<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2jWn8n_1FTxboGU00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2jWn8n_1FTxboGU00" width="1358" height="515" ><figcaption>The Ronan Mill proudly shows off its lineup of a wide variety available drinks. Courtesy Photo</figcaption></figure>RONAN — For Trinity Rosenbaum, opening The Ronan Mill wasn’t a sudden leap — it was a longtime idea that finally found its moment.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0WRuPa_1FTxboGU00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0WRuPa_1FTxboGU00" width="1358" height="1200" ><figcaption>Ronan Mill owner Trinity Rosenbaum holds drinks made at The Ronan Mill coffee shop. Courtesy Photo</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0UGCi9_1FTxboGU00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0UGCi9_1FTxboGU00" width="1015" height="800" ><figcaption>The Ronan Mill offers different kinds of gift baskets Courtesy Photo</figcaption></figure>“It was just something I had always kind of thought about, was having my own coffee shop, and the opportunity kind of fell into my lap,” Rosenbaum said.Rosenbaum, a lifelong Lake County resident and mother of two, spent about six years working at St. Luke Community Healthcare before making the jump to self-employment. The shop’s name is a nod to its history: the building once housed the Ronan Flower Mill, and Rosenbaum kept the name largely intact when she incorporated the coffee shop into it.The Ronan Mill has grown to include a flower business as well, something Rosenbaum hadn’t originally planned, but has come to embrace.“I found I really enjoy the flower part of it,” she said. “Just kind of always being a coffee snob, I was like, I think that’s what I want to do.”Rosenbaum describes the shop as open, welcoming and family-oriented. She runs it with help from her parents, and without a drive-through option due to the shop’s location the business has leaned heavily into local delivery, a strategy that has proven successful.“We deliver to all the businesses around here the hospital, the banks. We deliver to all the schools,” Rosenbaum said. “We get all the school kids at lunch, and we’re always delivering to them during the day as well.”The shop has also catered Ronan High School’s prom for several years and, for the first time last year, catered St. Ignatius High School’s prom as well. Rosenbaum said watching students grow up alongside the business from freshmen to graduating seniors has been one of the most rewarding parts of the job.“It was kind of cool to see them grow and what they’re doing,” she said. “When they come back for summer breaks, they stop in and see us and give us their updates.”A Partnership Rooted in Shared OwnershipAmong The Ronan Mill’s most notable collaborations is its advertising partnership with The Brown Elephant pawn shop. The connection runs deeper than typical cross-promotion both businesses are tribally owned, and share a business partner, Ernie Moran.“It’s been kind of fun to get some of their customers, or our customers, to go over there,” Rosenbaum said. “We’re teamed up to work together and get people in, and it’s been fun.”Rosenbaum said she’s excited about where the partnership is headed, with more collaborative projects in the works. The two businesses recently teamed up for a joint appearance at a few local events, which Rosenbaum said was The Brown Elephant’s first time doing something of that kind.“That was really fun... It was fun to see all the people and meet new people, because there’s people from all over,” she said. The Brown Elephant has also set up booths at other community events, and Rosenbaum said the businesses hope to do more joint appearances going forward.For Rosenbaum, the partnership reflects a broader philosophy about how small businesses in Ronan should operate.“I think it’s really important to support one another, and there’s room for everybody,” she said. “Everybody has their own little niche, so everything kind of all works out. It’s not about the competition we’re here to make the town better.”Advice for Fellow Business OwnersAsked what advice she’d offer other small business owners, Rosenbaum pointed to persistence.“Don’t give up. It doesn’t all come at once,” she said. “It takes time to build whatever business you have and to build your customers, and it’s not easy. There’s times you want to give up, but just keep pushing through it, and eventually you’ll grow and prosper.”Rosenbaum credited her customers as the foundation of the business’s success.“Our customers are what makes us and keep us going, and we appreciate them very, very much,” she said.</div></body>

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RONAN — For Trinity Rosenbaum, opening The Ronan Mill wasn’t a sudden leap — it was a longtime idea that finally found its moment. “It was just something I had always kind of thought about, was having my own coffee shop, and the opportunity kind of fell into my lap,” Rosenbaum said.

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