Boudreau has opened a laundromat at 248 Pleasant Street. K.D. Wash and Dry Laundry operates from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week.
Opening the new business wasn’t easy, she says. She was turned down by institutions that offer financial help because it was felt the local economy perhaps couldn’t sustain more than one laundromat.
But Boudreau says starting this business was her dream. And so she pursued other avenues for assistance so she could get started and was able to find help when it came to leasing the equipment.
In all, from the time she made the decision to open the business – and during this time she prepared a business plan, researched this type of business, considered hours of operation, made purchases of equipment, etc. – it took her about three years.
Her message to others who want to start up their own business? Don’t give up.
“I was going to go as far as I could go, until I couldn’t go further,” she says.
She says since she’s started her business there have been good days and bad. At times business has been slow but it’s picking up.
Boudreau tries to offer the comforts of home at her business. She has a children’s play area, a lounge with a TV in it, another room set away from the sound of the machines where people can read or play cards.
“I want people to feel like they’re in a home, even though they’re not,” she says.
She’ll also fold and iron people’s laundry and will do pick ups and deliveries within town limits. People can call 902-748-0650.
Boudreau, like other people who contemplate starting a business, says most of her life she worked for other people.
“Every job that I did I worked day and night. I usually had to do the money and deal with the managing and I thought, if I’ve got to do this for the rest of my life, I’m going to go into money for myself and not for someone else,” she says. But in starting a business, and all of the start-up costs that come with it, she knows she won’t see an overnight return on her investment.
“My first year is gong to be my hardest, I know that,” she says. “I won’t see any money for myself for five years, I know that.”
The costs she charges is $3 for a regular wash, $4 a large wash and $3 for a 45-minute dry. She has 12 washing machines and two other large ones, and 12 dryers.
Whether or not she’ll clean up in her business venture, Boudreau knows she’s glad she took the plunge.
“You should never give up a dream,” she says.
Boudreau has opened a laundromat at 248 Pleasant Street. K.D. Wash and Dry Laundry operates from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week.
Opening the new business wasn’t easy, she says. She was turned down by institutions that offer financial help because it was felt the local economy perhaps couldn’t sustain more than one laundromat.
But Boudreau says starting this business was her dream. And so she pursued other avenues for assistance so she could get started and was able to find help when it came to leasing the equipment.
In all, from the time she made the decision to open the business – and during this time she prepared a business plan, researched this type of business, considered hours of operation, made purchases of equipment, etc. – it took her about three years.
Her message to others who want to start up their own business? Don’t give up.
“I was going to go as far as I could go, until I couldn’t go further,” she says.
She says since she’s started her business there have been good days and bad. At times business has been slow but it’s picking up.
Boudreau tries to offer the comforts of home at her business. She has a children’s play area, a lounge with a TV in it, another room set away from the sound of the machines where people can read or play cards.
“I want people to feel like they’re in a home, even though they’re not,” she says.
She’ll also fold and iron people’s laundry and will do pick ups and deliveries within town limits. People can call 902-748-0650.
Boudreau, like other people who contemplate starting a business, says most of her life she worked for other people.
“Every job that I did I worked day and night. I usually had to do the money and deal with the managing and I thought, if I’ve got to do this for the rest of my life, I’m going to go into money for myself and not for someone else,” she says. But in starting a business, and all of the start-up costs that come with it, she knows she won’t see an overnight return on her investment.
“My first year is gong to be my hardest, I know that,” she says. “I won’t see any money for myself for five years, I know that.”
The costs she charges is $3 for a regular wash, $4 a large wash and $3 for a 45-minute dry. She has 12 washing machines and two other large ones, and 12 dryers.
Whether or not she’ll clean up in her business venture, Boudreau knows she’s glad she took the plunge.
“You should never give up a dream,” she says.
