By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
St. Joseph is home to many small businesses and a national magazine named the city one of the best places to start a small business in the country.
Chamber of Commerce President Natalie Redmond says Site Selector Magazine named St. Joseph the number 18 best place to start a small business, the only city in Missouri selected for the list.
Redmond says the roots of St. Joseph are based on entrepreneurship and that spirit still lives on today.
"It's just a great place to start a small business, there are a lot of resources, there's a lot of support, but the small business owners that I work with day in and day out they’re so supportive of each other and they really want to see each other be successful," Redmond tells host of the KFEQ Hotline Barry Birr. "And I think that's the secret sauce that you see is why we get named in a top place to start a small business."
St. Joseph small businesses work well alongside each other, and that camaraderie is reason for the top 20 ranking from the national magazine.
Redmond says she works with many of these business owners around the city, and mostly all of these entrepreneurs work together
"If I have an entrepreneur that's new, that's struggling, that really wants help in a certain thing, I can call another small business owner, entrepreneur, and they're always willing to mentor and help," Redmond says. "It is just a really great place to have that camaraderie."
Redmond says whether its Cup of Joe or any of the resources in St. Joseph it is a very collaborative city for small businesses which she is very proud of.