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“I love doing things that are different,” says Alternative Choice Garden Centre co-owner Karin Griffin.

Bernstein’s Deli has been a south end fixture for more than 30 years. Regulars come for a deli lunch, great take out in the grocery section (they are more than 30 kinds of soup in the freezer!) or a morning cup of coffee and meet up with friends.

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.

Ce Soir Lingerie’s Carol Yaschuk is a risk-taker. “You have to be to start your own business,” she said. “You also have to trust yourself.”

French, 64, began volunteering with the festival in his early 20s. “I wanted to give back to the community and it happened to be going on at the time,” he said.