Blue Spruce example of what community development can do

Blue Spruce General Store
Brandon Carleton, owner of Blue Spruce General Store, talks about the $90,000 Davenport small business loan he needed to open his busy restaurant, bakery and micro-grocer at 217 E. Second St. CREDIT KENDA BURROWS 

Brandon Carleton’s Blue Spruce General Store in downtown Davenport is thriving and growing after just six months in operation.  On Thursday, April 13, the bread-baking hobbyist turned entrepreneur opened the doors of his restaurant, bakery and micro-grocer in downtown Davenport — at 217 E. Second St. — to celebrate National Community Development Week and say […]

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