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G rowing up, Pam Newton had an early attraction to vintage works that left her with the feeling of having been somewhere before. “I always feel like I came from the Thirties,” Newton said. Born in Newport, Rhode Island, she felt an instant connection to The Breakers (a late 1880s Vanderbilt manor) and other mansions. Her family later moved to Kansas City, and in childhood, Newton had a knack for redesigning her bedroom. Into adulthood, she was “constantly dabbling with change.” Newton’s design business took shape a decade ago, but in November 2016, she received “a gift that came out of nowhere,” when Newton’s longtime friend Bob Martin called her and asked if Newton would design his all-new office at iWerx, a new business incubator in North Kansas City, on a fixed budget of $800. Little did she know at the time that she would come to design the majority of the co-working space at iWerx, which opened in July 2016. “That,” she said of designing Martin’s office that draws
An Entrepreneur for Entrepreneurial Spaces
Words ADRIANNE DEWEESE Photos PATTI KLINGE Designer Pam Newton uses vintage creations to help inspire new creations
TOP: Welcoming area at the entrance to iWerx Enterprise & Entrepreneurial Center. BOTTOM: The main lounge area at iWerx, an atmosphere designed to encourage fresh ideas and organic networking.
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