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Casa Nueva

June 29, 2012 By admin

Back in 1987, a tiny corner restaurant opened on slanted West State Street in Athens, Ohio. It was different from the other eateries in Athens in one very important way: the cooks, dishwashers, servers and hostesses weren’t just hired help at Casa Nueva, they owned it as members of the Worker-Owned Restaurant Corporation. Were they […]

Filed Under: Appalachia, Arts and Culture, Business - cooperative, Community Development and Design, Culinary Arts, Culinary Experiences, Developing Models of Partnership, Food and Beverage, Ohio, Restaurant or Cafe, Small Business, Tourism and Recreation

Originals Casual Wear

June 29, 2012 By admin

Along North Dakota’s eastern edge, just 30 miles south of the Canadian border, visitors quickly sense that community runs deep and strong in Drayton — as strong as the catfish that challenge even the most adept fishermen who regularly fish the Red River of the North which winds through one of North Dakota’s oldest communities, […]

Filed Under: Business - mid-sized (>21 employees), Community Development and Design, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, North Dakota, Small Business, Women-owned Enterprises

High Pointe Coverings

June 29, 2012 By admin

A 40-year Old Idea Entrepreneur Lloyd Peterson’s company, High Pointe Coverings crafts wool mattresses, an idea Lloyd has entertained for 40 years now. The idea began forming when Lloyd visited a neighbor’s auction where he met his fate. “She showed me this mattress made of wool, which was over 100 years old. ”I ended up […]

Filed Under: Business - small (<20 employees), Buy Local, Community Development and Design, Consumption and Purchasing, Developing new products, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Small Business

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