e Cleveland Charge were excited to join the Cleveland Monsters and Immaculate Cleaning today for a Back to School Bash at Fatima Family Center. Together with Pearlz Inc and Homes for Homeless Vets, the event helped supply over 100 local kids with backpacks and supplies ahead of the school year.

MONSTERS HOST BLACK HERITAGE CELEBRATION AND KID NATION TAKEOVER THIS WEEKEND

When James Barnes graduated from high school, he says he had two choices: take the traditional college route or focus on business. He chose the latter, establishing Immaculate Cleaning, of which he is the founder and president. Having run microenterprises since the age of 14, Barnes leveraged local accelerator programs — JumpStart's Core City: Cleveland Impact program, University Circle's NextStep, for example — to grow his commercial cleaning business to become the cleaning partner of the Cleveland Monsters.

Our conversation this week is with James Barnes Jr. — Founder & President of Immaculate Cleaning — on building Northeast Ohio’s fastest-growing janitorial services company.