Brittany Raji started Beauty Impact Accessories in 2015 with sourced merchandise from Ghana. After visiting Nigeria herself she began designing accessories with more …
Stephanie and Kelton Slay
Stephanie and Kelton Slay had a successful plumbing business, with jobs coming in left and right. However, even though they had multiple jobs …
Cicely Moore
Cicely Moore came to Justine PETERSEN in March of 2017 looking to build her credit. She started with no active lines of credit …
Fiddlehead Fern Café
Darcy Heine, owner of Fiddlehead Fern Café, is a 4th generation lifelong resident of the Shaw Neighborhood. Her passion for the community is …
Michelle Wright
Referred by the Small Business Administration in 2005, Michelle Wright came to Justine PETERSEN after she was denied bank financing to open Michelle’s …
Stephanie Bethel
Against the post-industrial landscape of Granite City, IL, one business is seeking to provide a haven for spiritual awareness and holistic healing. As …
Erika Ruiz
Erika Ruiz started out in corporate America, but knew that it wasn’t her true calling. She had always felt a call to service …
Pamela & Jeffery Blair
Pamela and Jeffery Blair purvey stories for a living – and their story is one of them. Determined to establish a bookstore where …