Granddaughter carrying on Freda’s Beauty Rama tradition

Freda’s Beauty Rama & Gift Shop has been in the spotlight as the community rallies to save the building in southeast Cedar Rapids, but to Freda Long, the real story is one of business succession.  

“Octavia grew up in this beauty salon,” Ms. Long, 88, said of her granddaughter, Octavia Cox. “She surprised me when she told me she was going to beauty school. She said,…