Paul Mitchell The School is coming to Schenectady!

In another major economic development win, Paul Mitchell The School will be locating its first school in Upstate New York in downtown Schenectady at 411 State Street.

"I am excited to welcome Paul Mitchell to Schenectady County," said Susan E. Savage, Chair of the Schenectady County Legislature. "Our economic development team continues to attract unique and diverse businesses to Schenectady County. The addition of a leading national company like Paul Mitchell to our thriving downtown once again shows how our county-wide economic development efforts are working. In five short years we've created more than 3,000 new jobs and attracted more than $300 million in new investment dollars and these numbers continue to grow."

The announcement took place appropriately in the new GE theater, a symbol of the resurgence of downtown Schenectady. This is a $2 million investment in downtown Schenectady that will bring 250 people to the downtown daily and was made possible thanks to the resurgence Schenectady County has seen since 2004. Giulio Veglio is an internationally known trainer, author, motivational speaker, hair designer and salon manager. Veglio is a Schenectady native who discovered the recent resurgence on a visit to Schenectady in December. The Daily Gazette states "The decision to put a school in the city was largely a result of redevelopment efforts — Veglio said he had a vision of Schenectady becoming a smaller version of New York City’s Times Square. 'Every time I turned around something was going on. I was happy to go in and fill the space,” Veglio said. “We had to be a part of this.'"

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