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Businesses love their location
By WVU School of Journalism
For The Parsons Advocate
Nine-month-old Gretchen naps in the back room of her parents’ coffee shop as Chloe, 13, makes conversation with customers. When Charlie, 3, isn’t running through the little space left in the busy shop, he is either watching or impersonating He-Man.
This mix of business and family life is a normal Saturday morning in Davis for the Williams family.
Tony and Summer Williams opened Hypno Coffee just over a year ago after moving to the area from Pensacola, Fla. After living a more urban lifestyle for years, the family looked for something new.
“I wanted to get back to something more natural,” Summer said. “And I felt like I wasn’t close to anybody. I didn’t really have any real friends.”
Davis, with just over 600 people, suits the family much better. And Tony and Summer’s story is not unique in Davis. Several local business owners have found contentment after transplanting themselves from other areas to this town.
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