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This podcast episode features Megan Escalante. Megan owns PINEAPPLE BLISS, a growing specialty desert shop in Joplin, Missouri and a new location in Springdale, Arkansas Pineapple Bliss NWA.

On this podcast episode, Megan discusses her journey as a serial entrepreneur. She discusses how she learned and became more resilient business owner at each juncture and setback. The journey began with a degree in bio chemistry and transformed to two successful businesses in cosmetology and a growing restaurant chain.

Listen as Megan discusses the mindset she developed to move past adversity, grow, and continually learn. If you are looking for a local contact who lives a growth mindset, this is your episode.

Finding Bliss in Persistence and Entrepreneurship - The Jesup Group   This podcast episode features Megan Escalante. Megan owns Pineapple Bliss, a growing specialty desert shop in Joplin, Missouri and a new location in Springdale, Arkansas. On this podcast episode, Megan discusses her journey as a serial entrepreneur. She discusses how she learned and became more r...

This month’s podcast features Chris Forsythe from Precision Coffee Company in Nevada, Missouri.

Chris could be described as a serial entrepreneur. In 2017 he left his steady, hourly wage job (that he worked at for 17 years) and since that time he has begun three businesses. We’re going to discuss his journey as an entrepreneur, the challenges of limiting beliefs for aspiring entrepreneurs, and the opportunities he feels are available for people who recognize they already have the skills it takes to start their own business.

http://jesupgroup.com/podcast/overcoming-limiting-beliefs-with-unlimited-potential-with-chris-forsythe-episode-18/

Even after the peak of the pandemic, small towns continue to pull residents from more populated areas.

If you can impact the factors listed below and discussed in this article in some way, you can help make your rural community more vibrant and resilient by attracting residents and creating small businesses.

"Remote work has given people the freedom to tailor their lifestyles to their personal preferences, not the locations of their employers. As a result, he said many remote workers are choosing to relocate to small towns because of affordability and opportunities to connect with the local community."

Small Towns Draw Remote Workers for Lifestyle, Affordability Towns like Quincy, Ill., can be appealing to remote workers for the cheaper cost of living and community aspects of a small town. About 17 percent of workers reported moving away from their workplace since the pandemic’s start.

Wisconsin groups offer new 'cookbook' to spur affordable housing development. Here's the recipe Wisconsin's housing industry and local government associations offered ways communities can address their need for affordable housing units.

If you don't follow the Congress for New Urbanism, you really should.

Human-scale cities and towns: What’s their worth?
Generating taxes, saving the Earth
Social, health, safety, economy, too
Walkable places do so much for you

There are many benefits of building walkable places, including economic benefits. https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2021/08/18/ten-economic-benefits-walkable-places