Business
Jackson Ward bakery shutters after owner is denied re-entry to United States
Denied a visa stamp for unknown reasons while visiting her sister in Switzerland, Nettie’s Naturally owner Lynette Potgieter, a South African native, has been forced to close her storefront.
From Richmond BizSense:
A downtown bakery has unexpectedly closed its doors after its owner says she was denied re-entry to the country.
Nettie’s Naturally owner Lynette Potgieter says she has no choice but to close her wholesale business and bakery-café at Adams and Clay streets after she was denied a required visa stamp while visiting her sister in Switzerland.
Potgieter, who started Nettie’s Naturally five years ago and opened her storefront in 2015, said she wasn’t given a reason why she was denied the visa stamp to re-enter the U.S. at the American embassy in Switzerland.
