Design 2000 salon reopens after hurricane season

By Petra Rivera
| 1:00 p.m. November 26, 2024

Stylist Sanda LaRose from Design 2000 Salon at David Gregory Salon.

Longboat Key
Business

After weeks of sharing styling chairs at David Gregory Salon, Design 2000 employees are back in their newly renovated shop.

Design 2000 Salon reopened on Nov. 19. Co-owner Irina LaRose said they are grateful to the David Gregory staff for allowing them to work there temporarily after being flooded with a foot of water during Hurricane Helene.

Their favorite part about working with them was the camaraderie and making new friends who are also hair stylists on the island.

All appliances and furniture are mostly the same except for a new front desk, which is smaller than the one LaRose used to work at. She said they have a lot to organize after being away for about five weeks.

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Petra Rivera

Petra Rivera is the Longboat community reporter. She holds a bachelor’s degree of journalism with an emphasis on reporting and writing from the University of Missouri. Previously, she was a food and drink writer for Vox magazine as well as a reporter for the Columbia Missourian.