Liz Ryan & Kari Kim | Kindred Spirits

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Liz and Kari were a couple of soccer moms “trudging our kids around from tournament to tournament in various cities, wanting to enjoy what each community had to offer,” says Liz. After finding the same chains and big box shops in each town, they began to hatch a plan for an online multi-city directory and ongoing blog (“the where-to and the how-to” says Kari). “Two Doors Down is two-fold, we live two doors down from one another and we want people to discover what is right around the corner—or just two doors down,” says Liz. Based entirely on suggestions by locals, the gals say they’ll grow as they get recommendations. “We want the process to be organic, making sure we are offering the community a true combination of knowledge and insight,” says Kari. “Many people want to support mom and pop shops but don’t know how to find what they are looking for, so this puts that information at their fingertips.”