Jenny Rivera has a natural knack for baking. Her friends and family have benefited from her skills with a spatula and mixer for years, and when the opportunity presented itself last fall for Rivera to have her own bakery in a great location, she took it as a sign it was time to go all in and share her talents with the greater Fresno community. Rivera’s new bakery, BooBoo Bean Bakery and … [Read more...]
Locally Owned RIDE54 Opens This Week and FresYes Takes It For a Spin
A new cycling studio opens this week, and thanks to its smart-thinking and customer-savvy Fresno owners, it will stand out from any cycling studio you've been to before. Melissa Lev, a big fan of indoor cycling fitness classes (aka spin classes), and her husband, Layne, had long considered opening a local franchise of regional spin studios here in town. The Levs had headed pretty far down that … [Read more...]
Clovis Couple Returns to Valley to Put Down New Roots
Root. A Community General Store The number of people who believe in downtown Fresno, and are willing to make a contribution to its revitalization, grew by two last week. On Thursday during ArtHop, Kirk and Cassey James opened the doors to their Fulton Mall shop, Root. Sandwiched between Peeves and Parsley Garden Cafe, the couple's general store and print making studio fills out the small corner … [Read more...]