Business Spotlight: Fresh N' Blessed
Updated: Jun 25, 2019 Watch Fox 9 News special by Dawn Stevens: http://www.fox9.com/home/entrepreneur-turned-hardship-into-a-successful-b...
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SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
Business Spotlight: K's Grocery
Ousman Camara grew up around businesses and entrepreneurs as a child. After gaining operational experience from a friend who owned a...
Business Spotlight: ChriStyles Closet
Crystal Lerma loves to dress and has a keen eye for fashion. After realizing how infrequently her clothing was worn, she ventured into...
Business Spotlight: Acronym Village
Maria Little-Arnold had a dream to pursue entrepreneurship after being inspired by her children. After becoming an "empty nester" when...
NEON Business Spotlight: Sammy's Avenue Eatery
Sammy’s Avenue Eatery is a coffee shop with a small town feel located in the heart of the business district in north Minneapolis. The...
Doing Good, Getting Good
A portrait of Jaequan Faulkner, Mr. Faulkner’s Old Fashioned Hot Dogs by Mecca Bos The first time I meet Jaequan Falkner, he’s setting...
NEON Business Spotlight: Wendy's House of Soul
With over 20+ years of catering and bartending experience under her belt, Wendy Puckett always had a passion for cooking for others and...
NEON Business Spotlight: The SEAD Project
Chanida Phaengdara Potter, Founder and Community Architect, started The SEAD Project to address the needs and issues of local Southeast...
NEON Business Spotlight: Arubah Emotional Health Services
Updated: Feb 6, 2020 Anissa Keyes, President and Founder, started Arubah Emotional Health Services to address the complex emotional and...
NEON Business Spotlight: Quebracho
Updated: Feb 29, 2020 Food, a Home Away from Home Belén Rodríguez may have gone to school for interpreting, but she found her voice...
NEON Business Spotlight: Wolfpack Promotionals
Updated: Aug 15, 2020 "We realized we could really change the business landscape of our community, because we could actually get the same...
NEON Business Spotlight: Ahavah BirthWorks
Updated: Mar 2, 2020 “We work with families that have been pretty much marginalized in the healthcare world. We work with Black families...
NEON Business Spotlight: Wallace Cuisine
“I started thinking of my daughter and her future, I grew up on McDonald’s and stuff like that and yes I turned out ok, but I wanted her...
NEON Business Spotlight: Chef Flo-K Foods
I was born into a food business. I grew up with my mom having a buka back home. what you’d call a restaurant here. From there I really...
Keep forgetting a mask? Minneapolis apparel maker attaches them to its hoodies
By Iain Carlos Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal Dec 29, 2020 Always forgetting your masks? Looking for a stylish way to stay warm...
North Minneapolis Entrepreneur Creates Hoodies With Masks Sewn Inside
By Reg Chapman WCCO - channel 4 news Jan 6, 2021 Congrats NEON client Alpha Wear Apparel for the wonderful spotlight done by WCCO | CBS...
12 Black- and Latino-owned Twin Cities firms picked for EY accelerator
We'd like to give a big #teamNEON congratulations to client TRI-Construction for being selected as one of 12 Twin Cities companies...
What 4 Black Minneapolis entrepreneurs think should be done about public safety
By Iain Carlos Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal Nov 6, 2020 NEON clients Teto Wilson of Wilson's Image Barbers & Stylists and Flora...
Small businesses worry about second shutdown in Minnesota as COVID-19 cases grow
By Bisi Onile-Ere Fox 9 News Nov 7, 2020 As the second surge of COVID-19 cases increases, we are keeping our small business in mind. If...
Puckett comes back from shooting, revives Wendy's House of Soul amid pandemic
By Neal St. Anthony The Star Tribune Sept 29, 2020 "Last month, the restaurant lost its lease on W. Broadway, prompting a move and a...
After The Fires: How three businesses damaged in riots are fighting to recover
By Iain Carlos Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal Aug 13, 2020 The Business Journal checked in on entrepreneurs of color, including...
Mall of America gives free space to small retailers impacted by pandemic riots
By Nicole Norfleet The Star Tribune Sept 29, 2020 NEON client Butters By Jay is at MOA! They're part of the Community Commons pop-up on...
The 101 Best Burgers in America
By Aaliyah Gibson and Dan Myers The Daily Meal Oct 7, 2020 NEON client Wendy's House of SOUL has a lot more on their menu than just...
Wendy’s House of Soul reopens in new location
By Shayne Wells Fox 9 News Sept 22, 2020 Fox 9 stopped by Wendy's House of SOUL's new Harrison Neighborhood restaurant (1825 Glenwood...
NEON Aims To Help North Minneapolis Entrepreneurs Thrive
By Reg Chapman WCCO 4 News Sept 16, 2020
Minnesota and private partners need to support rebuilding inner-city commercial corridors
By Neal St. Anthony Star Tribune Aug 16, 2020 "Many shops have shuttered indefinitely amid the one-two punch of COVID-19 and riot...
5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities this week
By Liv Martin Star Tribune Aug 7, 2020 In light of the pandemic, they've shifted their focus from catering to their frozen empanadas,...
These Black Women Are Leading the Plant-Based Movement in North Minneapolis
By Liv Martin Minnesota Monthly Jul 29, 2020 Big congrats to NEON clients The Zen Bin, NYUM, and Keiko's Kitchen for the wonderful...
Minneapolis rebuild — and putting businesses on more solid ground
By Melissa Townsend MPR News Jul 20, 2020 "North Minneapolis was hit hard in the uprising following the police killing of George Floyd...
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