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St. Louis-based business owners in the game and biking industries worry President Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs will raise prices for their business and for customers.

The visual arts nonprofit said its demise was caused by a series of armed confrontations in its old building, construction delays and cuts to grant funding.

The nonprofit鈥檚 board told artists it would cease operations and furlough staff while considering a possible 鈥� but uncertain 鈥� restructuring process.

The nonprofit is hosting a pitch competition with a top prize of $6,000 and a holiday market with dozens of local vendors.

Roger Wigginton, who's owned and operated Don Rodgers Ltd. clothing store since 1976 off West Main Street, plans to begin a 鈥淩etirement Sale鈥� on Jan. 2.

Twenty-two startups and small businesses received non-dilutive grants totaling $1,875,000.

The goal is to see what鈥檚 working well and apply it across similar districts that dot the St. Louis region.

Many small or mid-size businesses could end up closing in the near future because their aging owners don鈥檛 have a clear transition plan.

The Heffern family has spent 109 years and three generations as St. Louis jewelers. Kit Heffern and his son Webster discuss the family鈥檚 century-long history 鈥� and the store鈥檚 next chapter under Webster鈥檚 leadership.

Valencia Miller has been in the tattoo industry since she was a teenager, and now she鈥檚 bringing her work 鈥� and the work of local artists 鈥� to a new Lafayette Square tattoo shop and gallery.