Small Business Jobs Act will help companies grow
FRANKENMUTH -- The senate this week passes the Small Business Jobs Act; giving companies tax cuts, access to loans, and help selling products overseas.
NBC25 visited a family owned bakery in Frankenmuth, to find out how the bill will help their business grow.
23-year-old Heather Rousseau is as sweet as the frosting she works with, add that to her creative confections, and it gives her new bakery called Sugar High a recipe for success.
Rousseau opened Sugar High in Frankenmuth this May.
Since then her products have been flying off the shelves
At Sugar High you can get 25 different flavors of cupcakes, 12 different flavors of gelato, and for the more adventurous, there's even chocolate covered bacon.
"We can't keep it on the shelves; it's flying out of here," said the Owner of Sugar High, Heather Rousseau.
Chelsea Christie traveled from Davison to try out the strawberry gelato
"It tastes like fresh fruit, like it’s not ice cream tasting, it's more like you just picked it out of the garden," said Sugar High customer Chelsea Christie.
But starting the bakery wasn't easy.
"When we first applied to try and get a loan, the banks pretty much shut us down," said the Owner of Sugar High, Adam Rousseau.
This week the senate passed the Small Business Jobs Bill. It will give Sugar High tax cuts, freeing up money for much needed equipment.
"I want to buy a bigger mixer, sheeter, just equipment that will make business a lot easier," said Rousseau.
The bill will also make it easier for Rousseau to get a business loan so she can expand.
"In particular small businesses who have not been able to get loans because of the financial crisis, this is very good news, whether it's a supplier, a retailer," said U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow.
Rousseau’s kitchen isn't big enough to meet product demand.
Every week her family must makes 40 cakes, 120 batches of gelato and close to 4,000 cupcakes.
Working seven days a week has brought her family closer together.
"It’s built up our relationship, we've got to know each other, there is definitely no secrets," said Adam Rousseau.
Baking space has become tight at Sugar High, and Rousseau says so has her pants.
"My secret’s out, I’m trying to lose weight because my stuff is so darn good I keep eating it, and it’s my diet all day, cookies, nibble on a brownie, nibble on a cake," said Rousseau.
But suppressing people’s sweet tooth’s for a living is Rousseau’s dream come true.
The Small Business Jobs Act is expected to pass the house in just a few weeks.
