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'Lending money with a mission:' Venture North boosts small business in region
TRAVERSE CITY — Small business owner Jody Hayden needed a loan for an unusual purchase. Instead of buying a case of chocolate bars for her Empire store, she needed 27,000 pounds of the sweet confectionary from a trusted source in Ecuador – enough to fill …