Starting up in a slowdown

Loan, advice program gives food-service entrepreneurs a helping hand with dreams

By Dave Copeland

Globe Correspondent / November 29, 2008

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When she graduated from Hampshire College last year, Lucy Valena watched many of her classmates scramble to land career jobs. Valena took a slightly different route. With the goal of starting her own business, the 23-year-old Jamaica Plain resident packed a bag and went to Seattle to work in cafes so she could learn about coffee. (Full article: 927 words)