{"id":2593,"date":"2019-11-14T22:55:02","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T19:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/?p=2593"},"modified":"2019-12-14T01:17:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T22:17:13","slug":"ninas-place-is-the-newest-addition-to-joseph-campau-business-corridor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/ninas-place-is-the-newest-addition-to-joseph-campau-business-corridor\/","title":{"rendered":"Nina\u2019s Place is the newest addition to Joseph Campau Business Corridor"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Simon Albaugh – YAN – Hamtramck<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Nestled into a corner storefront of Joseph Campau\u2019s line of businesses is an elegantly-styled banquet hall. It\u2019s newly renovated, with beautiful masonry on the fireplace, while still remaining loyal to its classic charm. This is one of the budding businesses, owned by a family of Entrepreneurs new to Hamtramck. <\/span><\/p>\n

Nina\u2019s Place is a banquet hall for any event. And even though it opened recently, there\u2019s already bookings, events and parties reserved for the space. \u201cI\u2019ve had four calls already asking to rent it out for Thanksgiving,\u201d said one of Nina\u2019s owners Lazetta Elliott. <\/span><\/p>\n

Lazetta and her husband Michael are part of the family who work together on the business. They\u2019ve spent the last six months getting the space ready. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe would come in after work,\u201d Michael Elliott said. \u201cAnd then another crew would come in during the daytime.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Michael explained all the work that went into building the space for its opening. He and his son crafted the fireplace. And a crew came in to restore the floors. <\/span><\/p>\n

Before the family restored the building, Lazetta described what they found before the work started. \u201cIt looked like an old basement,\u201d she said. <\/span><\/p>\n

The idea of a banquet hall isn\u2019t new to the family. Aside from the months of work restoring the building, a banquet hall has been on their mind for almost a decade. \u201cI\u2019ve always wanted a banquet hall,\u201d Lazetta said. \u201cAnd I wanted something that I could leave for my family, my children.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Everyone in the family has a role. For example, Larry Cooper is in charge of all the marketing. \u201cIt definitely feels like one big pie and we all have a piece of it,\u201d Cooper said. <\/span><\/p>\n

Hamtramck seemed to be the right place. During the work, Michael and Lazetta said people would stop by to talk or see the progress on the space. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe were here from the beginning, doing everything and the people would stop in,\u201d Lazetta said. \u201cThey\u2019d wave, they\u2019d do thumbs up. And they are very, very friendly. I have not met one person who was not friendly. And I just love that.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

During the grand opening, people from all over the Hamtramck community stopped by to see all the work finished. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis place is so lovely and so elegant,\u201d said Mayor Karen Majewski. \u201cYou can have a classy event on a relatively small scale. So I think there will be a lot of interest in a business like this.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Mayor Majewski says that she\u2019s a supporter of small businesses in Hamtramck. As a city without major corporate investment, according to Mayor Majewski, small business is a part of what makes Hamtramck. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s businesses like this that we feel is what Hamtramck is and what makes us a city,\u201d Mayor Majewski said. <\/span><\/p>\n

The owners of Nina\u2019s Place are excited for Hamtramck. They\u2019ve already prepared some events for the community, like Brunch with Santa on Dec. 15. And of course, they\u2019re open for reservations. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is to support a community and hopefully do some different things,\u201d Larry Cooper said. \u201cSo everything we\u2019re going to do is definitely going to be involving the community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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