Business Spotlight: Labels Consignment

Meet Nicole and Shayla Lorio, the owners of Labels Consignment in Seattle’s Phinney-Greenwood neighborhood. Labels Consignment has been providing fashionable and affordable second-hand women’s clothing for over three decades! The boutique first opened its doors in 1988 and is family-owned and operated. Labels was created to combat the...
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Business Spotlight: Meals 4 Heels

Meet Nikeisah Newton, owner of Meals 4 Heels in Portland, Oregon. Meals 4 Heels proudly describes itself as Portland’s only meal delivery service catering to the sex worker community. Nikeisah Newton founded the business in 2019, at first functioning only as a mobile catering service delivering to sex workers. In 2020, when the pandemic...
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Business Spotlight: Outsider Comics

Meet Wing Mui (she/her), Koba (she/her), and Russell Duhon (they/them), the co-owners of Outsider Comics in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood. Outsider Comics has been a vibrant and inclusive haven in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood for many years, and in 2022 was transformed into a worker-owned coop. Proudly claiming to be a “geek...
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Business Spotlight: Rough & Tumble Pub

Meet Jen Barnes, the owner of Rough & Tumble Pub in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. When Jen couldn’t find a bar or any place outside her living room to watch the 2021 OL Reign’s semi-final playoff game, she was inspired to create Rough & Tumble, Seattle’s pub for women’s sports. Rough & Tumble opened in Old Ballard in...
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Business Spotlight: Esme and Elodie

  Meet Emily Brooker, the owner of Esme and Elodie in Renton, Washington. She founded the store to create a home for trendy, boho, size-inclusive clothing at affordable prices. Emily started her journey in the fashion world as a plus-sized woman trying to find confidence after having children. Her studies in fashion design and merchandising...
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Business Spotlight: Belltown Strength & Conditioning

  Meet John Bartlett, the owner of Belltown Strength & Conditioning in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood. Belltown Strength and Conditioning strives to be more than just a gym – it’s a community of intelligent coaches and eager-to-learn students striving to understand how to move...
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Business Spotlight: Elementals Healing Boutique

  Meet Porscha Drummer, the owner of Elementals Healing Boutique in Seattle’s Central Area. Porscha opened Elementals Healing Boutique in 2020 after the death of a loved one. Her interest in astrology, nature, and minerals led to her healing through herbalism, reiki, womb...
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Business Spotlight: Noir Lux Candle Co.

Meet Colina Bruce, the owner of Noir Lux Candle Bar in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood. Noir Lux Candle Co. began as a labor of love in 2022. Colina opened the doors to her brick-and-mortar candle bar in Belltown, and each candle that she sells is handcrafted in small batches with her customers and community in mind. She describes the scents as an...
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Business Spotlight: Campfire Coffee Co.

Meet Quincy and Whitni Henry, the owners of Campfire Coffee Co. in Tacoma, Washington. They wanted to open an outdoorsy coffee shop with the social goal of getting diverse families into nature. With this dream, Campfire Coffee Co. opened in 2020. Made with grit, love, and campfires (yes, they roast their coffee beans over a campfire!), the coffee at...
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