Mitch And Charynn’s Unpredictable But Excellent Leelanau Adventure
By Emily Tyra | March 3, 2021
The Leelanau Ticker launched one year ago this week, a milestone that prompted a check-in with two entrepreneurs from our first feature. At the time, Mitch and Charynn Meoak brimmed with excitement about their new Aveda salon and home decor retail shop opening in the meticulously refurbished historic space at 117 Broadway in Suttons Bay.
Refuge Industries was set to open just as COVID-19 would officially arrive in Michigan.
Also unbeknownst to the Meoaks, they would soon be adding the biggest surprise yet — a new baby. While wading through the stops-and-starts of the pandemic, they felt nearly every pressure point of business ownership specific to Leelanau County: housing, ...
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