His grandfather’s tailoring business had customers, a trade school, and room to grow. What it lacked helped send Everett K. Sands into banking - and, eventually, into building Lendistry.

In 1990, Mark Peterson founded the community loan fund that became Bridgeway Capital. Over 29 years, his work carried him from financing neighborhood businesses to reopening a Homewood factory - and eventually to helping other leaders take their turn.