KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) - Elevate Barber College will be opening at 405 E Market Street in Kingsport on Monday.

Micah Taylor, owner of Taylor Made Grooming Lounge, is partnering with Robert Johnson of K.O. Barber Academy to open an affordable barber school in Kingsport.

Taylor has been a barber for 27 years and went back to school to get his instructor's license in 2019. While going through the instructor schooling along with Johnson, Taylor said the beginning of the idea for the new college was formed.

"He and I are the first two instructors to ever graduate from that academy, and just talking and building that relationship over the years, we thought, you know, why not put our brains together and do something together," Taylor said.

From there, the pair decided to create an affordable

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