The heart of our mission is to find the amazing souls that breathe life into our communities. In the recent weeks, we’ve had the privilege to connect with some incredible artists, creatives, entrepreneurs and rabble rousers and we can’t begin to express how impressed we are with the incredible group below. Check out our favorite stories from across the Voyage family.
Robert (Buddy) Henson (Lewis)
Well I’ve had the idea for years! Read more>>
No Conscription League
We started as a high school project between our guitarist, Gianni, and bassist, Harry. When we both went to college, we put up flyers looking for other members where we found our other guitarist, Andrew, and our drummer, Jake. Ever since, we’ve been trying to create music we’re passionate about by combining our different musical influences such as rock, punk, jazz, shoegaze, etc. Read more>>
Lindsey Mahoney
My journey really began when I gave birth to my second child in 2016. While on maternity leave, I created my blog, Building Bluebird, and began to share our home renovation projects online. We were living in Denver where I was working in digital advertising and my husband and I were tackling live-in flips. Read more>>
Dawn Whiteside
My name is Dawn Whiteside and my business Dawn’s Discoveries was created as a homage to my beloved mother, who passed away in 2020. Her love for accessories, all things sparkly, and beautiful inspired me from a young age. Read more>>
Adam Elliott
Hello, I’m Adam Elliott, a Professional DJ since 1998, with an extensive and diverse career that has enriched my skills and broadened my horizons. My journey through music has been marked by a series of noteworthy experiences that have helped me become the DJ I am today. Read more>>
Clara Engen
Lakewood Suzuki Strings is a music education program for children ages 3 and up. Our program consists of private lessons, group classes, parent support groups, and performances. We offer violin, viola and cello instruction for children of all levels – from the youngest beginners to advanced players. Read more>>
Emily Kershner
Ever since I was little, I always loved doing hair and would tell my parents- or whoever asked- that I wanted to be a hairstylist when I grew up. I would spend hours on YouTube learning new braids or hairstyles and then practice on my sister or friends. Read more>>
Logan Ragsdale
Hey there. Logan here, bassist and songwriter of, “Nobody Wins”. I will do by best to accurately depict the formation of my longest lasting, and most successful musical project. For as long as I can remember, music has been a part of my life as well as the rest of the band’s. Watching Seasame Street, I remember being obsessed with Bert’s saxophone. Read more>>
Judith Marie Bailey
I say this is my second life. My earlier years spent working a 9 – 5 very stressful desk job. I can’t say that I didn’t learn many lessons from that, with the big one being this is not how I want to spend the rest of my life. Read more>>
Rachel DesRochers
My first company was called Grateful Grahams – an artisinal cookie company. It was started in 2010 in my home kitchen with my 5 1/2 month daughter, Rosalee strapped to my back. We were a gratitude company that makes a cookie, not a cookie company that talks about gratitude. Read more>>
April Franchi
I am April Franchi, a board certified Adult Nurse Practitioner and CEO of La Vita e Bella Wellness Center LLC, a Nurse Practitioner led clinic in Ohio I have been in the medical field for 25 years & have worked in many different specialties throughout my nursing career. Read more>>
Joseph Lanyo
I started releasing music a couple years ago and it has been a journey. Currently I’ve been on a little bit of a hiatus finding myself and growing, so the music I make next is just as much a part of me as what I’ve what I’ve done. Read more>>
Sam Beaver
I started The Well Health & Fitness while I was still in college at Bowling Green State University, studying Exercise Science. I didn’t have a business plan, investors, or even a clear roadmap — just a passion for helping people move better and feel better. Our first year was simple: parking lot workouts with minimal equipment, training in the wind and rain between college classes. Read more>>
Dave Gruss
The We Bleed Ohio brand began almost 15 years ago with just two shirt ideas. For a few years prior, I had been freelancing and designing t-shirts on the side, as the Cleveland T-shirt scene was rising. Read more>>
Joanne Castro
I’ve been in the field of massage therapy for over 20 years, working in a wide range of settings from spas and wellness centers to chiropractic offices, corporate chair massage events, and even volunteering in hospice. These diverse experiences have shown me just how powerful, necessary, and often overlooked therapeutic touch truly is. Throughout my career, certain clients have stayed with me. Read more>>
Bruce Bodo
It was 2014, I was underemployed over 50 and looking for something better to do. So was my best friend. Read more>>
Scott Garan
I am a retired police officer and detective and when I was an officer they sent me to school to both train officers in fitness and test them for fitness for duty. I did that and also became the lead fitness instructor for the University of Akron’s Law Enforcement Training Center. Read more>>
Aundrea Cika Heschmeyer
I’ve always believed in the power of storytelling — whether it’s a brand’s, a nonprofit’s, or a city’s. That belief led me to launch MARQUEE, a boutique marketing and events consultancy based in Youngstown, Ohio. I started my career as a journalist, working in television, newspapers, and magazines from South Dakota to Washington, D.C. Read more>>
Bambi McClone
Growing up, I always knew I wanted to be a hairstylist. But I decided to go to college for Criminal Justice and Psychology instead. After college I stayed in corporate world for a number of years before realizing at 34, I still had that fire and passion pushing me toward this industry. So I decided to start over and go to cosmetology school. Read more>>
Terry Starcher
Bringing New Life to a Local Landmark: Chapel Hill Venue Once a beloved golf course where many in our community spent countless afternoons, the property at 3381 Austinburg Road has been given a brand-new chapter. Read more>>
Danielle Delzeith
Work ethic has always been important to me. I have worked multiple jobs to get to where I am. I love staying busy my lifestyle is very go go getting to travel to shop for my store. I have a lot to say about this and would love to explain more! Read more>>
Adam Eber
I started my hvac career in 2013, I was hired on as a helper and worked my way up to lead installer. Shortly after I gathered my certifications and became a service technician. I worked as a service technician for the last 10 years while still doing installs and maintenance in between. Read more>>
Samuel Clark
Use what you want out of this. I have quite a long story. Read more>>
Devin Brickman
It all started when I was just 14 years old, cutting lawns for a few of my neighbors. Word started to spread, and soon people from my church began asking if I could take care of their lawns too. Before I even had my driver’s license, I had clients from Parma all the way to Strongsville. Read more>>
Bryon McCartney
# From Graphic Design to Architecture Marketing I graduated from Ohio University in 1989 with a BFA in Graphic Design. I immediately moved to Chicago, where the city’s rich architectural heritage—Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Helmut Jahn—became a fascination that would prove significant later in my career. My career evolved rapidly through the digital transformation of the 90s. Read more>>
Bradley Clemens
I’ve been on this journey longer than I realized. It began back in the winter of 2003, when I was just seven and my parents signed me up for a martial-arts studio in Mentor. I wasn’t naturally athletic, I tripped over my own feet more often than not, I was basically a baby giraffe… but that first experience opened a door. Read more>>
Jason Bryant
My journey into the fitness industry did not begin until I was over 30 years old… In 2012, my father needed open heart surgery, and in 2013, my mother required the same. Heart disease was now on both sides of my family medical history, and I was overweight. I knew I had to do something. Read more>>
Mark Revis
In 2016 my daughter was going to college in Cleveland. On a random Sunday, we booked our first escape room. Not really knowing what to do, we started to figure things out. With bad use of our helpful clues, we ran out of time. Despite our performance, we really enjoyed the experience. Read more>>
Renee Collins
About Me I discovered my passion for baking about ten years ago, during a time of personal transition after being widowed. With the love and encouragement of my husband — now of ten years — I decided to pursue something that truly brought me joy: baking. What began as experimenting with cupcakes in my home kitchen quickly grew into a true calling. Read more>>
Noelle Morovich
I founded Paws in the Land in the summer of 2019. I had previously been helping run another pet sitting business for a few years and had done pet sitting on the side prior to that for many years. Read more>>
Jessica Johnson
I have always been very maternal, always knowing that I myself wanted to be a mom and being referred to as the “mom” of my friend group for as long as I can remember. I have always felt a longing to care for others, a love for babies and a strong calling to birth work. Read more>>
