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For Tia Medeiros, inspiration struck when she was watching the Dave Chappelle comedy Half Baked. It might be more accurate to call it a craving. The movie features Abba-Zaba bars, a taffy candy bar with a peanut butter centre.

If the shoe fits, you probably got it at City Park Runners.

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?”

Mark Turner doesn’t look like the person you may picture when you conjure up an image of a tea room proprietor – and the Amsterdam Tea Room is no dusty cliché either.

Constance Menzies remembers the Christmases of her childhood as lovely and lavish. “Our holidays were rich,” even if her family was not, she said.

No product makes it onto the shelf of Wal-Mart unless it appeals to enough people for it to make the retailer money. Go to most local independent businesses and you’ll see that they’re creating something for someone specific – their smallest viable market.