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Angry Trout Café

June 29, 2012 By admin

Out of this World At first, one might think it is the succulent plates of fresh salmon and Lake Superior trout that draw people to the Angry Trout Café’s door in droves, but it’s not just a satisfied stomach that people leave with. It’s true, the food is out of this world, but customers also […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - family, Business - small (<20 employees), Business Development and Marketing, Business Planning, Buy Local, Composting, Conservation, Consumption and Purchasing, Culinary Arts, Energy and Green Building, Energy Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Fish, Fishing, Food and Beverage, Green Products, Harvesting Nature, Local foods systems, Marketing, Minnesota, MN Book, Northern Minnesota, Organic, Regional Arts, Responsible Purchasing, Restaurant or Cafe, Rural/urban connection, Sourced from Cooperative Enterprises, Tourism and Recreation, Waste Reduction

Showcase West virginia

June 29, 2012 By admin

Betty Rivard has been a photographer all her life, but she really began to get serious about her art after she retired from her job as a state social worker in West Virginia. “My goal is to show the beauty and individuality of the everyday scene in West Virginia,” Betty says of her work. As […]

Filed Under: Appalachia, Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - self, Business Development and Marketing, Buy Local, Community Development and Design, Consumption and Purchasing, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, West Virginia

Pointe of Joy Performing Arts Studio

June 29, 2012 By admin

At the age of seven, Lora Jane Hyden knew she wanted to be a dancer. That’s when she got to take her first and only year of dance classes as a child, growing up in Eastern Kentucky. The single year of classes (singular thanks to the unpredictable coal mining industry from which her parents drew […]

Filed Under: Appalachia, Arts and Culture, Business - small (<20 employees), Business Development and Marketing, Community Development and Design, Dance, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Financing, Performing Arts, Small Business, Starting a Business, Tennessee, Women-owned Enterprises

Hampton Square

June 29, 2012 By admin

When local customers first pull up to Hampton Square in Blue Ridge, Georgia, they may not see the fresh start-up businesses housed in the newly renovated building right away. They may be remembering the Pontiac dealership, the International Harvester tractor showroom, the poultry factory, the skating rink and the antique store that had all, at […]

Filed Under: Appalachia, Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - small (<20 employees), Business Development and Marketing, Cultural Preservation, Georgia, Historic Preservation, Performing Arts, Regional Arts, Starting a Business, Storytelling, Theater

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