GROW Client Cindy's Chicken Coop Serves Fried Chicken and Side of Kindness Food is Lucinda Waver’s love language. “I love serving people and helping them enjoy food,” she said. “I…
Michelle is a massage therapist and so much more. Her repertoire includes body work, Reiki Master, spiritual healing, certified aroma therapist with plans to become a registered aroma therapist. Early…
GROW Loan Allows Urban Apparel to Re-Open As we continue to face the aftereffects of the Coronavirus, businesses and entrepreneurs have taken a specific kind of hit. Although most of…
Los Amigos Receives GROW Loan, Giving the Restaurant Room to Adjust to New Normal COVID-19 has impacted us all in different ways, and it continues to carry lasting effects. Some…
Recovery Loan Story: Christina VanDam, Zeal Aerial Fitness Although no one could’ve predicted a global pandemic when 2020 began, here we are. And unfortunately, several of our favorite local businesses…
"Don't do it alone. Find people to lean on and get advice from. The world, in general, wants to help, you just have to be willing to ask. The reality…
“Plan and learn as much as possible to prepare you for ownership, then develop a key group of support partners to assist with funding, accounting, legal representation, and more.” –…
Fall down seven times, stand up eight Zena Patillo is a survivor. She's also an educator, a serial entrepreneur, and the next best thing to sliced bread. She is a…
"If your gut is telling you to do something counter to what the current culture of your business is doing, do it. Don't be afraid of being different, because that's…
"We truly want people to be healthy. We are family and we work hard to create community." Chris Woods was at a crossroads. After spending the last twenty years as…