What was located at 711 West Dayton Street in Flint, Michigan?

The vacant lot of land where 711 West Dayton Street is located in Flint, Michigan, was once home to a wig store/wig shop called Economy Wigs. Economy Wigs was a store that sold and specialized in women’s wigs. Phone number for Economy Wigs was 313-238-5461. Economy Wigs was well renown during the 60s. Economy Wigs was housed inside a red colored single story rectangular building next to Le Mieux Drug Store and Civic Park Bar. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/98861463/)

Wigs demonstrations were given by the women who worked at this shop. The store paid their employees with high income. The high income was well desirable with employees. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/98852006)

“LADIES over 21 Earn high Income demonstrating wigs, wiglets, and no investment' necessary, must have a car and have a "knack" to lengthen hair. Send inquiries, Including name and phone no., with hair, name, wigs, to Economy Wigs, 711 W. Dayton St., Flint, 48504 or call 313-238-5461”

The store fell into decline when the Civic Park neighborhood started falling into decline by the early 1990s. The building where Economy Wigs was located was already abandoned in 2007. The building had been scrapped apart and torn up badly. Sadly the store burned down in 2008 in an arson incident. In many of the arson cases in Flint, nobody had seen or heard anything. This case of arson was not unusual. Now this arson case was never solved. Genesee County Land Bank had the buildings along Dayton Street & Dupont Street demolished in July 2009. Nothing of Economy Wigs remained by 2011.

Economy Wigs was located at 711 West Dayton Street, Flint, Michigan, US 48504.