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Lake. She was looking for somewhere she could call her own in the Hugo area and stumbled across the former Chef Hot Hands space because she knows the building’s owners.

“I’ve always dreamed of having my own salon,” she said. “It’s been in the back of my head … it’s always just been that dream.”

The salon has space for six stylists. Luger also plans to bring in a massage therapist and an esthetician.

The conversion to a salon included renovating the commercial kitchen space. Walls were torn down and new walls have been constructed, flooring has been installed and the electrical and plumbing is redone.

Connor James Salon is located at 7087 Centerville Road, Centerville.

Shannon Granholm