Jason Hillier is breathing a sigh of relief. After starting his plumbing business five years ago during the economic downturn and experiencing a decline in business, Advance Plumbing Systems is steadily growing and in the process of expansion. In the past few months, Hillier launched the company’s first website and had the name painted on
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North Fork Chocolate Company proprietors Ann Corley and Steve Amaral took a guilty pleasure and turned it into an overnight success. After selling their hand-crafted chocolate gourmet desserts online, the tandem built such a large following of customers that they are planning to open a store. The store is slated to open in February
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Shopping at a grocery store can feel mundane when consumers feel like there is little variety on store shelves beyond frozen and processed foods. But new business owner Jeff Plummer is breaking away from the conventional grocery store mold with the opening of City Green Market, a vegan grocery store that sells vegetarian, vegan, and
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Erin Hill developed a talent for sewing while watching and practicing with her mother. Hill sharpened her skills sewing clothes for family and friends, and word quickly spread about her work that she developed clients and converted her basement into a sewing/design studio. With a paucity of space, Hill found a place and opened her
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Taking a leap of faith leaving your home country for a better opportunity and greener pastures in the United States requires not only sound planning, but tremendous courage and resolve. Luca and Monica Cecconi embodied these qualities when they left their home country of Italy last fall and opened a restaurant together called At Tiramisu
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First there was food. Then there were restaurants. Then Henry Ford invented the Model-T. Then trucks starting moving around merchandise. Then an enterprising entrepreneur decided to bring food to customers inside one of those trucks and so began the path to food truck growth. Creative and awesome Today, the food truck industry is a $804
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If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to get into shape, gym owners Felipe Von Sydow and Christen Mertes are more than happy to accommodate anyone attempting to achieve a personal fitness goal. The tandem recently opened Arcane, a new gym in Missoula, Montana, offering clients one-on-one attention and unlimited personal training support. Von
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From autographed baseball bats to Super Bowl rings, Worthridge Auctions and Retail has a sizable collection of sports memorabilia for collectors interested in owning a piece of history while reliving a memorable sports moment. The shop has been around for two decades, and current owner Rick Kohl helped his father run the business before taking
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Charles and Tabitha Atwood love their dog and are very mindful of what it eats. After conducting independent research on ingredients found in dog treats, and speaking with veterinarians on the ill-effects said ingredients can have on dogs, this startling information compelled the couple to rethink what they were feeding their dog. The Atwood’s began
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Georgetown, Delaware, is a small town with a business district comprised of several local government offices and small businesses. Yet the one thing it lacked was a barbershop, and Scott Kauffman saw the potential to fill a void in this space and did just that by opening Georgetown Barbershop. The shop opened its doors in
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