Our city is home to so many incredible businesses and so we asked the founders how they came up with the ideas for their businesses and have shared their responses below.

Molly Carr | Baker & Cake Decorator

Ever since I was little, I’ve always been in the kitchen cooking and baking with my mother and grandmother. Anyone who knows me would say that I’ve always had a dream of having a bakery. It’s been an idea I’ve had with me my whole life. I love those special moments that surround a celebration. I love being able to be a small part of creating those memories for others. In college I studied Nutrition and Food Science. As much as I love how decorative and beautiful cakes and desserts can look, it is equally if not more important to me that they taste good. Read more>>

Zoe’ Singleton | Author

Rainbow Promise, LLC originated with a dream. I had no thoughts of authorship. God gave me an entire book (In My Father’s Eyes; IMFE) in a dream, and when I awoke, I wrote it down. The hard part was deciding to move forward on what He’d given me. I had no plan and no skillset in the area of authorship which gave me pause. However, when I decided to move forward. God led me to the resources I needed at every stage. Read more>>

Anesia Allen | Cleaning Professional

I came up with the idea of my business sitting in my very first apartment one week after I was fired from my job in July of 2018. During that time, I was contemplating on what my next move would be. While I worked that out, I thought about what it was that I actually loved doing and not just something I had to do to live. I always knew, that the corporate world was not really for me. I’ve always been the type of person who can not look the other way when it came to how employees are treated at a lot of corporations. Read more>>