Stories

After 70 years serving Urbana, Ohio, Rob Fetz was ready to retire from his business, Fetz Plumbing. His sons had other careers so they were not an option for taking it over. And selling his company to outside investors was…

Waku, an immigrant-owned company in Brighton, MA specializes in traditional prebiotic teas using ethically sourced ingredients from farmers in Ecuador. Childhood friends, Nico Estrella and Juan Giraldo, founded Waku in 2019 to share prebiotic herbal teas with American consumers. Waku…

Worker cooperatives thrive in all industries across the United States. Now the cooperative model has expanded into a floating relaxation service, Float On, in Portland, Oregon. What is Floating? Floating, is an immersive experience in tanks filled with body-temperature water…

In February 2020, just weeks before pandemic shutdowns, Gena Mavuli opened Create Art in Community in Roslindale. That could have ended her entrepreneurial dream but instead it became a catalyst. Art would help fill the gap when people needed to…

LEAF is humbled to receive the 2025 Impact Assets Award (IA50), a diverse group of impact fund managers who demonstrate a commitment to generating positive impact: http://bit.ly/IA502025. This recognition comes not to our team alone, but to the entrepreneurs and…

LEAF’s Elevate Small Business team’s theory of change is that stable businesses help create financially stable communities. And to be a financially stable business, you need: access to capital, access to advisory services, and access to customers to buy their…

Omo Moses, Author, The White Peril

LEAF Study Trip to the Basque Country Spain

Digger Foods Mobile Market, Brockton MA

Belfast Food Co-op prepares to expand

Coastal Food Shed new facility ribbon cutting