She Spent Life Savings on Salon...City Council: “Nope.”
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When Khalilah Few wanted to expand her natural hair salon business, she found a long-empty store front in Clayton County, Georgia, and spent her life savings renovating it. But she soon discovered that Clayton County singles out hair salons and barbershops for special restrictions. Because there are three other salons within several miles, the county told Khaliah she couldn’t open.
Today we talk with IJ senior attorneys Renée Flaherty and Will Aronin to discuss how Georgia protects the right to earn an honest living and how IJ will make sure Khalilah and other entrepreneurs can open for business.
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Clayton County, Georgia Protectionist Zoning
Clayton County, Georgia
Bureaucrats don’t build communities—people do, with purpose, hard work, and a dream. But in Clayton County, Georgia, government officials are shutting down Khalilah Few’s dream by blocking her from opening her natural hair salon—simply because they don’t think it’s the “right fit” for the neighborhood. Now, Khalilah risks losing both her dream and her life savings. Khalilah has spent 30…
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