When Marissa Bell made the short move from her Rogersville, Tennessee, home to the University of Tennessee's Knoxville campus, she knew which boxes she wanted to check.
Last year's holiday shopping season was the first for Good Kinsmen and an eye-popper for Sean Lawrenson, the store's co-owner.
Troy Oliver, Lifespark's owner and president, says Lifespark's six installers do landscape lighting for about 2,100 clients across the region and holiday lighting for another 225 or so.
Donnie Rains says he and his son, Will, are undergoing that rite of passage during which the younger man begins to surpass his sire.
It may well be that music hath charms to soothe the savage beast, but it didn't help Doug McClure dodge his destiny — serving in the Salvation Army.
Things are starting to work out for Sheena and Ken Meyer.
Chris Poe loves selling customized golf carts in the signature orange of his alma mater, the University of Tennessee.
Tim Morgan finished his marketing degree at the University of Alabama in 2003, but he didn't stop learning when he went to work the next year for the NFL's Charlotte Panthers.
Jeff Coffey's dream was simple: to launch a business selling flies, the lures used by fly fishermen. What he didn't anticipate was the profound sense of purpose to go with it.
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