The Economy & Business
ReInvention Stories: Kimberly Collett
This week, Kimberly Collett tells how she re-invented a landmark Dayton restaurant: The Wympee drive-in on East Third Street. It was a burger place, open since in 1938, and it was closed for only one year before Collett re-opened it as Olive: An Urban Dive in 2011.
Collett brought a wide range of skills and experience to her business. She had backpacked across Europe, she’d been a caterer, a set builder, and an event planner. But when she became a single mom, she focused her considerable energy…
This ReInvention Story was produced by Liz Cambron.
ReInvention Stories is brought to you by WYSO and Localore, a national initiative produced by AIR, the Association of Independents in Radio, Incorporated – in collaboration with Zeega- with financial support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Kimberly Collett from Reinvention on Vimeo.
To meet more Dayton residents reinventing themselves, visit ReInventionStories.org, an interactive documentary.
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