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Small Business Saturday: Owners grateful for support of North Carolina shoppers [Video]

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — When you support small businesses this holiday season, you’re supporting entrepreneurs like Michael Bell.

“We’re really trying,” Bell told ABC11. “I have three kids and, you know, a mortgage and whenever people shop here.. you’re supporting the little guy.”

His record shop, Hunky Dory, officially opened in Raleigh Iron Works just last week.

“There’s a lot of work that, you know, I did to get into this spot,” he said. “99% of the things that you see in here were hung by me, built by me, moved by me.”

Hunky Dory

Seeing shopping come out for Small Business Saturday means the world to shop owners like him, especially as shoppers braved the cold.

We really see it always as a celebration of our amazing community of customers.

Emily Grey, Small Business Owner

Across the street, The Flourish Market is celebrating just a few weeks in their new location – opening their doors in time for the holiday …

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OFB grant is helping young professionals get their start in the industry [Video]

Photo provided by the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation. The executive director of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation says a new grant program is helping young professionals get their start in the industry. Kelly Burns says eligible start-up businesses have to have a widespread impact on state agriculture. Creating long term, sustainable employment opportunities,” she says. […]