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Ricco’s Hair Design was located in the East National Road property when Fain purchased it.
Soon, the salon will be joined by a new boutique owned by Angela Kirby, a Vandalia resident and a former buyer for a corporate company.
Your Dream Boutique is set to open at the end of this month and will include clothing, accessories and home accent items.
Kirby said her shop will attract various people, those who like to dress casual and those who are seeking outfits suited for business.
“It’s kind of a one-stop place where you can go and get a few accents for your home, get your accessories for your clothes, shoes and get that favorite outfit that you’re looking for,” she said.
The boutique’s name was inspired by Kirby and her husband’s honeymoon trip to Cabo San Lucas. The couple stayed in a place called Dreams Resort.
“That’s always kind of been our place. It’s been special to us. It’s always the place that we’ve constantly worked to be able to go back to in the near future for an anniversary,” Kirby said. “We’ve had our dreams of starting a business and stepping out of our comfort zone and doing something different.”
Kirby added that one of the reasons she’s doing the business is to encourage her four children.
“Hopefully we can encourage others about how important it is to follow your dreams,” Kirby said.
The four apartment units in the East National Road property will serve as crash pads.
“In January, I met a woman who wanted to rent an apartment and she just wanted to rent it for a month. I’m like, why a month?” Fain said. “She said, ‘I’m a flight attendant, and we need, like, short-stay situations. You should make this a crash pad.’ ”
The idea behind a crash pad is to have multiple people sharing a space for a limited amount of time.
Debora Sutor, Association of Flight Attendants International vice president, said crash pads are convenient for flight crews who commute between where they live and where they work.
“You might be based in Dayton. That might be your hub or where you’re based, but it isn’t where you live. So, you have to commute by air into work. So, oftentimes people will end up in these crash pads as a result of being a commuter,” Sutor said. “That means that they may have to come in a day before just to ensure that they are at work on time, so they need a place to sleep.”
Sutor said a lot of new flight crews also use crash pads as a cost-saving measure because their airlines don’t pay for their lodgings outside the boundaries of their work-related trips.
“It can get quite costly to have to go out and get a hotel room on your own,” said Sutor, who has been a flight attendant for 26 years.
Starting annual pay for flight attendants can range between $14,319 and $23,130, according to Sutor.
As for Fain, she’s hoping to recoup the money she’s invested in the building.
“I love managing the building. I love being up there. Hopefully, that can be what I do for the rest of my life,” Fain said.