Metro Atlanta sisters buy ice cream shop where they worked as teenagers

STONECREST, Ga. — As we celebrate what would have been Dr. King’s 92nd birthday, two metro Atlanta sisters have the perfect birthday treat -- ice cream!

Janay Boucan, 30 and her younger sister Evonne Bazemore, 27, own Double Scoop Ice Cream in Stonecrest. The young sisters are proud of their Black-owned business and all the hard work they’ve done to get where they are today.

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They think Dr. King would be proud that they are living out their dream.

“It doesn’t click that we own this place sometimes,” Bazemore said. “It’s like, ‘I’m going to work today.’ But you own the building!”

Boucan and Bazemore started working at the shop -- which was originally a Bruster’s -- when they were in high school. Boucan was 16 when she got the job as a scooper and Bazemore was just 15 when she followed in her big sister’s footsteps They both loved the work. Bazemore was even made a crew supervisor when she was 17.

Bazemore said it’s all about loving what you do.

“Ice cream is fun. Ice cream is delicious,” Bazemore said. “You can’t go wrong anytime someone mentions ice cream! People get excited!”

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The sisters went on to college, where Bazemore majored in business administration and management. After college, Boucan had a career in real estate.

And then, the sisters decided to go back to their roots.

Boucan noticed that the old Bruster’s property had been put up for sale. The sisters used all of their background skills and their know-how about the ice cream business to reopen the place where they had their first jobs.

The commercial for Double Scoop, which opened in October 2019, says it all.

“We used to work here as teenagers,” the girls say in unison. “And now we own it.”

Double Scoop opened in October 2019 outside of Stonecrest Mall.

“Dreams do come true,” Bazemore said. “If you want to do something, you just have to work hard and you can do it.”

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