Emily Peterson is no stranger to running a business. In 2021, she bought Page 42 Bookstore with her best friend Alicia Glubrecht and has since turned the used bookstore into a thriving hub in the Bemiss neighborhood.
“We just poured our own time and investment into it and made it work,” Peterson says. “So now it’s profitable. We’re debt free … and we are off the schedule. That was really important to me that it not be something that I’m just like trapped here forever.”
Since the co-owners no longer need to spend their days shelving books and working the register, they were able to move on to other endeavors. For Glubrecht that meant opening an Airbnb and entering her “homestead era.” With a background in coffee — Peterson previously worked at Forza Coffee Co. and Wake Up Call — it’s only natural that she’s now in her “barista era.”…