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Tim Huber's desire to leave the corporate workplace and his more than 16 years of experience in the embroidery business led him and his wife, Vicki, to start their own business in their basement in March 2006.

That business, DigiStitch Embroidery Inc., was incorporated in April and has moved to a storefront in a shopping plaza west of Waynesville. The store's address is 1557-A Ohio 73.

DigiStitch will celebrate its grand opening from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 26.

The Hubers decided to move out of their basement to a storefront because they were seeing tremendous growth.

"We were growing every year and wanted to get out into the public eye more and have a storefront for people to try shirts on," Tim Huber said. "(And) we needed more room for the screen printing operation that we purchased when we moved in here."

Tim Huber manages the day-to-day business operation while Vicki, whose professional background is in finance, manages the invoicing, vendor payments and bookkeeping.

The move and expansion brought the addition of more equipment, including another embroidery machine, two new vinyl/appliqué cutters, a heat-press and a complete screen print operation. It also includes a showroom featuring a new line of earth-friendly "green wear" and a large selection of high school "spirit wear" designs. In addition, customers can watch the embroidery work through special viewing windows.

DigiStitch's team also includes Wendy Hancock, who has extensive expertise in "spirit wear" apparel.

For more information, call (866) 363-5476, fax (513) 897-3300, e-mail DigiStitch@verizon.net or visit

www.DigiStitchEmbroidery.com.

In other business news:

• Cutie Patooties, 63 West Franklin St., Centerville, recently launched their business online with the Web site www.cutie

patootieskids.com.

Cutie Patooties is owned by Jill Bohaboy of Oakwood and Caprice Freeman of Miami Twp.

"We launched our site in April with a few products and now have a large representation online," Bohaboy said via e-mail.

Bohaboy and Freeman purchased the store two years ago, and the previous owners had been in business for one year, Bohaboy said.

Cutie Patooties is a boutique for children and the mom-to-be that sells accessories, gifts and apparel. The store employs six people.

For more information, call (937) 438-2884.

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Mary Irby-Jones is the Business Editor at the Dayton Daily News. She can be reached at (937) 225-7311.