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The economic downturn has been grim for owners and investors in boutique hotels without national chain affiliations, as well as locally owned inns and establishments in Missouri.

The St. Louis company is now part of an industry that has experienced significant growth during the pandemic.

The Columbia-based company has promoted Healium as a “digiceutical,” a digital therapeutic product, and hired two new employees. In June, the company won the Procter & Gamble Ventures Innovation Challenge, which meant it received more than $200,000 in cash and benefits.

Sunstation USA, a startup based in St. Louis, has sold thousands of touch-free sunscreen dispensers in all 50 states, as well as Canada and Mexico.

In 2012, Colin Dowling had big ideas on how to help grow City Greens, a nonprofit grocery store based in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood of St. Louis. Dowling was a graduate student at Washington University in St. Louis’ Olin Business School, and during a social entrepreneurship class, he learned about issues some people face in accessing fresh, healthy food. ...

In 2009 and 2010, Andrea Robertson won the Mrs. America competition wearing a sparkling gold dress and qualified for the USA Triathlon National Championships in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. For the three-part triathlon competitions, which include swimming, bicycling and running, she wore a men’s one-piece triathlon suit. (The top for such suits runs over the shoulders; the bottom is similar to bike ...

About five years ago, Joe Henderson and his brother Jeff were competing on the barbeque circuit when they were approached by someone who had tasted their meats and wanted them to cater an event. That inspired the brothers to try and start a catering business. While they had previously just operated out of their own kitchens and backyards, Joe Henderson ...

About four years ago, Lisa Tamayo and her family were persistently having issues tracking their pets. The only way they would learn a battery had gone dead on a collar connected to an invisible fence was when their golden retriever, Zuko, again started jumping on the fence at their home in Santa Rosa, California. And as for the cat, MoMo, ...

Virtual reality venture StoryUP creates immersive experiences that reduce stress and improve mental health. In 2012, after spending more than two decades as a reporter and anchor at radio and television stations around Missouri, Sarah Hill had become unsettled by all of the trauma she was witnessing. “Rapes, murders, homicides, having to interview people who have lost children,” said Hill, ...