Category: Business Owner Stories

How a 20-Year-Old B&B Plans to Persevere Through COVID: Meet the Nav Grant Runner-Up

How a 20-Year-Old B&B Plans to Persevere Through COVID: Meet the Nav Grant Runner-Up

Like so many businesses in the hospitality industry, The Inn at Horn Point in Annapolis Maryland has been hard hit by COVID-19. Cory and Carol Bonney, owners and resident operators of the Inn at Horn Point, and their daughter Josalyn who works in the family business, are working quickly to adapt. Nav is proud to award them $2,000 — second place in Nav’s Quarterly Small Business Grant — to provide crucial funds as they pivot their business. Their grant winnings… Read More
This Candle Company Is on Fire: Nav Small Business Grant Runner-Up

This Candle Company Is on Fire: Nav Small Business Grant Runner-Up

Starting with $200 in homemade candle supplies, Brittany Whitenack, founder & owner of Antique Candle Co. has built a company that six years later employs 34 people in Lafayette Ind. Each soy candle her company sells is still hand-poured. Nav is proud to award Antique Candle Co. with the third place prize in the Nav Quarterly Small Business Grant. The Antique Candle Co. grant application stood out among hundreds in part because it clearly and specifically explained how each level… Read More
Meet Three Tree Coffee: The Newest $10,000 Nav Small Business Grant Winner

Meet Three Tree Coffee: The Newest $10,000 Nav Small Business Grant Winner

As PR Manager at Nav, I regularly get asked what exactly it is that I do for the company. Depending on who I’m talking to, the answer slightly varies, but there’s one part of my job that I never fail to mention – overseeing Nav’s Small Business Grant. Since it launched in 2018, I’ve had the honor of reviewing hundreds of applications and surprising nearly 20 passionate business owners with news that they’ve been selected as a winner. Earlier this… Read More
Meet Animal Acupuncture and Chiropractic Care: The 1st Runner-Up of Nav’s Business Grant

Meet Animal Acupuncture and Chiropractic Care: The 1st Runner-Up of Nav’s Business Grant

Susan Fife is a veterinarian and the owner and operator of Animal Acupuncture and Chiropractic Care in Brookville, Ohio. She started the business in 2011 with the desire to bring preventative care to clients and their pets, integrating holistic medicine with conventional practices. Animal Acupuncture and Chiropractic Care is the second-place winner in Nav’s latest Business Grant round, here’s a bit more about the business and what makes them tick.  About the Business What makes your business unique? I don’t… Read More
Meet Sawtooth Services: 2nd Runner-Up of Nav’s Business Grant

Meet Sawtooth Services: 2nd Runner-Up of Nav’s Business Grant

Bryce DeLay began Sawtooth Services, a tree trimming and removal service in Nampa, Idaho, in June 2018. The small team at Sawtooth serves the Boise area, specializing in hazardous tree removal. To save on costs and make the work more efficient, they fabricate their own equipment while they pick up state and federal contracts throughout the State of Idaho. Bryce and his team have been heralded by their customers for their kind attitude and thorough work whenever they’re called in… Read More
Meet Center Stage Clothiers: 2nd Runner-Up In Nav’s Business Grant

Meet Center Stage Clothiers: 2nd Runner-Up In Nav’s Business Grant

Diana Kirkpatrick opened Center Stage Clothiers in 2018 to honor the life of a late local costumer designer. Based in Vancouver, Washington and with just one part-time employee to help run the show, Diana provides costume rentals to local schools for theatrical productions, to business and individuals for themed parties and fundraisers, and even offers private dress-up parties and other events.  Center Stage Clothiers took home third prize in the latest Nav Small Business Grant round, here’s their story.  Why… Read More