66 SPRING 2022 | WWW.SHAKER.LIFE
Around
the
Corner The Van Aken
District’s
Entrepreneurship
Initiative provides
a launching pad for
new businesses.
By Nate Paige
Photography by Angelo Merendino except where noted
A long-term goal of any entrepreneur is to become
successful enough to consider expansion, but
first, one must get a foot in the door. The Van Aken District
has opened that door to budding entrepreneurs with its
Entrepreneurship Initiative.
Launched in 2019, the Initiative offers entrepreneurs –
especially the underrepresented, such as people of color and
women – a chance to bring their products to the District and
engage in different retail opportunities, including mobile carts,
the popular Makers Markets, held in partnership with Made
Cleveland, and, perhaps the most desirable option, The Corner,
a permanent space in the northwest corner of the Market Hall.
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