A Chat with August’s Profile, Kassie Rempel, founder and owner of SimplySoles

In 2003, I was transitioning out of running her business and was looking for an opportunity to pursue my own. The topic was always shoes. I was thinking of opening retail space. There was no shoe boutique in the area. A few clothing stores that opened only carried a few lines. Opening a shoe store was my first inclination but where do you find a place in D.C. that has parking, that has foot traffic and affordable rent?