Alaska Small Business Development Center

Room to Roam: The Roaming Root Feeds Fairbanks

July 1, 2020

Earlier this year, Erica Moeller celebrated the opening weekend of her rolling market, The Roaming Root: a made-in-Alaska-goods-and-Alaska-grown-produce-packed 1976 bus. Just two weekends later, the COVID-19 murmur became a pandemic, forcing Moeller to evaluate the next right thing for her business and community. Like so many business owners across the state, she grappled with the decision to stay open or close the doors. Rolling with the changes was the best way forward, she decided. Read on

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