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Business Spotlight: Hagosa's House
Hagosa’s House is more than a coffee shop, it’s a gathering place built on family, tradition, and intentional community-building. Owner Feaven Berhe opened her West Seattle cafe in February 2025, naming it after her grandmother to honor the women in her family and create a space that feels like home. Serving coffee from Eritrean-owned Boon […] read more
Gift Cards for Minnesota
Digital gift cards = Immediate support. In solidarity with Minneapolis-St. Paul small businesses, buy a digital gift card and Intentionalist will match your purchase, dollar for dollar, up to $1,000. Gift card purchases are an immediate way to help sustain the small businesses at the heart of the Twin Cities communities. **We’ve increased our matching […] read more
The Small Businesses We Love Are Struggling to Survive
The small businesses at the heart of our communities are in crisis. In late 2025, we surveyed 136 independent, brick-and-mortar small businesses across Seattle and surrounding Washington communities. These are neighborhood businesses—cafes, restaurants, shops, salons, studios—that anchor our commercial districts and make our cities walkable, vibrant, and human. What we heard was sobering. Many small […] read more
