Reporter turned public relations pro turned editor turned business owner: Jeanette Krebs’ path between the journalism and communications fields led her to launch Krebs Communications & Public Engagement in March, a firm focused on covering clients’ media relations, communications strategy, crisis, social media and writing needs.

Last year, Samantha Rife took her a passion for history and transformed a part-time business she started in 2005 into a full-time enterprise, SJR Research. Earlier this year, she moved into a small office in Gettysburg, with the goal of promoting the region’s businesses by researching their historical records and telling their stories.