Rosey Williams Founder Indie Collective Company ������������������������������ The Indie Collective Company includes the Tampa Indie Flea and St. Pete Indie Market. Rosey Williams brings together local vendors - independent businesses and artists, ranging from start-ups to experienced merchants - to curate monthly markets that are a vital weekend destination for those in �������������� ������ ������������ ������������ �������� �������� ������������ ���������������� �� ������������ knows what it takes to go against the grain, offering retail alternatives that strengthen the community by cultivating success. She has garnered support from the Tampa Bay community and beyond, as well as local brick and mortar shops, restaurants, breweries, and other neighborhood establishments who �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� bring to their community. Beyond community support and engagement, environmentalism is a top priority for Rosey, who recently teamed up with Suncoast Surfrider and Suncoast Compost to ensure that all of her markets are zero waste events in which 90% of waste is ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ organically through events she would have to engage the community that surrounded her brick and mortar vintage store located on an arts-centric block in Downtown St. Pete. What began as just a sidewalk market featuring a handful of friends and family who were artists, musicians, and makers became a business in itself. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ keeping a healthy perspective, maintaining loyalty to her cause, not giving up when things fall apart, community support and ability to adjust. Rosey said, "When my daughter was born, I felt an entirely different sense of drive. I think motherhood was and continues to be the most challenging, but has had such an impact on my motivation to take everything I was doing to the next level, in a more empowered, grounded, patient and determined way." CONTINUED ON PAGE 36 �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 35
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