Nia Spongberg moved to Ann Arbor with her partner from Vermont last year. Back in New England, Spongberg had a career in non-profit development but was a jack of all trades, handling everything from grant writing to database management.
"I was constantly organizing things," Spongberg says.
When she made the move to Ann Arbor she knew she wanted to change directions and so she started her own business focused around organization,
Spruced Up Spaces. The Ann Arbor-based company does everything from helping businesses reorganize how they do things at their facilities to helping families better organize their lives.
Spongberg likes the challenge in the work and enjoys being her own boss. The business started out slow but it didn't stay that way for long. "At the turn of the year things started to pick up for me," Spongberg says. "It has been growing steadily since then."
Spruced Up Spaces enjoys a client base made up mostly of local businesses and residential clients. For instance, Spongberg has helped a family to sort, purge, and reorganize the contents of their home in preparation for a significant renovation project, and she’s helped a massage therapy business to organize its filing system and improve the layout of its office space. Today, the company provides enough work for Spongberg to make a living and she hopes to continue growing.
Source: Nia Spongberg, owner & professional organizer of Spruced Up Spaces
Writer: Jon Zemke
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