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Downtown Jobs: 5 Things with Dino Palmieri’s Kelsey Higginbotham
Kent Patch's Downtown Jobs series introduces you to the many people who work in new jobs created in downtown's redevelopment district
Editor's note: Kent Patch's new, weekly series Downtown Jobs spotlights the hundreds of new workers brought to downtown Kent via the city's more than $100 million redevelopment.
Today we introduce you to Kelsey Higginbotham, a stylist at Dino Palmieri Salon & Spa in the AMETEK building.
Kent Patch: What’s your job title, and is it a full or part-time position?
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Kelsey Higginbotham: Senior stylist and salon mentor. Full-time.
Patch: What is your hometown?
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Higginbotham: I grew up in Wellsburg, WV, and I live in the (Cuyahoga) Falls now.
Patch: What brought you to Kent?
Higginbotham: Kent State. I graduated in 2005.
Patch: What do you like most about working downtown?
Higginbotham: It’s amazing to see what they’ve done, and just to be in something that’s very city-like but still has a neighborhood feel.
Patch: Where’s your favorite place to eat downtown?
Higginbotham: Bar 145. I have a lot of clients there too, so I get to see them, which is a bonus.
Patch: What’s one thing most people might be surprised to learn about you?
Higginbotham: I am a die-hard football fan. The Steelers are my favorite. Growing up in West Virginia we didn’t have a professional football team, and they were the closest.
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