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Creative Touch Barber and Beauty Salon: Community-Minded Barber Leverages the Small Business Grant to Enhance Shop
Creative Touch Barber and Beauty Salon is a 22-year-old establishment owned by Keith Jefferson. Affectionately known as KJ to his customers, Jefferson is not just a business owner; he's always giving back to the community. He contributes with school uniforms, school supplies, CPR classes, Cancer and Stroke awareness education, and cares for needy families during the holidays.
How the Small Business Grant Fund Helped Grace Meat + Three Continue Serving the Best Fried Chicken in Missouri
Grace Meat + Three was founded in 2017 by Rick Lewis as a counter-service restaurant offering a unique blend of refined Southern American food and hospitality. This popular restaurant combines the name God’s grace with traditional Southern meat and three sides dinner.
Small Business Grant Success Story: Kitchen House Coffee
In 2014, Paul Whitsitt and David Rodgers followed their dream to open Kitchen House Coffee in St. Louis City’s Tower Grove East Neighborhood. The coffee shop would become an extension of their Kitchen House Farm operation, providing eggs, fruits, vegetables and honey to the community, and later incorporating them into the Coffee House’s menu.