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Inside the light-filled space at Janssen Shoe & Leather Repair, LLC, owner Laura Janssen, 35, and her friend and shop manager, Chad Woodbury, 41, attend to customer orders. Woodbury works on replacing the worn sole of a man’s shoe while Janssen pins a new zipper into a man’s jacket. The 700-sq.-ft. space smells of leather and glue, and a wooden shelving unit behind the counter holds countless pairs of repaired shoes, boots, and leather bags awaiting pickup. |
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“Wow!” a woman exclaims when first boarding Madison’s Freshmobile, a grocery store on wheels. “I am truly, truly surprised! I need to tell everyone I know.” Her husband grins from ear to ear. It’s obvious he couldn’t wait to show her all that the mobile grocery store has to offer. Moseying on to the refrigerated items, she remarks that certain items are much less expensive than at Walgreens. “See? I told you!” her husband chides her. Excited, they leave without purchasing anything, but promise to return once their FoodShare account is replenished. |
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At age 60, Susan Troller, an accomplished journalist and author, could have retired. Instead, she’s hatched a second career devoted to chickens and the people who love them. After her book Cluck: From Jungle Fowl to City Chicks was published in 2011, she realized there was a sizable but underserved backyard chicken contingent anxious for information and camaraderie. Troller and her husband, Howard Cosgrove, who live on a small Green County farm, pecked into their retirement next egg to open Cluck: The Chicken Store last August. |
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