The Small Nation team with Karen Kerrigan, President and CEO of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council.
June 16, 2023 – Members of the Small Nation team took a trip to our nation’s capital this week to meet with business organizations and Congressional offices, advocating on behalf of small businesses in Bellefontaine, Ohio, […]
June 1, 2023 – This month, seven new short-term rentals will become available in Downtown Bellefontaine. Julie “Julz” Greene, along with her husband, Dr. Norman “Norm” Greene, will be opening these innovative rental properties on the second floor of Rainbow Row Bellefontaine on West Chillicothe Avenue.
Originally from Kingston, Jamaica, the couple moved to […]
May 23, 2023 – Small Nation Founder and CEO Jason Duff has accepted an invitation to join the first ever Board of Advisors for Winans Chocolates + Coffee. Winans is a handcrafted chocolates and coffee company based in Piqua, Ohio. They currently have 19 locations around the Dayton and Columbus areas.
Winans originally […]
May 19, 2023 – This past weekend, a new escape room opened its doors in downtown Bellefontaine, Ohio. Decode Zone, an enigmatic family-friendly escape room experience, moved into the Main Street Marketplace offering a new and fun activity to the downtown entertainment scene.
Owners Jaron and Janna Schmelzer were inspired to […]
April 6, 2023 – Last week, team members from Six Hundred Downtown Pizzeria in Downtown Bellefontaine, OH, traveled to Las Vegas, NV, to attend the International Pizza Expo & Conference and compete in the World Pizza Games. The expo, which is the largest pizza show worldwide, had a record-breaking year with […]
March 23, 2023 – Next week, team members from Six Hundred Downtown will once again head to Las Vegas, NV, to attend the International Pizza Expo & Conference and compete in the World Pizza Games. Owner Brittany Saxton and managers Nathan Wilson and Daulton Cornell will travel to Vegas on March 28 – […]
March 9, 2023 – Later in March, Candy Craze, a new candy store, will open its doors in Rainbow Row Bellefontaine.
Owner Tanisha McCreary has long wanted to create her own candy concept. After years of working as an accountant, she realized that with her kids getting older, she was ready to take the […]
February 17, 2023 – Later this spring, Jennifer Rachek will be bringing her signature cookies to a storefront in the Historic Opera Block in Downtown Bellefontaine. Her business, One-Eyed Cookie Lab, will be opening a brick-and-mortar store after two years of baking at home and selling in local stores and at markets and […]
January 26, 2023 – Dwight Greenbaum’s father was a very talented artist, taking Dwight and his siblings to art museums all over the country while growing up. At the time, he thought looking at old paintings and sculptures was boring. But as he grew older, he began to appreciate being exposed to the […]
January 23, 2023 – Nick Bozman recently joined the COMSTOR Outdoor sales team as a new regional sales representative, joining Small Nation’s outdoor advertising team on January 3rd, 2023.
As an experienced sales professional, Nick comes to COMSTOR Outdoor with retail experience at RV Wholesalers in Lakeview, Ohio, and TC Auto Sales in Huntsville. […]