Retired owner of Glacier Laundry Carrie Peterson, pictured left, stands next to Lu Holder, the new owner of Viking Laundry.
Last month, after nearly 25 years of running Glacier Laundry, Carrie Peterson handed the laundromat keys to new owner Laura "Lu" Holder – who has renamed the business Viking Laundry.
Holder realizes that she is taking on more than just a place to do laundry – Peterson is passing along relationships, routines, and a community institution that has served Petersburg well.
"Today I helped somebody, and I was telling her like, where to put the soap," said Holder, "she turned to me and said, 'I've been doing laundry here since 1986...'"
The business dates back to the sixties. Peterson wasn't the ori...
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