Ebook: Recovery Hardware: A Nuts and Bolts Story About Building a Business, Restoring a Community, and Renovating Lives
Author: Gina Schaefer
- Tags: Business, Self-Improvement, Nonfiction, BUS046000, BUS097000, SEL026000
- Year: 2022
- Publisher: Persistently Local Publishing
- Language: English
- epub
Once a lively hub of industry and entertainment, Washington, DC's, Logan Circle crumbled in the aftermath of the 1968 riots. Decades of neglect led to boarded-up buildings, overgrown and littered sidewalks, and widespread drug use and addiction.
Laid off again and tired of the tech industry, Gina Schaefer needed a fresh start. Determined to bring her neighborhood back to life, Gina opened her first hardware store near Whitman-Walker's Addiction Services program. What began as an effort to help her community recover evolved into a safe space for countless people in recovery to rebuild their lives.
Recovery Hardware shares the powerful true story of A Few Cool Hardware Stores' CEO Gina Schaefer's path to building an innovative business that revitalized her urban community and provided opportunities for everyone to thrive, no matter their past.
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Second chances transform communities and change lives—and it starts with one business at a time. Get Recovery Hardware and start building a better business where growth gives back.