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Through a picture window at the front of Beyond Flowers on Corydon Avenue, passersby see buckets and buckets of fresh flowers.

How often do you think about the take-out paper cup that holds your coffee?

La Belle Baguette’s Alix Loiselle played the piano nearly every day from the time he was four years old. He was in university studying music when he had to change his tune.

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.

It can seem counter-intuitive in the age of globalization to advocate for local. Does this thinking make sense?

Adham Tayfour wants to provide the same opportunity to others that he found in Canada. He also wants to share a taste of what he left behind.