{"id":25321,"date":"2012-06-09T07:08:37","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T12:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=25321"},"modified":"2012-06-11T05:25:17","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T10:25:17","slug":"city-revolving-loan-goes-to-non-traditional-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2012\/06\/09\/city-revolving-loan-goes-to-non-traditional-business\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Non-traditional’ business gets city loan"},"content":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n

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New business owners Bradley Hamman (center) and Bethany Nolin smile as County Commissioner Clair Dudgeon hands them a check for $20,000. (Dave Mosier\/Van Wert independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Van Wert Revolving Loan Fund showed it is not only willing to support the traditional business model on Friday with a $20,000 loan for a tattoo\/piercing business to locate in what was formerly Mum\u2019s Caf\u00e9 on West Main Street.<\/p>\n

Bradley Hamman and Bethany Nolin received a check for that amount on Friday from County Commissioner Clair Dudgeon and plan to open their new business, Open Minded, in early July.<\/p>\n

For Hamman, the opportunity is a dream come true. \u201cThis is really exciting for us,\u201d Hamman said after receiving the check. \u201cIt is phenomenal having that key to open that front door,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cThis is a lifestyle to us, not just a job or career.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hamman and Nolin, who have nearly a quarter century of experience in tattoo\/piercing techniques (he 17 years and she 6 years), had been looking for a building in the downtown area to purchase and originally were interested in another building when this opportunity came up.<\/p>\n

The Mum\u2019s building, which is owned by the City of Van Wert because the previous owner defaulted on a Revolving Loan issued to him, had to be transferred to the Community Improvement Corporation before a deed could\u00a0 be issued to Hamman and Nolin. CIC President Jon Rhoades was also at Friday\u2019s meeting to sign over the deed to the new owners.<\/p>\n

Both Hamman and Nolin said they have some definite plans for the building, after making sure any possible safety issues are dealt with, and hope that renovations and any construction needed will be completed in approximately three weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are planning on making our studio into something inviting and enticing to everyone,\u201d Hamman said. \u201cAnd you will leave with a smile whether you spend money or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nolin, who moved to Van Wert from Michigan, said she plans to use her interest in photography to create some artwork for the new shop, while friends of the pair have also pledged to sent art for display in the new downtown business.<\/p>\n

The new tattoo\/piercing studio will be open seven days a week, from 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Hamman said. \u201cWe try to make people happy and you need to be there seven days a week to do that,\u201d he noted. \u201cThat is one part of the name \u2018Open Minded\u2019: we are open.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor The Van Wert Revolving Loan Fund showed it is not only willing to support the traditional business model on Friday with a $20,000 loan for a tattoo\/piercing business to locate in what was formerly Mum\u2019s Caf\u00e9 on West Main Street. Bradley Hamman and Bethany Nolin received a check for that amount on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 15:26:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}