Tripp Mazzucco has dreamed of owning an ice cream shop for years. A former teacher, Mazzucco spent the last two years teaching Special Education in Charlotte during the school year.
But soon, Mazzucco’s dream will be his full-time job. Mazzucco and his wife, Megan, are opening Downstairs Ice Cream in downtown Gastonia, selling a wide variety of specialty ice cream flavors.
“We have always had the dream of an ice cream shop, and we wanted to be brick and mortar,” Mazzucco said. “And we looked at a bunch of spaces, and kind of just ran out of time the first summer where it was like, ‘OK, we need to find a space today, or we’re not gonna be able to sell any ice cream this summer.’ And really wanted to get started, so we decided to buy a trailer.”…