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NETWORKING PLATFORM: Contessa Brown wanted a place where adults could socialize without the typical nightlife atmosphere after she become a Christian and quit going to bars and nightclubs in 2008. Unable to find many spots to her liking, in 2009 she launched Café S.O.U.L., a community platform providing a networking space for artists, entrepreneurs and wellness advocates.
COURTESY CAFE S.O.U.L.

Everybody’s Business: Cafe S.O.U.L. nourishes creative spirit, community

(Editor’s note: This is the 73rd installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
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The Beauty Therapist LLC owner / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Everybody’s business: For Lallier, restoring confidence key to care routine

(Editor’s note: This is the 71st installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
GIVING VOICE: Ann Clanton, founder and owner of Ann Clanton Communications, is pictured in front of the R.I. Statehouse.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Everybody’s Business: Communications firm allows Clanton to fuse her love of...

(Editor’s note: This is the 70th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
COTTAGE INDUSTRY: Karen Torres Melendez of West Warwick says she was able to start her own business, Sweet Sculptures, after Rhode Island updated its laws to allow home-based food entrepreneurs to sell certain goods. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Baking venture born amid life’s challenges


(Editor’s note: This is the 69th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
TRAILBLAZER: Remi Jones is the CEO, executive producer and host of “Remi TV,” Rhode Island’s first Black-owned women’s television show. 
COURTESY JAY HUNT

Everybody’s Business: Multimedia maven gives voice to the underdog

(Editor’s note: This is the 68th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
SUPPORT SYSTEM: Trent Manning, center, is the founder and owner of Down The Road Movers LLC, a Black-owned moving company that he launched to support formerly incarcerated individuals. Pictured with Manning, from left, are foremen/drivers Genesis Harney and Ryan Fogarty.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Everybody’s Business: Helping formerly incarcerated individuals move on

(Editor’s note: This is the 67th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
SERENDIPITOUS SPARK: Yolanda “Yolie” Rome left her role as an academic adviser at Brown University nearly two years ago and launched the Magnolia Soap & Bath Co. East Greenwich store after visiting a Magnolia store in Montana during a trip to see her son and being inspired to start her own store. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Everybody’s Business: She’s uniting people through soap making

(Editor’s note: This is the 66th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
FIT FOR THE JOB: After excelling at the college level and contributing to two NFL teams, former football player Kerry Taylor turned to personal training, which led to him opening 212 Health & Performance Corp. in East Providence in 2009. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Everybody’s Business: Ex-elite football player tackles gym ownership

At 212 Health & Performance Corp., Kerry Taylor seems like just another gym employee in fitness attire getting ready for the next appointment, greeting...
FILLING A NEED: ­Alexander “Brave Journey” Sterling says he started Rhode Island-based nonprofit Turtle Island Community Capital to help foster economic sovereignty in Native communities. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Everybody’s Business: Looking to give Indigenous entrepreneurs a big lift

When Alexander “Brave Journey” Sterling returned to his home state of Rhode Island in 2022, he asked local members of his tribe, the Ramapo...
CALM CANINES: Sheila Rose, right, and Ashly Rose operate and own The Peaceful Pack, a luxury in-home dog boarding, day care and pet care service in Johnston. They are pictured with, from left, an Australian shepherd named Max; a pitbull mix named Portia; and a Maltipoo named T’Co. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Everybody’s Business: Providing a calming touch for dogs

(Editor’s note: This is the 63rd installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
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