After taking her son to get his first haircut, Pigtails & Crewcuts franchisee, Amanda Golden, quickly realized that there was a void in her community. She had to drive nearly an hour to reach the closest kids’ salon, which she willingly did because her son reacted much better to the experience of a salon dedicated toward making haircuts fun for kids. However, with her community in mind, Amanda decided to start her research to bring the concept closer to home. She reached out to Pigtails & Crewcuts in the fall of 2022. She said, “the moment that I talked to Pigtails & Crewcuts, there was a connection right away.”
Amanda and her husband, Kyle, knew that bringing Pigtails & Crewcuts to Bowling Green was the right next step for their family. Amanda shares that the company’s core values were a determining factor in their decision to move forward with the 80-unit children’s haircuts franchise. “The Core Values of the franchise itself really matched the values that we live in our everyday life, the most important being giving back to the community,” Amanda said. “The fact that we can have a business that also [gives] back to our community really touched us directly and just made the connection for us… made it feel like the right place.”
The Goldens also have professional experience being involved in many local nonprofits, one of which Kyle works for full-time. Amanda is also a real estate agent, so Pigtails & Crewcuts has provided them with an opportunity to own and operate their business on a semi-absentee basis. Amanda said that she loves the flexibility Pigtails & Crewcuts offers her family. “I am a semi-absentee owner of our salon. I’m in the salon maybe two hours a week,” she said. “It gives me more flexibility to be with my kids when I need to be with my kids and still be a fulltime realtor on the side.”
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