PLEASANT GROVE, Utah — Minority business ownership in Utah is growing. The U.S. Small Business Administration shows that racial minorities own just over 5% of all businesses in the Beehive State.

Inside the Line & Blade Barbershop in Pleasant Grove, their clippers come with a sense of purpose. "It's so much more than just hair," explained Dillon Freeze, one of the co-owners of the shop.

Dillon Freeze and Dewayne Hugh opened the shop recently and say they hope it's a place where people can come to find community and feel at home.

Hugh moved to Utah in 2002 from North Carolina, where barbershops were more than a place to get your haircut. "We'd go to the barbershop, and all the older generation would just be there, sitting, talking, watching the game."

The catalyst for the idea to open a

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