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40 stories exploring entrepreneurship across the city.
In Brandon and the wider Westman region, entrepreneurs are remaking rural life — from ag-tech cooperatives to downtown makerspaces — creating jobs, social cohesion, and a model for resilient small-town economies today.
In Brandon, entrepreneur Emma Levesque blends pedagogy and entrepreneurship, building community-based learning that bridges schools, employers, and young adults—reshaping local opportunities through mentorship, maker programs, and a pragmatic approach to lifelong skill-building.
In Brandon, entrepreneur Amara Patel has transformed a boarded-up block into a mixed-use hub pairing small manufacturers, food entrepreneurs, and training programs—creating jobs, preserving heritage, and pushing a bold, locally rooted growth model across Westman.
In Westman, entrepreneurs combine prairie ingenuity with new networks—turning storefronts, farms and garages into hubs of innovation that revive local economies, forge social ties, and imagine futures for young residents rooted in place.
From grain elevators to digital farms, Westman's entrepreneurs have long braided livelihoods and civic life. Their shifting strategies—family shops, co‑ops, tech pivots—reveal how rural business sustains identity, services, and future prosperity.
Amara Redsky’s Prairie Roots Learning Co-op has transformed adult education in Brandon, offering culturally grounded training, digital skills, and trades bridging programs that have retrained hundreds and linked local businesses to a skilled, community-rooted workforce.
Discover the story of a local entrepreneur redefining rural development, proving that small-town roots can create big-time success.