Shelley Green

Co-owner Sally Mengel likes to think Loblolly won over hearts and mouths as a hometown business making high-quality products from scratch with locally sourced ingredients. read more >

These retailers — who sometimes are also wholesalers — make food in part to make connections and to preserve local culture and traditional methods. In the process, they’ve turned into employers and a source of jobs. They’re business people; they’re entrepreneurs. read more >

The Green Corner Store at 1423 S. Main St. is building an e-commerce section for its website to sell goods online. When complete, the website will increase the visibility of the store as well as enhance its mission of selling environmentally friendly goods. read more >

The vision embraced by developer Anita Davis, along with some hefty injections of cash, has brought new vitality to Little Rock’s SoMa neighborhood. Now all kinds of people are interested in the magic that she and others have brought to the area. read more >

How do modern mom-and-pop shops compete with Wal-Mart? Simple: They don’t. They find a niche, some foothold outside the behemoth’s path. read more >