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The timing wasn’t perfect for Darcy Hannah, but owning her own business turned out to be the perfect fit.

We’ll have to bake another batch.
It’s been a theme of High Tea Bakery since Belinda Bigold and her mom, Carol, opened
the bakery 16 years ago with family recipes an investment of $300 each.

After Bernie Whetter left his management position at Wheat City Seeds in 2005, he found himself at a crossroads. Not knowing how to proceed, Whetter asked himself, “What do I like doing?”

Recreational and serious athletes are finding a new home at the Beach Volleyball Centre in East Saint Paul.

In the two years since opening Next Level Escapes with his wife and co-owner, Meghan Pesclovitch, Daniel Gravenor has taken a generic storefront in a suburban strip mall and created a place where problem-solving and imagination take hold.

Olena Kozel and Erin Ahl have created a modern business with roots in the past. Sherbrook Street’s Public General Store is a place that’s more mercantile than shopping mall.