ROCKFORD — An independent bookstore in the city’s downtown is selling part of its ownership to new business partners, a move they hope will help spur more artistic endeavors and foster the city’s burgeoning literary scene.
Maze Books owners Dave and Kim Pedersen are taking on four new business partners, all of whom have a connection to the city’s literary and arts scene.
They are: Jenna Goldsmith, a writer and educator who was the city’s poet laureate from 2023-25; Don Heneghan, a poet, writer and historian; Javier Jimenez, a visual creative artist; and Kayla Edgren, a Maze employee turned business partner…