Meet the Finalists

Spring 2016

 

Arnold ("Mr. TJ") Tutson Jr.

Rescue Cuts

Rescue Cuts is a mobile barber shop providing full grooming services with exclusive convenience at an affordable rate.

Ashley Clay

Bella Noir Event Rentals

Bella Noir Event Rentals is decor rental service providing clients with centerpiece designs and decor for special events.

 

Carla C. Soll

Anointed Cake Creations, LLC

Anointed Cake Creations provides custom decorated cakes with traditional as well as gluten-free and/or sugar-free ingredients.

Janelle Mack

2Geez Catering

2Geez Catering is dedicated to homemade meals for children in daycare facilities using local ingredients without beef or pork. 

 

Karen Buckley

MicroPopShop LLC

Micropopshop is a web/mobile app that connects makers and growers with underutilized property to create customized pop-up retail spaces.

LaTausha DeBoise

ReddyWear Apparel LLC

REDDYWEAR Apparel specializes in fashionable, quality, and comfortable clothing for school age to adult consumers with restricted mobility. 

 

Laura Shields

Cham LLC / ARABICANO

Arabicano bakes, packages, and delivers small containers of Middle Eastern baklava made from local ingredients according to our family recipe.

Pamela Nolan

Script-Loons

Script-Loons provides customized balloons with inspiring words, quotes, and scriptures for a perfect match for the recipient and event.

 

Sonia Deal

DEAL-C2

Diabetes Education Augmenting Lifestyles, Center and Clinic (DEAL-C2) provides innovative diabetes-focused mobile care and education in St Louis metropolitan communities.

Thurman Rhodes

DADDYS

Dads and Dudes Daily Youth Services (DADDYS) provides opportunities for men to volunteer as educators and coaches at local schools.