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Grafton Field Trip Stop 7 of 7 Aerie's Resort & Winery + Alpine Coaster • JD Lorton *Investor Level: Friend of CEO Program* "My mom is the hardest working person I know." - JD ...

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Grafton Field Trip Stop 6 of 7 SparktStudio • Owner: Lori Mortland This business recently celebrated their one year anniversary! Did you know? The letter “T” in Sparkt is a nod to her ...

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Grafton Field Trip Stop 5 of 7 Grafton Oyster Bar • Brad Hagen *Program Investor* Brad’s first job was at Jerseyville McDonald’s making $3.25 an hour. He also worked at Bertman’s. ...

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Grafton Field Trip Stop 4 of 7 @Grafton Harbor / Winery / Gift Shop / Boat Rental / Riverboat / Oyster Bar Joe & Jan Desherlia both grew up around entrepreneurship. Jan's family owned ...

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Grafton Field Trip Stop 3 of 7 Tara Point Inn • Allison Rohan In 1976, Allison's parents purchased this property as a weekend getaway home. In 1990, they built it as a retirement home ...

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Grafton Field Trip Stop 2 of 7 Knotty by Nature • Dan Bechtold What you may not know about Dan, is that he also started the Godfrey Meat Market! He sold it many years ago, but he saw a ...

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FIELD TRIP 1 of 7 • Espresso Yourself Bakery Andrea Ringhausen & Natalie Titus When asked who their biggest inspirations are they both looked at each other. This mother daughter duo ...

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Edward Jones - Financial Advisor: Andrea L. Yoder *Program Investor* Her Biggest Mentor at JCHS: Cliff Kaminsky - She was a band member and he always encouraged her to think bigger. ...

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Ferguson Auto Body • Claude & Zach Ferguson The story of becoming an entrepreneur at the age of 48 years old and creating a family-owned and operated business. Claude has been ...

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Contegra Construction • Eric Gowin Eric is a 1986 JCHS graduate who founded one of the top construction firms in the St. Louis area. He created the business while still living in ...

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💐Exchanging Flowers for Wisdom💐 Using the flowers from Peggy, owner of Peg's Flower Cottage, we visited Jerseyville Estates to trade a flower for a piece of advice. We enjoyed this ...

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Peg’s Flower Cottage • Peggy Reynolds 💐CHECK BACK TOMORROW AT 10:30am to find out why Peggy gave us a dozen carnations... She has been in business for 27.5 years! Peggy has always ...