Business & Real Estate
No slowing down : First Street hardware store owners celebrate 30 years in Los Altos
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Henry and Sue Nesmith, pictured with daughter Christina, are celebrating Los Altos True Value Hardware’s 30-year anniversary. The couple was inspired to open their own hardware store after learning how to flip houses while in college.
For Sue and Henry Nesmith, the seeds that led to the founding of Los Altos True Value Hardware can be found in a fixer-upper Menlo Park house, of all things.
Sister act : Special-occasion shoe company founders aim to go big when giving back
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Jessica and Emily Leung, from left, recently announced the addition of a charitable division to their shoe company, Hey Lady. The former Los Altos High students started their company in 2009.
Entrepreneurial twins Emily and Jessica Leung are adding new titles to their resumes – budding philanthropists.
The sisters, Los Altos High Class of 1999 graduates who co-founded special-occasion shoe company Hey Lady in 2009, recently announced that they’re adding a charity division to their burgeoning business. The duo is kicking off its newest endeavor with a 45-minute charity spin class Tuesday at Stanford Shopping Center’s SoulCycle, titled “Whoop Cancer! Give Big! And Win a Date with Twins!” Proceeds from the event will benefit rare-cancer research and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
A little more elbow room : Expansion at State Street's Pompeii Ristorante nearly complete
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Pompeii Ristorante currently has a 46-seat capacity in its main dining room. Co-owner Gilbert Gutierrez, pictured, plans to add more than 20 seats by expanding into the space next door.
A project nearly two years in the making is about to cross the finish line.
On second thought : European Cobblery reverses course, stays in downtown Los Altos
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Steven Oberhauser, background, looks on as his father-in-law, Paul Roth, repairs a pair of women’s shoes at the European Cobblery at 201 First St.Town Crier
A longtime Los Altos family business thought to be on its way out of the downtown area recently received a new lease on life. Actually, it just received a new lease – literally.
The European Cobblery owner Paul Roth told the Town Crier last week that his family’s business at 201 First St. is staying put after negotiating a new lease with property owner Passerelle Investment Co. The turn of events comes after the Roth family announced in November that it planned to end its 28-year stay in downtown Los Altos by closing the store at the end of January.
