As the mother of four growing kids, Pam Corkran goes through a lot of clothes.
Corkran, is opening a consignment shop at 2123 N. Charles St. with the hopes that she can help out other moms, as well as students and professionals in similar shoes.
The
Charles Village store called Too Good to be Thru will open Sept. 23 and hold a grand opening that day with food and music.
The shop will sell mostly clothes and home d�cor. Corkran hopes she can attract students and professionals at Johns Hopkins University, and area accountants and lawyers.
The shop owner has invested $10,000 to open the 1,750-square-foot store and took classes at the state-run small business development center at Towson University to get assistance with her business plan.
Originally from West Va., Corkran grew up in the neighborhood and wanted to come back to the area to start a business. The two-story store will sell shoes, purses, scarves, hats, skirts and dresses.
"It brought back a lot of memories," Corkran says of being in the neighborhood.
She found the space through a friend who owns the building.
So far, she has been promoting the store at area festivals, including Artscape, and on her
Facebook page.
It took about 18 months to get the building ready for business. It turns out that Baltimore City puts a consignment shop on equal footing as a pawn shop, so she had to get the support of neighborhood associations. She also had to get special zoning approval since the shop is in a residential building.
Writer: Julekha Dash
Source: Pam Corkran, Too Good to be Thru