Bama Creates helps local businesses get seen in the places where community life happens. Through thoughtfully placed advertising inside participating businesses, we connect local business owners, customers, and nonprofits in a way that supports visibility, builds familiarity, and encourages people to discover what is available close to home.

Owned by Allen Ferrell, Bama Creates is built around a simple belief: there are good people doing good work in our communities, and more people should know about them. Our approach brings local advertising into everyday settings where people gather, shop, eat, and spend time. Coffee shops, restaurants, salons, fitness studios, boutiques, and other community businesses can become places where someone discovers a service they need, a business they want to support, or a cause that matters to them.

For advertisers, Bama Creates offers opportunities to build a consistent physical presence in the communities they want to reach. We take time to understand each business, its customers, and its goals before exploring available placements. The purpose is to help businesses become familiar names through ongoing local visibility and meaningful community connections.

For host businesses, participation creates an opportunity to support other local businesses and nonprofits while creating value for their own business. Hosting is free. We work with each owner to understand the space, respect its character, and explore a presentation that fits naturally into the customer experience. Our custom wooden frames reflect that attention to craftsmanship and appearance, with additional placement options discussed during a consultation. Bama Creates handles advertiser relationships, creative coordination, production, installation, and routine upkeep.

Giving back is part of every placement we build. On every Bama Creates placement, at every host location, we donate one advertising spot to an eligible nonprofit. That space helps organizations share their mission, connect people with available services, and reach potential volunteers, donors, and supporters.

Our decisions come back to four questions: Is it best for everyone involved? Is it fair? Can we be flexible? Who can we help? Those questions guide how we listen, recommend opportunities, and build relationships with the businesses and organizations we serve.

Whether a business is interested in advertising, exploring a hosting opportunity, or learning more about nonprofit visibility, Bama Creates welcomes the opportunity to find a good fit. We believe helping local businesses and good causes get seen is one practical way to strengthen the communities we share.

Bama Creates. Visibility. Connection. Community.

Kayli Hedblom Jaremko | Founder of KJ Pathways
Educating with Purpose.

Kayli Hedblom Jaremko is the founder of KJ Pathways, where her mission is to make employee benefits easier to understand, navigate, and utilize. Serving businesses and individuals throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Florida, Kayli partners with employers to create benefits solutions that support both their businesses and the people who make them successful.

Through personalized benefits education, one-on-one employee support, enrollment assistance, and ongoing communication, Kayli helps take the confusion out of benefits. She specializes in supplemental and voluntary benefits that can complement existing health coverage, often at no cost to the employer. Her approach is centered on education rather than pressure, ensuring employees understand their options and feel confident making decisions that work for them and their families.

Kayli believes that strong businesses are built by people who feel valued and supported. She enjoys building meaningful relationships with business owners, connecting with fellow professionals, and finding ways to make a positive difference in her community.

Outside of work, Kayli is passionate about supporting small businesses, building connections, and finding opportunities to bring people together.

Whether you’re exploring employee benefits for the first time, reviewing your current offerings, or simply have questions, Kayli would love to connect!

Let’s connect over coffee!

Phone: 218-969-2929
Email: kayli@kjpathways.com

Accounting Services with a specialty in Small Business CFO services and bookkeeping services and tax returns.  

Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting.

Over 20 years’ experience.

Public Notary

I welcome working with non-profit organizations, Small Business companies and Individual's.