Pyron, who has Down syndrome, is the president of “Blake’s Snow Shack,” a snow cone shop slated to open this spring, ABC News reported. His parents are co-owners of the “Snow Shack,” but Pyron, who has experience working at a restaurant, will run it with the help of an employee, his 15-year-old neighbor Tanner Maples. The city council is expected to give final approval on the business on February 1.
“Blake was a football captain, he was a prom king, now he's a business owner,” Mary Ann Pyron, Blake Pyron’s mother, told ABC News. “We've never limited Blake.”
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