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Read more about the article Millie’s Farms

Millie’s Farms

  • Post author:Jodee Taylor
  • Post published:October 30, 2024
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A loan to Millie’s Farms, a woman-owned family farm in Big Prairie Township near Newaygo, put Northern Initiatives over the $100 million mark in loans made since its founding 30…

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Read more about the article Fox and Hen Vineyards

Fox and Hen Vineyards

  • Post author:Jodee Taylor
  • Post published:October 2, 2023
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Wil Malski was pretty excited when he planted his first grapes in 2014. The heartbreak was equally strong when he had to rip them out five years later. It turned…

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Read more about the article Tastefull Vegan

Tastefull Vegan

  • Post author:Jodee Taylor
  • Post published:September 6, 2023
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Kalene McElveen grew up on the east side of Detroit in a food desert. “Our closest grocery store was a liquor store,” she says. There wasn’t access to fruits and…

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Read more about the article Yummy Delights on the Lakeshore

Yummy Delights on the Lakeshore

  • Post author:Jodee Taylor
  • Post published:June 29, 2023
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If you need another example of how business ownership builds generational wealth, there’s one happening in Muskegon. Mari Romero owns Yummy Delights by the Lakeshore, a bakery she has nurtured…

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Read more about the article Four Leaf Brewing

Four Leaf Brewing

  • Post author:Jodee Taylor
  • Post published:April 3, 2023
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The whistle of trains mixes with the clop-clop of horses pulling buggies in downtown Clare. Outside of Four Leaf Brewing, it also mixes with the sound of Irish music. Amy…

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Read more about the article RJ’s Printing

RJ’s Printing

  • Post author:Jodee Taylor
  • Post published:March 7, 2023
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Sean Hollins knows all too well the challenges of being a Black business owner – the search for funding, the wealth disparities, the lack of access to materials at a…

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