Since she was a young teen, entrepreneur Regina Lettau has had an inner motivation to work and absorb lessons from others. Now at the age of 29, her years of listening and learning have paid off. 

Regina owns and operates her own general contracting business which employs 17 people and has done more than $20 million in projects during its five years in business. The business is stable and growing with the best year so far topping at $8 million in work.

For DeWitt native Michael Brady, coming home turned into an opportunity to own his future. In 2001, Brady was considering leaving his Wall Street career after 10 years and returning to Upstate New York to be closer to family and friends. The 9/11 attacks accelerated his timetable and Brady left with a desire to make a positive difference in his hometown. In Syracuse that winter his father introduced him to the pharmaceutical label market through a long-term client, a local pharmaceutical manufacturer.

Founded in 1963 by Greek immigrant Stylianos Apostolopoulos, the Lancaster Trophy House is a second generation family-owned company and a woman-owned business in downtown Lancaster providing a full service line of quality engraving services for awards, medals, plaques, signage, trophies and trays.