LYNN – Michael “Master IC Allah” Victoriano watched one day last week as a large white bucket truck pulled up to 423 Union St. and positioned itself to make his dream come true.Workers were about to hang a new sign, “Victorious Barbers; Look Good ? Do Better,” which will herald something Victoriano has been working for for awhile, his own shop.”This is really the perfect location,” he said as cars and pedestrians breezed by on Sept. 15. “It’s a very busy location for traffic, school kids and the bus.”The small, triangle-shaped shop is just large enough for two antique barber chairs and a small waiting area with a few seats in front of the plate-glass window that looks onto Union Street across from downtown’s Heritage State Park. Victoriano said he bounced from barbershop to barbershop renting chairs where he could, always with an eye on owning his own shop.It was a customer, Historical Commission member Calvin Anderson, who helped get the project off the ground. Anderson, who likes to call himself a “hands on historical commissioner,” connected Victoriano with Community Development and its façade program facilitated by Director James Marsh, which ultimately helped pay for the barbershop’s new sign.Marsh said the façade program is responsible for a lot of signs around the city, including Rossetti’s on Sutton Street, but it’s not all the program provides. Any type of work aimed at improving a building’s aesthetics is considered for a grant, he said. Goose neck lighting, awnings, brickwork and window replacement are all things that a business owner could seek financial help for through the city’s façade program..Business owners need only apply, go through a review process and pay the money up front, Marsh said. If the project is approved they are reimbursed up to $4,000.”They come in with a design and as long as it’s up to our standards, in line with what we’re trying to do ? we’ll approve it,” he said.Marsh said that doesn’t mean all the store fronts along a particular street have to look alike. In fact, he likes creativity. One only need to look at Market Street from Linda’s Jewelers down to North Shore Vacuum to see the changes in the building facades, each of which is different but work together.Other businesses that have taken advantage of the program include Caruso’s on Union Street, Tony’s Pub on Franklin Street, East Coast Karate in Central Square and Bernies Place on Central Avenue.It will cost out of pocket at first, Marsh cautioned.”It’s a reimbursement program,” he explained. “They show proof of payment and we reimburse up to $4,000.”Victoriano said he was excited to discover the program as much as he was the location for his shop. He believes his operation will be a perfect fit for the downtown and he likes that it will be part of the area resurgence as a cultural district.He said his shop will be a throwback to the day where people gather and talk politics or religion or about whatever, with no rush. He also sees it as a place for all, he said.”I serve no one market,” he said. “I respect my history and my culture but we have to be in this altogether. I’m in the business of unity and peace and I see a lot of good here.”