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Small Business Directory
Below is a list of small businesses led by teachers and/or other amazing hardworking families in Charlotte, Concord, Asheville, and Mount Pleasant, NC. ❤️ I’m always adding from all over! 🙂

These are all great companies I have worked with, know personally, or are part of my network. This is not a paid advertisement page – just paying it forward. Support small business!
– Natalie

Family Farms (Eggs, Milk, Meat, Honey, and more)

Bruce’s Family Farm
We are a family owned and operated farm that has multiple animals and tons of chickens. Just a little of everything for everyone. We hope you browse our website and enjoy all of the farm pics. It is truly a family affair that we love and enjoy.
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Butcher Branch Land and Cattle
We are a small farm who raises registered Black Angus cattle.
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Honeysuckle Hill Bee Farm
At our honey bee farm we are  passionate about producing the highest quality products straight from nature’s table to yours.  We provide natural, unfiltered raw honey, honeycomb and specialty creamed honeys for your enjoyment. Try our creamed honey in 7 delectable varieties including Ceylon Cinnamon, Peach, Orange,  Raspberry, Blackberry, Lemon and Natural.
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The Bradford Market
Our hope is to bring an atmosphere of home and comfort to everyone who may step through our doors. Come in and see what fresh local organic produce we have for the week. Grab a snack, a rocking chair on the front porch, and hang out with us for a while.
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Barrier Farms
Our goal is to connect people back to their food source and back to buying directly from farmers, and we are starting that with the farm store. We aren’t fancy, its not much to look at, but it offers you a place to come shop all our beef, pork, and chicken, along with locally roasted coffee, jams and jellies, honey, elderberry syrup, raw pet milk, beef jerky, soap, maple syrup, Barrier Farms shirts, hats and so much more!
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Red Barn Farm
Being an all-natural farm means that all of the animals on the farm are only treated with kindness. They roam out in the open as they were intended and are never given antibiotics or GMO feed. There is a difference in quality when using sustainable and humane practices, and you can surely taste it in Red Barn Farm’s products. 
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Family-owned Businesses

Natalie Windows
Established in 1989. In business for over 30 years servicing and installing windows, sliding doors, french doors, store front doors, and a variety of impact window products. From glass replacements of various sizes and specifications to roller replacements on your regular and impact sliding glass doors , as well as repairing various types windows we’ve got you covered. Happily serving all of South Florida from Boca Raton to Key Largo with quality service.
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Wild Birds Unlimited Concord
Your Local Backyard Bird Feeding Experts
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Mount Pleasant Ninjas
Training future Black Belts in Taekwondo and Parkour Ninjas since 2009. Voted #1 Fitness Center in Cabarrus County for 2021!
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MeryPlans
Minimal Cash Stuffing Envelopes/Binders/Saving Challenges
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SewB’s Embroidery
We are family owned. We do custom and commercial embroidery.
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Dining

Café Lentz
A European-style café. Features a multi-level outdoor patio, making it the best spot in Mount Pleasant to unwind with a glass of wine, beer, or cup of coffee.
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Eleven Eleven Wellness Bakery
We are Eleven Eleven Wellness Bakery, where gluten-free doesn’t mean compromising on taste, texture, or flavor. Our 100% Gluten-Free Bakery is dedicated to helping people with gluten allergies or sensitivities to get fresh, delicious baked goods made with nutrient-dense simple ingredients, always organic and/or Non GMO. Made by a passionate chef who believes that everyone deserves to indulge in gluten-free goodness without sacrificing quality or worrying about their health.
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Real Estate

Susanne Biedler
We have been in the real estate services business for 16 years. This longevity and confidence comes from my real estate services to a great many buyers and sellers, and their recommendations to others that result in repeat referral business.
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Brandon Gray
Brandon Gray is a seasoned real estate professional with deep roots in Cabarrus County, where he has lived his entire life. With a passion for helping clients find their ideal homes, he brings unparalleled knowledge of the local market dynamics across Cabarrus, Rowan, and Mecklenburg Counties. His lifetime of experience in the area has given him an insider’s perspective on the unique neighborhoods, school systems, and community amenities that define these regions. 
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Hobby and Specialty

Lowriders and Classics
Step into a culture that transcends the sophistication of the mid 20th century auto industry. Grasping decades-old traditions, modern artistic innovation meets advances in technology. A tradition redefined through generations but with the same old love of lowriding. 
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Days of Noah
Life is too short to wait around for the content we’re looking for, so we’ve decided to create it ourselves. If you want the really short version, grab a KJV and read John 3:16.
(Coming soon)

Doozy
Doozy is a kingdom of imagination and color that’s big, bright, and bold!
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MySisterCreates
Artist / Crafter
Personalized gifts and DIY 
💎earrings / bag charms
🥤drinkware
🎨pour paint
🖼️home decor
📝 journaling
👚tshirts
Whatnot coupon : IGMSC
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Cosmetics and Skincare

VitaminYou
We sell sustainable vitamin-rich skincare for sensitive skin! 🌷
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Pet Supplies

Carolina Biscuit Dog Treats
Simplify snack time with wheat corn soy free treats made without animal parts – WOOF!
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Science Fiction Literature

Gerrit S. Overeem
Science Fiction Author
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Early Education

Early Tutoring
I am passionate about helping students learn to read, helping them learn a necessary life skill. (K-2)
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The Bookish Baby

Consistency is key! Our program requires one on one 45-minute mentoring sessions Monday-Friday. We work with children from ages eight months-five years old. We sing, laugh, and put the fun back into learning.

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