Small Business Revolution: Main Street

- Season 3

(2018)

Alton, Illinois is home to almost 30,000 people. It is by far the largest town featured on Small Business Revolution - Main Street. Amanda Brinkman, chief brand and communications officer at Deluxe and her team of small business marketing professionals, along with new co-host and renovation icon, Ty Pennington, and an amazing team of female business experts, get to work to help bring new life and the community together in the town of Alton.

Step into Morrison's Irish Pub and you feel like you're walking into a pub in Ireland. From the décor, to the sea shanty singers, to the traditional Irish fare and large selection of whiskey, Morrison's brings Ireland to Illinois. However, Lisa Morrison, Mary Morrison and Katey Vankirk have been struggling since they opened in 2015, most recently thinking of closing their doors.

Small Business Revolution - Main Street is in Alton, Illinois for Season 3. And marketing expert Amanda Brinkman is back with renovation icon Ty Pennington, an all-female cast of business experts and the marketing professionals from Deluxe to help the town and six of its businesses with a makeover of a lifetime.

Alicia Jeffreys has a passion for dogs, and for showing her daughters what a strong businesswoman looks like. She opened Shampooches Dog Grooming in 2015 and has been putting in long hours ever since. She struggles with bookkeeping and doesn't have a website to market Shampooches correctly.

Merry Lovett and her son, Brad Chavours love to cook; it's in their blood. When they started making large batches of their soul food like snoots, chicken, and catfish at home to sell to friends in and around Alton. While their food may be popular, they find themselves barely getting by. With a loyal following, they need to expand their customer base beyond Alton in order to stay in business.

Open since 2003, Mark and Felecia McMurray have had their share of ups and downs running a bait and tackle shop. With the help of their daughter, Whitney, who runs the shop, they're trying to set themselves apart from big box retailers and online sellers. They not only need a change to their façade, but a complete marketing overhaul.

When Jay (Hart) Stanley was looking for a way to invest money left to him by his late father, he turned to his friend Alex St. Cin, a sound engineer, who suggested they start a recording studio in their hometown of Alton. And Lighthouse Sounds was born. As the youngest business owners ever featured on the series, these friends have found it not only challenging being co-owners of a business, but also making the studio a destination for out of town acts.

Amanda Brinkman takes a tour of the Central Business District to meet businesses often overlooked, as members of the Deluxe marketing team head to Alton to provide a free marketing seminar to all Alton business owners.

It's been a year since Deluxe Corporation and the Small Business Revolution team invested $500,000 into Alton, Illinois and six of its businesses. Amanda Brinkman, chief brand and communications officer for Deluxe, along with her team of marketing experts, and renovation icon Ty Pennington, spent much of 2018 providing marketing and financial expertise to the town and businesses in hopes of moving Alton's businesses forward. Now, a year later, Amanda returns to check-in with each of the businesses, and the town leaders to see how they're faring.