Taj Simmons is a multimedia journalist who joined WRTV in August 2023.
MCCORDSVILLE — The town of McCordsville has undergone a lot of change in the past few years, but one longtime community icon is in it for the long haul.
Owner Ja'nene Gillam is the daughter of the late Gary Wiley, who ran a barber shop out of the caboose for 30 years. She decided in 2022 to build a coffee shop around the caboose to give her father's old tradition a new life. McCordsville has dramatically grown since Wiley opened up the caboose for the first time. The U.S. Census reports McCordsville had a population of just 684 in 1990 and 1,134 in 2000. The town now estimates more than 10,000 people live there.
"People can reminisce about being here when they got their hair cut or bring in new customers so they can make new memories," Gillam said.
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