2022 Gift Guide
Small business is the best business. These entrepreneurs support their families and their communities and we're proud to support them. FOR SOMEONE WHO THOUGHT THEY HAD EVERYTHING Copper…
Applecore General Store
Activity comes in waves in the Les Cheneaux region. There’s the summer onslaught, because who wouldn’t want to spend time in an area surrounded by woods, water, and islands? There’s…
Adrianna Brown, left, and Lori Olsen in the retail area of Aspidistra Naturals
Aspidistra Naturals
Lori Olsen is delighted with one benefit of owning a business – the jump in her confidence. “I’m doing things I never thought I’d do,” said Olsen, owner of Aspidistra…
Smith Truck Body
Curtis Smith is sure of one thing: There will always be garbage. Smith has worked nearly a decade in waste hauling and recycling. He opened his own custom truck business,…
Blossom Bird Bubble Tea
Kaila and Daniel Ball, newly married during the pandemic, had dreams of something fresh, away from metro Detroit. “We had plans to move to Oregon,” Daniel said. “The Pacific Northwest…
PM School
Mary Doyen and Peg Lippens have made some pretty savvy decisions for a couple of new business owners. “We had students who were completing school and not taking the certification…
Emmanuel Barbershop
The early days of the pandemic were tough on Carlton Briggs and his Emmanuel Barbershop. They were really tough on his customers. "This culture – although we’ll cut all hair…
Sleepy Dog Books
Riley and Jennifer Justis had always dreamed of owning a bookstore. The pandemic gave them more time to dream. And plan. And make it happen. When they decided to go…
Messersmith Manufacturing
Messersmith Manufacturing of Bark River, Mich., designs, manufactures and installs biomass boiler systems. Messersmith was incorporated in 1982 by Gailyn and Valerie Messersmith and is celebrating its 40th anniversary of…
A | M Floral and Gifts
Amy McKinley has run businesses before and even has a degree in business. But she knows enough about business to know she doesn’t know enough. When she was looking for…
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- …
- 8
- Go to the next page
