Archive for March 31st, 2008

KCCommunityNews:
Raytown resident Inge Howard has always wanted to own a business.
Her dream came true when she purchased City Grounds Coffee Shop, at 6200 Raytown Trafficway, Feb. 26.
“My first job I ever had worked at was McDonald’s,” Howard said. “I always thought I needed my own franchise. It was always so expensive. When I found out [...]

Newsday.com:
As a stay-at-home mom living in Garden City with two babies, Vera Sweeney needed an outlet, a place to pour her creative energy, a place to indulge her obsession with celebrity gossip.
She might’ve been perfectly satisfied reading about Britney and Paris and Lindsay and BCBG and fitted jeans on somebody’s Web site.
Instead, she created her [...]

Katie Richardson is not the average mom. Having met her husband in college, Katie and Ben are both designers. When they decided they wanted to have children it was Katie that decided that she wanted to stay home to raise her kids. She didn’t let that stop her from designing still. [...]

Having opened shop in October of 2003, Heather has seen her online store grow by leaps and bounds. Going from a small cash investment to having a more than enough product for visitors to her boutique to choose from goes to show the success she has had in the past 4+ years. Heather also makes [...]