Three Baldwin City businesses well known to Baker University students are for sale, but more businesses may be coming to town.
Couch Potato Video, Santa Fe Laundry and Mr. Goodcents, all located in the same building on Ames Street, are for sale by their owners, but neither the laundromat nor Mr. Goodcents will shut down. The owner of Couch Potato Video was unavailable for comment.
Ken Hays, owner of Santa Fe Laundry, said he used to own the whole building, but sold it and recently decided to sell the laundromat, too.
“We’re doing another project in Ottawa, so we just decided to liquidate this and move our investment,” Hays said.
Brian Grissell, owner of Mr. Goodcents, said he put the business up for sale about two weeks ago. He has been working for Mr. Goodcents since 1991 and has managed and run restaurants since he was 14 years old. He said he usually buys restaurants with the intentions of turning them around and helping them make money, which is why he bought Mr. Goodcents last year.
“The store is making money now, so it’s time for me to move on,” Grissell said.
Grissell said his dream is to own a bakery, and he plans to open one in Baldwin City a few months after he sells Mr. Goodcents. His father recently moved here from Colorado to join him.
“It would be a full-line bakery with sandwiches, bagel-dogs, wireless internet, coffee, but I don’t have anything set in stone yet,” Grissell said.
Sophomore Connie Meyer said she thinks a bakery would be good for Baldwin City, but doesn’t think she will personally benefit from it because she doesn’t eat out much.
“I’m from a small town, so these things don’t really make me that excited,” Meyer said.
Meyer said she thinks Baldwin City is trying to bring more business in for the college students and Baldwin City needs more variety.
“I think they need better stores to draw in more people, because all we have is Dollar General, a grocery store and some antique stores,” Meyer said.