At Common Wealth Development’s business incubators — Main Street Industries and Madison Enterprise Center — entrepreneurs get a chance to launch and maintain their livelihoods for an affordable price while taking part in a community of fellow business owners. Curb took a closer look inside the studios of TacoCat Creations, Tori’s Trinkets and Hands of the Hills.

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Meagan Porter, owner of TacoCat Creations in her Main Street Industries studio where she creates cat toys. Porter “graduated” from Madison Enterprise Center to Common Wealth Development’s second-stage business incubator.

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Tori Morgan-Nagel, owner of Tori’s Trinkets in her Madison Enterprise Center studio where she creates her signature earrings.

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Ramsey Finger, co-owner of Hands of the Hills in his Madison Enterprise Center studio. He buys beads from sellers in Southeast Asia to sell to western vendors.

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Porter at work in her MSI studio. She uses a sewing machine to create her Catnip filled Wisc’r toys.

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Morgan-Nagel at work in her MEC studio. She uses a laser cutter to carve out her earring designs.

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Finger handles beads and amulets in his MEC studio. He travels to Southeast Asian countries multiple times a year to build bonds with local sellers.

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Earrings line the walls of Morgan-Nagel’s studio. These disco strawberries are one of her most popular designs.

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Porter’s studio is filled with plants. Her old studio had large windows, but now she uses special greenhouse lights to keep them growing.

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Shelves of beads fill Finger’s studio. He imports brass, silver and glass.

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Common Wealth Developments, home of Main Street Industries and Madison Enterprise Center. The two warehouses are home to almost 40 different businesses.