Meet Carlee Jackson, Junior at West Prairie High School. Her business, Golden Crust Bakery, is a small sourdough business specializing in fresh, homemade baked goods made with simple ingredients and care.

🤳Follow her on social media @GoldenCrustBakery or contact her at: golden.crust.bakery.16@gmail.com.

➡ Carlee’s fave inspo quote: “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill
➡ CEO in three words, according to Carlee: challenges, prepares, empowers
➡ Carlee’s biz why: “I started my business as a fun way to try something new, but it quickly grew into something meaningful and a way to give back.”
➡ Carlee’s mentor: Anne Ingersoll, Bloom Macomb

Join us at the trade show, Tuesday, May 5 from 5-7 p.m. at the Spoon River College Community Outreach Center and check out The Golden Crust Bakery!


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