| Pamela Rich-Wheeler,Executive Director of The Business Center, Patti Jackson WDASFM, Air Personality, and SOLES, CEO, Sheila Mitchell-Green taping an interview with Patti that will air Sunday 1/20/08, on The 2008 Enterprising Woman Business Plan Competition and the experience of winning.
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| 2007 SOLES, wins $20,000 First Prize in the Retail Category, The Minority Business Plan Competition |
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Minority business plan winners announced
Philadelphia Business Journal - June 26, 2007
- $25,000 Emerging Venture Award (sponsored by The Enterprise Center), awarded to a business that has been in operation for less than three years and/or made less than $250,000 in annual revenue. Winner: Yvette Brown, owner of Posh Pet Parties, 929 S. High St., Suite 210, Garnet Valley, Pa.
- $25,000 Established Venture Award (sponsored by The Enterprise Center), awarded to a business that has been in operation for more than three years and/or made more than $250,000 in annual revenue. Winner: Howard James, owner of Tea Country LLC, 6722 Old York Road, Philadelphia.
- $10,000 Fresh Food Retailer Award (sponsored by The Reinvestment Fund), awarded to a fresh-food retailer operating or to operate a retail business primarily selling fresh groceries, produce, meat/seafood, baked goods and/or dairy products. Winner: Simone Jones, owner, Nature's Journey Organics, 10 Topeka Court, Marlton, N.J.
- $20,000 Neighborhood Retailer Award, awarded to a neighborhood retailer operating or to operate in a Philadelphia neighborhood commercial corridor. Winner: Sheila Mitchell-Green, owner, Soles, A Shoe Experience, 6817 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia.
- $10,000 Neighborhood Retailer Award. Winners: Roger Powe, owner, Café Paradise, 1105 Burroughs Mill Circle, Cherry Hill, N.J., and Diane R. Connor, owner, Sisters Childcare Center, 3904 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia.
- $5,000 Neighborhood Retailer Award (sponsored by the Retail Resource Network, a program of The Enterprise Center). Winners: Shiretta Justice, owner, Elegance by Justice (no location yet); Lisa M. Gregg-Alexander, owner, Whispering Leaves Sip Shop (no location yet); Gerrae L. Simons, owner, Mellow Ltd. (no location yet); Ola and Lisa Solanke, owners, The Arts Garage, 1518 Parrish St., Philadelphia; Tracy E. Reed, owner, Trace Evelyn Day Spa, 204 S. 12th St., Philadelphia; April R. Grant, owner, Peach Blossom, 5511 Belmar Terrace, Philadelphia; Ursula Augustine, owner, Ursula's About Phace LLC, 1700 Sansom St., Philadelphia; Bahiya Johnson, owner, Mello Travel, 915 N. 67th St., Philadelphia; Howard James, owner, Tea Country LLC, 6722 Old York Road, Philadelphia; and Angela Thomas, owner, Brown Sugar & Spice Bakery (no location yet).
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Philadelphia Business Journal - July 13, 2007 byt Staff Writer
Another stride forward for Mount Airy's revitalization
Forty new businesses have arrived over the past three-and-a-half years, creating 175 jobs. Property values have soared an average of 150 percent along the avenue, which has also seen $35 million in new capital investment, including an Acme Market grocery store, a nursing education center, a medical facility and Winston Commons, a $4 million retail/condo complex. Opened last March, Soles, a ladies shoe store, is among the businesses flourishing in the area seemingly poised for greater growth. The business improvement district will play an important role, said Derek Green, who co-owns the store with his wife Sheila Mitchell-Green and four others. "I think it will continue the renaissance on Germantown Avenue and continue to allow us to bring a diverse set of businesses and stores to Germantown Avenue by allowing us to make improvements in a collective way," Green said.
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