“Local is real. It is real people. It is your community and your neighbors.” For Jennifer Williamson, those words are the foundation beneath The Neighborhood Hive, the Sugar House market she created with her husband, Derek Williamson, and their friends and business partners, Tiffany Rainwater and Jed Matthews. Together, the four of them have built something that is part shop, part coffee bar, part event space, part business incubator, and part neighborhood living room - a place where more than sixty small businesses can find a home under one roof.

“One of our core values is supporting and sustaining local artisan makers. The art and the things you purchase are like the sweet and savory parts of your home and life - accents that are more special,” Ashley Collett reflected as she sat across from Nicole Choules. The two, who co-founded Salt and Honey, are business partners and friends—or as they refer to one another, “work wives.”

“I’ve always loved small treasures—those little things that bring joy into our lives. Owning a store where I can curate and share those special finds with others has been a dream of mine since I was thirteen.”