New Vision Is Thriving Despite Bad Economy --Michelson

FRANK STEWART and Carrie Parkinson shared a common vision when they launched West St. Paul, MN-based New Vision Printing and Graphics five years ago. Seeking to offer more than mere platitudes, their company would truly focus on exemplary customer service and teamwork when providing fast-turnaround digital and offset printing, at competitive prices. Their red-carpet-treatment concept has resonated with clients, resulting in New Vision's sales tripling during the past three years. That success, largely through word of mouth, prompted the company to open a second shop in White Bear Lake, MN, 12 months ago and, more recently, resulted in New Vision being named the 2009 West St. Paul Small Business of the Year."It's still possible to grow your business amid this recession, but you have to work harder and smarter, and plan better," contends Frank Stewart, president and CEO. It also means being creative to meet individual needs, including those of the many small startup companies being launched by once-employed people now seeking to create their own companies. New Vision offers new business enterprises a special starter "Stimulus Package," which includes 500 black-ink flyers on bright colored paper, or their choice of invoices or door hangers, and 500 full-color business cards—all for $175. New Vision also prints color copies for 25 cents apiece, charges 4 cents for black-and-white copies, and can print 500 white envelopes with black ink the same day for $48.