BELLEFONTAINE EXAMINER Vol. 129 Friday, January 24, 2020 No. 33 AVAILABLE DAILY ONLINE @ examiner.org Bellefontaine High School graduate brings shoe specialty store to downtown Bellefontaine to open their Bellefontaine native, he Designer shoe store receives own entrepreneurial busi- was aware that there nesses. weren’t many shoe stores $1,000 grant from ‘Back to “To give to someone like in town. you doing something like “People have to go to Bellefontaine’ fund this, he (Wagner) would so Columbus or Dayton (to get shoes),” he said. “I played AMANDA TONOLI from the K. Wagner Back to about it,” Wagner Bair said to Benton. “I’m honored to basketball here and had to EXAMINER STAFF WRITER Bellefontaine Fund. get my shoes in Columbus be a part of this. I’m really
[email protected] Tara Wagner Bair, … I thought it would be excited for you and I know Community Health and really cool to start some- he would have been Wellness president and thing in Bellefontaine we thrilled.” don’t have too much of.” CEO, presented a $1,000 Bellefon- Vollrath said Benton was 937 Solez carries shoes, check to Benton to be used the first-ever applicant for clothes and accessories for taine for marketing and promo- the program and his men, women and children. High tion purposes. approval was unanimous. “We have a little bit of a A Ben Vollrath, Logan “We’re excited to help variety of everything you School County Chamber of him out and get the busi- don’t see around here too Commerce president, said ness running,” he said.