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"In Chatham, Stephanie Hart, owner of Brown Sugar Bakery, will expand her candy business, Brown Sugar Life Is Sweet, thanks to a $1.5 million grant from the Chicago Community Trust; Hart bought the Cupid Candies factory at 7637 S. Western Avenue in December 2020 and began selling sea salt caramels and chocolate turtles in January 2021. The grant will help refurbish the structurally needy building and provide space for Brown Sugar’s cake-baking operations as well, and Hart hopes construction will be finished by October." - Naomi Waxman