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by Torsheta Jackson  For Curtis McAfee, Terrance Wells and Melvin Robinson (left to right), their media company’s name, 242 Creative, references the importance of their Jackson roots. Photo Brandon Smith On a warm October evening, friends and art lovers crowd into midtown store Offbeat for "Summer Alchemy," an art show featuring a collection of photographs from Curtis McAfee and Terrance Wells.
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by Dustin Cardon and Amber Helsel  The Jackson metro area has plenty of food options for the holidays, with many restaurants serving specialty items and offering take-home meals. Photo courtesy Alasdair Elmes/Unsplash The Jackson metro area has plenty of food options for the holidays, with many restaurants serving specialty items and offering take-home meals.
by Amber Helsel  Christmas is coming up soon! Do you have all your shopping done? Here are some handmade and local ideas.
by Amber Helsel  In The Bean Path, founder Nashlie Sephus wants to connect people who have ideas to those who can have the technical skills to execute them. Photo courtesy Brandon Smith If you have ever used the camera search tool on the Amazon app, you can, in part, thank the team behind Partpic, including Jackson native Nashlie Sephus, the owner of The Bean Path, a technology and entrepreneurial nonprofit.
by Dustin Cardon  Operation Shoestring began construction for its renovations on Oct. 29. Photo courtesy Operation Shoestring Operation Shoestring to Renovate
In November, education nonprofit Operation Shoestring announced that as part of its 50th-anniversary celebration, it would launch the "Rise to the Future" capital campaign to go toward renovations. by Amber Helsel  Jenni Sivils opened The Prickly Hippie, a business that sells baked goods, coffee, succulents and more, in July 2018. Photo courtesy Brandon Smith The first thing people might see when they walk into The Prickly Hippie is not the titular "prickly" cacti, but instead a bevy of soft sweets in the dessert case.
by Amber Helsel  Events such as April’s Startup Weekend at Coalesce in downtown Jackson show the growth of Jackson’s entrepreneurship community. It’s important to understand the challenges those businesses may face and help alleviate them. Photo courtesy Crystal Kehtel/Innovate Mississippi One of BOOM Jackson and the Jackson Free Press' biggest missions is to show people why they should support local business. Much of our coverage tends to center around local entrepreneurs and people.
by Dustin Cardon  On Dec. 21, 2017, Mantle. founder Christopher Lomax met with Susan Farris, marketing manager for the Mangia Bene Restaurant Management Group at Sal & Mookie's New York Pizza & Ice Cream Joint. They were discussing a partnership to grow Mantle's Sandbox program, in which members can use a card to receive discounts at local stores, gyms and restaurants, including Sal & Mookie's. During the meeting, Lomax and Farris came up with the idea to launch a series of events and networking opportunities for local business people called Entrepreneur Quarterly.
by Amber Helsel  Laurie McCarthy always knew she wanted to owner her own business. Photo by Stephen Wilson Entrepreneurship runs in Laurie McCarthy's blood. The New Jersey native moved to Jackson when she was in ninth grade. Her father, William L. West Jr., started a communications business in Jackson called Nation Wide Paging.
by Abigail Walker  Photo by Stephen Wilson Ever since Clint Sistrunk and wife Paulina Krakowska opened JXN Escape Room in February 2016, Jacksonians have been searching for lost treasure, escaping black holes and even solving murders.
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