October 2026
2 profiles
Lewis Beam still runs the Fairview lawn business his father started in 1980
Lewis Beam was 13 when his father started a landscaping business in Fairview, N.C., and he still runs it with his wife and a three-man crew, without a computer.
The bricklayer behind McHenry Masonry hires the kind of teenager he used to be
After a union pre-apprenticeship and years restoring Twin Cities landmarks, Andre McHenry built a St. Paul masonry company that hires high school students and gives people second chances.