Success stories
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Fresh Baked Success: German Inspired Bakery Becomes Delaware Staple
After a long career as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, Jonthan Urquhart wanted to do something special for his wife, Monika, who put her dreams of owning a bakery on hold while as she traveled...
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Dover Emergency-Management Firm Manages Through Growing Pains to Secure Success With Little Help from SBA
By 2007, Air Force Veteran and Dover, Del. resident Don Chupp's 12 years of real-world emergency management and victim/family support experience uniquely qualified him to make "the best of the worst...
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Landmark Theater Navigates COVID-19's Impact, Triumphantly Announces 2021-2022 Season
The date was March 12, 2020. A production of “The Play that Goes Wrong” was set to take the stage that night at Wilmington, Delaware’s iconic theater The Grand Opera House. More than 800 tickets to...
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Rural Delmarva Retailer-Turned-Manufacturer’s Growth Defies Pandemic Odds
A home-based e-commerce sideline business grows into a self-supporting brick-and-mortar retail shop and then launches its own manufacturing enterprise, bringing industry, jobs, and “Made-in-America”...