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Evolution Ink is a family friendly salon where your children are always welcome

Situated on the corner of bustling Cliffdale and Skibo one of his tenants was a tattoo artist in Fayetteville. Brown
roads, Evolution Ink has become a popular destination for “had some capital to work with” at the time, so after visiting
those in search of a clean and professional, well established the shop where his tenant worked, they decided together to
tattoo studio. The shop is known for, and prides itself on, open their own tattoo shop, and the next logical step was
being family friendly. Owners are husband and wife team to make a business plan then scout locations. They deemed
Bill and Betty Brown. Bill describes himself as family ori- Fayetteville a better market when compared to locations in
ented, which is fitting since Betty is a mother of two, and Raleigh and Chapel Hill that were considered. The proxim-
grandmother of five children. The Browns have worked to ity to Ft. Bragg and the “massive military market” was also
curate a modern, inviting, and inclusive atmosphere inside a major deciding factor. October of 2007 rolled around, the
their business, despite the fact that their business exists business partners had found their location and demolition
within an industry that is stereotypically considered less work began on the building to make way for renovations;
than favorable. Evolution Ink opened for business in 2008.

The shop got its start in 2007: Bill was a nine-to-fiver in a Brown’s business partner picked the name ‘Evolution Ink’
corporate job who owned rental properties in the area and and the reasoning behind it was simple enough: they agreed

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