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Sew Creative Lisa Swisher Sew Creative has been in business in Rochester since 1975. Please tell us about the products and services you offer to your community. Primarily, we are a sewing machine business, and we offer classes. Our Learn to Sew classes have been...
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The Laughing Place Kathy Eschler When did you open The Laughing Place? We opened in 1997. A friend and I were working at a gift shop that had a toy section, and they wanted to downsize, so we bought out their toy inventory and opened our own store. What is the biggest...
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Sam Taylor Southside Guitars What inspired you to open a vintage guitar shop in Brooklyn? I opened it with my brother back in 2005. We had both been living in the area for a while and felt like it was a cool neighborhood. There was a lot of music, and we were into...
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Gettysburg Flag Works Maria Coffey You sell an assortment of flags and flag products. Is the American flag your best-selling product? It sure is. It makes up about 20% of our business. We have a really broad assortment of flags, but it brings in the majority of our...
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Ryan Novak The Chocolate Pizza Company Tell us about how you started at The Chocolate Pizza Company and what inspired you to take over the business. When I started, Chocolate Pizza was a small chocolate shop in my hometown of Marcellus. The owner, Bonnie, and her...
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Lydia Johnson Grandy Johnson Studio & Camera How did you get your start in photography and videography? What’s unique about my business is that I’m the third-generation owner of Johnson Camera. My grandfather and his brother started our business in the...
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Faye Storms Blue Barn Marketplace Tell us about Blue Barn and what you offer. We started in 1979, so we’ve been in business for 46 years. We’re probably one of the oldest businesses in the county (Ulster County). I’ve been serving four generations. We started out as...
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Silver Fox Gift Shop Kathryn and Kristen Busse Kristen (L) and Kathryn (R) Busse The Silver Fox Gift Shop is located on Main Street in Cooperstown. What is unique about downtown Cooperstown? Kathryn: The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is here. We’re a very...
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Finn Krause Krause’s Chocolates Krause’s Chocolates is a family business – how did your family start making chocolate? My great-grandfather, Alfred Krause, came to America in the 1920s, and he met and married his wife, Hannah. They started their business with a...
