INDIANAPOLIS — In a neighborhood where longtime business owners have weathered decades of change, a new grassroots push is working to ensure small businesses and residents not only stay, but thrive.
Director of Small Business for Martindale Brightwood CDC, Chenille Barrett, is taking that mission door-to-door, visiting shops and speaking with owners about what they need to survive.
“While we have education and training, so much learning and growth happens in the context of community,” Barrett said.
“That’s why I love it — just seeing that we are being seen and heard, and knowing the neighborhood needs some extra love and TLC,” Ebony Jacks, with One Plus One Academy said…