene County Grant in early April.

This fund is open to new businesses filling a gap in Jefferson for start-up funds of up to $5,000.  Applications are available on www.jeffersonmatters.org and questions can be directed to Matt Wetrich, Executive Director at his office at The Welcome Center.  Personal interviews are conducted by the Selection Committee. 

Applications are also available for current and new remote workers in Greene County for a year’s membership at Gravitate Coworking - Jefferson. Gravitate is the local coworking space in downtown Jefferson.  More details can also be found on the www.jeffersonmatters.org website under Resources.