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In 1926 Chester VanTongeren started a wooden shoe factory in Holland, Michigan. Nearly 100 years later, the business his family […]

Maddi started UP North Specialties with a simple mission: to show the world how amazing and beautiful the Upper Peninsula

Kasey Calvert saw something missing in the Flint community and decided to build it himself. Founded in 2021, Hidden Gems

Heidi started baking cookies out of her Bay City home in 2016. By 2017 she had her first storefront. Today

Since 1992, McLean and Eakin Booksellers has been one of the best reasons to wander into downtown Petoskey. Located at

What started as a roadside fruit stand in 1959 has grown into one of Lansing’s most beloved destinations. Horrocks Farm

Lansing has one locally owned independent bookstore. And for over 20 years, Everybody Reads Books and Stuff has been making

Allie Robinson had her first sale at the Interlochen Farmer’s Market in June of 2020. A few years later, she

In an era when independent bookstores have struggled to survive, Snowbound Books has not just survived. It has thrived. Marquette’s

Some businesses earn their reputation over decades. Donckers has been earning its for over 125 years. Located at 137 W