Downtown Jobs: 5 Things with Dino Palmieri’s Kelsey Higginbotham

Editor's note: Kent Patch's new, weekly series Downtown Jobs spotlights the hundreds of new workers brought to downtown Kent via the city's more than $100 million redevelopment.

Today we introduce you to Kelsey Higginbotham, a stylist at Dino Palmieri Salon & Spa in the AMETEK building.

Kent Patch: What’s your job title, and is it a full or part-time position?

Kelsey Higginbotham: Senior stylist and salon mentor. Full-time.

Patch: What is your hometown?

Higginbotham: I grew up in Wellsburg, WV, and I live in the (Cuyahoga) Falls now.

Patch: What brought you to Kent?

Higginbotham: Kent State. I graduated in 2005.

Patch: What do you like most about working downtown?

Higginbotham: It’s amazing to see what they’ve done, and just to be in something that’s very city-like but still has a neighborhood feel.

Patch: Where’s your favorite place to eat downtown?

Higginbotham: Bar 145. I have a lot of clients there too, so I get to see them, which is a bonus.

Patch: What’s one thing most people might be surprised to learn about you?

Higginbotham: I am a die-hard football fan. The Steelers are my favorite. Growing up in West Virginia we didn’t have a professional football team, and they were the closest.