• Dine 4 Dinners: Chef Carline Bengtsson brings culinary magic to your home

    Carline looks forward to continuing building her village of fellow foodies. She started a newsletter “Get to Know Those Who Serve” to highlight the contributions of people working to bring positive change. “I want to promote others doing good. We all need to lift each other up,” shared Carline. “At the core of my being, I’m a natural giver. Giving back was the mission at Medtronic. It’s something that I took with me after retiring. It’s all about leaving a legacy where people will remember you because of what you did.”

  • Serving Rural Entrepreneurs: CEDA and RBIL Empower Rural Economic Development

    CEDA and RBIL may be two of Minnesota’s best kept secrets.  Let’s change that. 

  • Spreading some sunshine: Twofold Blooms brings fresh flowers to those who need them most

    Marie Schuhwerck hated to see the waste generated by the brief life of beautiful floral arrangements. They had so much beauty still to share; there had to be another option rather than moving them to the trash

  • Making Small Businesses Shine: The Magic Touch of Inbound Studio

    Founder and CEO Marshall Mullet and Marketing Specialist Olivia Wolbert are the driving force behind this small business whose mission is to make other businesses shine. Their signature services are web design, web development, CRM optimization, Zoho for small business, digital marketing and video production.

  • Happy Food MN: Anna Klimmek’s Food Empowerment Programs

    Happy Food MN and Anna’s new venture of Breakthrough Adventures teach you to eat well with the confidence to cook at home with what you find locally. Anna’s courses contain recipes easily sourced from your neighborhood grocery store. Anna wants you to feel at home in your own kitchen.

  • Art From the Heart: Ziggy’s Art Bus Delivers Art to Those Who Need it Most

    Ziggy’s Art Bus offers kids and their families an escape into art. Traveling throughout the Twin Cities metro since 2019, Ziggy’s provides art experiences for children with life-threatening conditions at their own homes and wherever the kids receive medical support.