The Trail of Betsy’s Beads
Rockford artist Betsy Youngquist (BYART) travels to sell the art she makes at her home in Rockford. When the art fairs she was selling in didn’t bring the income she needed to survive as an artist, she chose a different […]
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PRESENTING PARTNERS
Crust & Crumbles
When Jojo G. needed a job, she took a chance to call the Rockford City Market to pitch a booth. She bluffed her way into a path that has now become her career. See how this passionate mother and entrepreneur […]
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Our City, Our Story : Live – Sharon Nesbit-Davis
Take a moment to listen to this deeply moving struggle revolving around marriage, motherhood, and the discrimination she received from a doctor for being married to a black man. Part of our Our City, Our Story : Live event, storytellers […]
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INVESTORS
That One Time I Saw My Grandpa’s Junk
Part of our “Our City, Our Story : Live” event, storytellers got up and told stories around a theme. The theme this event was “The One TIme…” This is Jim Yeager telling a story about his grandfather. The title of […]
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Passion for the clippers
Anthony Hamilton gives back through his passion for the clippers in Rockford. Every third Monday, Ant and crew donate free haircuts through a project put together by Erinn Katy.
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