SouthPark's Small Business Stories

Celebrating small business owners.

SouthPark is an entrepreneurship hub, with over 110 local or small businesses within one square mile (that's 1/3 of all the businesses in the neighborhood!). Learn more about SouthPark's movers and shakers:

All of SouthPark's Small Businesses

Discover all 100+ of SouthPark's small businesses.

Learn about SouthPark's Women Owned Businesses

Girls rule. See why.

Cultivating Style and Community in SouthPark

Meet Jermaine Johnson, the SouthPark barber and entrepreneur combining passion and legacy at Knights of the Razor.

Pampering With a Purpose

Meet Anne Pipkin, the SouthPark small business owner encouraging you to trade sunburns for spray tans at Gorgeous Glo.

Where Family Tradition Meets Fine Jewelry

Meet Hadley Perry Pacheco, the SouthPark small business owner bringing a new era of elegance to Perry’s Diamonds & Estate Jewelry.

The Diamond Haack

Meet Warren Haack, the third-generation owner and president of Donald Haack Diamonds.

A Family Affair at Renaissance Patisserie

Meet Jessica and Chef Sylvain, the father-daughter duo behind one of SouthPark's favorite French bakeries.

More Than Pasta

Meet the heart and soul behind Mano Bella Artisan Foods, Raffaele and Madison Patrizi and learn about the journey that led them to create Mano Bella.

Keeping a 55 Year Legacy Alive

Meet Bill Bartee, the owner of Jesse Brown's Outdoors.

Small Business Grant Recipient

Meet Trina Boyd, owner of Babysitters of Charlotte and the recipient of the inaugural SouthPark Small Business Forward Grant.

From Dishes to Dining Legend

Meet Chef Collier, a James Beard finalist and semi-finalist and the Executive Chef at Fine & Fettle in SouthPark.

Meet Executive Chef Maria Gonzalez

From helping her grandma in the kitchen, to her first job at a Houston butcher, to fire roasting Japanese flavors at Mizu's rooftop restaurant, learn about where Chef Maria learned her love for cooking and what brought her to Charlotte.