Rende Progress Capital customer Emelie Haggerty, business owner of Haggerty’s coffee/café in Grand Rapids, MI, celebrated their 5th Year Anniversary on March 26, 2025. Emilie is Filipino, and is part of the 1.3 million, Asian American, women-owned businesses, generating $265 billion.
This anniversary celebration has come after trials and hard work for Emelie. Throughout her trials, she had reached out to RPC for insight and assistance. After successfully servicing her original loan in exemplary fashion---a 2020 COVID relief loan---Haggerty's has continued to grow. With a second round of loan investment from RPC and working on a Technical Assistance plan with Emelie, the Haggerty's story of growth, store renovations and additional equipment purchases can be viewed in this WZZM 13 News interview: