Business owner Maria Crespo is proud to announce the relocation and expansion of her salon, Jacqueline’s Dominican Style Beauty Salon, located at 132 Central Avenue in Albany.
To celebrate her successes, Crespo hosted a small celebration today, and with help from Mayor Kathy Sheehan, Treasurer Darius Shahinfar, and CBID Executive Director Anthony Capece, she cut the ribbon on her brand new location.
In many ways, the move is a significant one for Crespo. The new location is almost twice as big as her former location. It also features brand-new fixtures and posh-looking stations for her stylists. The new space will also allow Crespo to offer additional services, transforming the business from a simple hair salon to a full-service spa, a longtime goal for Crespo. “We don’t really have a spa for the Latin community,” Crespo explains.
In other ways, the move was minor. The new salon is located in the building next door to the old one, just a hop, skip, and jump away from her doorstep. “We only had to move next door. We carried a lot of the equipment from there," says Crespo. The new space, a former clothing store, had to be completely remodeled before Crespo could move in. They spent three months transforming the space into a salon. And, she says, it just didn’t feel like home until they painted the exterior the same eye-catching lime green as their former location. "It says home to us," Crespo says.
