The Eagle Bluff Environmental Education Center
The Eagle Bluff Environmental Education Center (ENEEC) has been quietly fostering respect for the environment and teaching students and visitors life skills for nearly 20 years.

Pendleton's Country Market: A crop of seasonal diversity
Lawrence, KS. Despite the plethora of business how-to books, consultants, advice and resources, Pendleton's Country Market distills its own powerful entrepreneurial philosophy: listen to your customers, listen to your heart, keep positive and provide reasons for folks to keep returning to the farm throughout the year. Instead of focusing on the downside of declining agriculture over the last twenty years in Kansas, John and Karen Pendleton ask themselves "what if" when adding a refreshing dose of positive, entrepreneurial energy to the local farming scene with their ag business.

Our Youth, Our Future
Our Youth, Our Future
Connection to family is important to Arlee residents. One community member remarks, "Our children, all the way to our great grandchildren, are our greatest assets. There is a generational commitment in our town." Another resident adds, "The youth give hope to the community and the youth bring the community together across race and class lines." It is this commitment to their youth that is prompting residents to create new opportunities.

Entrepreneurial Spirit Drives Diverse Family Enterprises
Glendive, MT

Most businesses can sum up their core focus in a sentence or two. For the creative Bury family in Glendive, Montana, you better pull up a chair and sit a spell. Originally from Seattle, Christie and Steve Bury, along with their teenage daughters Chantell and Cortney, enthusiastically jumped into life in their new hometown base in sparsely populated eastern Montana, starting a portfolio of ventures including Hell Creek Music & More, the Makoshika Dinosaur Museum and E-Tana, resulting in renewed business vibrancy and a tourism draw to the downtown area.

Betsy Bowen
Artist Betsy Bowen is a resident of Grand Marais, MN. Well known for her beautiful carved woodblock prints, Betsy is a spirited, creative, and giving member of her community.