Most of the media often paints all businesses with a single stroke, but in our experience businesses are each unique and so many of them are focused on making the world a better place. We’ve highlighted a few such gems below.

Erica Rasmussen | Coach, Life Balance Enthusiast & Goal Getter!

I inspire people to be better versions of themselves! I inspire teams to become better, together! As a life balance enthusiast, certified Oola Life Coach, Oola Ambassador and speaker, I get the unique opportunity to help people dream bigger! Too often, we get living in the fast lane or accustomed to habits. But, when we take daily action steps toward achieving goals, new habits form, new lifestyles can be created, and ultimately pursuit of better balance, growth and purpose are how I help people! Read more>>

Ulysses Quartet | String quartet

Music is such a powerful and irreplaceable force in our lives. Art helps us deal with so much in our lives, and music in particular is essential in helping us understand and relate to other people, even when it’s difficult to communicate. Read more>>

Jubal Fulks | Violin professor and performer

I’m a violin professor at a university, which means that I mostly teach private 1-hour lessons each week to college-level violinists. These weekly meetings, thirty times per year over the course of several years, have an enormous impact on the personal and professional development of these young musicians. We also have a weekly studio class, where we develop a strong sense of community and learn how to perform in public and speak to colleagues in productive and helpful ways to support their musical and technical growth. These students then go on to produce and influence the next generation of young violinists, and we become part of the beautiful cycle of violin pedagogy through the centuries! Read more>>

Felicia J | Furniture Artist/Owner

Cuztom Solutions is a forever pivoting business. We started out building furniture pieces. Then we added refinishing furniture, and lastly added paint pouring artwork. We will continue to build as we see fit and change or add when change is due. That helps the community because we continue to learn and provide new services to our community. When we added refinishing furniture we began to save hundreds of furniture pieces from the landfills. We allow families to enjoy furniture pieces that would have been thrown out into the landfills. Read more>>

Alanna L.P. | Owner of Magdalena Tarot Inc.

I’m an activist at heart, so activism is part of Magdalena Tarot’s mission. I grew up in a strict Catholic family in Louisville, KY, a Southern, predominantly Christian, conservative town. It was a difficult place to be a bisexual, teenage witch, so I know what it’s like to long for a spiritual connection outside of the cis, white, straight world. I became an activist in high school because I want to live in a world where we can all experience Divine love and joy every day without fear of oppression. Read more>>

Nat Feather | Owner and artist at LightSpeed Curations

Cooperation over competition has been the idea behind Lightspeed Curations from the beginning. Our goal is to foster community through arts education. We not only give artists a place to display their work, but also encourage them to progress their process through experimentation and open discourse. Read more>>

Holly Conn | Mountain Roots

Mountain Roots helps the world by advancing social, economic, environmental, individual, and community health through all things food. We believe that equitable access to fresh, nutritious food is not only a human right, but also an integral solution to many of the world’s problems such as climate change, soil health, water conservation, hunger and food security, and public health. Read more>>