Corridor Business Journal: Fuel Art and Espresso, a Mount Vernon-based coffee house and retail shop, has been awarded an $8,000 grant through the Iowa Economic Development Authority’s (IEDA) Open 4 Business grant competition. A destination coffee and retail shop in the heart of Mount Vernon’s Main Street District, Fuel was one of five Iowa business development and expansion projects to receive $40,000 in funding aimed at developing the economic vitality of Iowa’s Main Street districts. “We are thrilled that Main Street Iowa and the Iowa Economic Development Authority have chosen to invest in Fuel,” said Tommie Ouverson, who owns and operated Fuel with her mother, Pat Ouverson. “This entire project has forced us to think about who we are as a business and where we are going, and it is clear that we are turning a corner in our business and that we are prepared and ready to grow beyond our current capacity.” Fuel offers baked goods made from scratch daily, a full coffee menu, art, antiques, unusual gifts and handcrafted items made both in Iowa and internationally.