2024 Gift Guide
Support these wonderful small businesses this giving season This year, skip the big box stores and discover unique, thoughtfully crafted gifts from small businesses across Michigan. Northern Initiatives' customers are…
Support these wonderful small businesses this giving season This year, skip the big box stores and discover unique, thoughtfully crafted gifts from small businesses across Michigan. Northern Initiatives' customers are…
Cimone Casson just wanted Martin Luther King Jr. Day off. When she asked for it, at her high-powered beauty stylist job in Chicago, and was told no, she quit. “Well,…
While Joe Lane, left, and Ryan Iacovacci are growing mushrooms to feed people, they’re also working to save the planet. The owners of Myconaut were awarded a grant from the…
Leiko Bergers has always shared her energy and “retail can be a good exchange of energy,” she smiles. “I used to shop with my mom, finding little treasures, so this…
Leandra Nisbet has looked and looked, but can’t find a practical way to provide healthcare for her small business, with two full-time employees. “Until you get to 50 employees, 25…
The workers who grow our food need food. Vanessa Muniz makes sure they get what they need – and it goes well beyond food. Her store, Tienda Mexicana El Cuñao,…
‘A TimberPro on Every 40’ Hiawatha Log Homes saves energy and customers benefit Joe Esbrook’s log home was built by his dad the year Joe was born. So no, he…
Luis Chen-Aguilera is turning Kent County’s food and yard waste into fertile soil, with the help of 166 million worms. He’s also changing hearts and minds about agriculture in the…
Ronald Flowers is using his business to save the planet, as well as create a family legacy. It all started in 2014, when Flowers’ truck broke down and he took…
One of the best things about supporting small businesses is we know exactly where to shop - and now, so do you! 🧡Aaahhh🧡 Float Therapy at East of Eden…