Why Small Businesses Matter
Shop small, do big things for your community
Why Small Businesses Matter puts a spotlight on the local merchants who donate their time, talent, goods, and services for the betterment of our community. The shop local movement spreads virally as local businesses who are “tagged” have the opportunity to share their story!
You’re IT What Clark Cooked!
Four questions with Melissa Clark, founder of What Clark Cooked.
Why did you start your business?
I’ve never been very good at being lead, I always wanted to lead, and I found working in restaurant kitchens to be too akin to my previous career in fashion and furnishings – a cog in the wheel. I started doing my own thing in the Bay Area, CA in 2013 and rebuilt on the East Coast in 2017. I like the freedom this work affords me in working with many different people, tastes, and preferences – it forces me boldly out of my…