Edge
The latest Edge coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Business section.
More in Edge, page 22
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Why visionaries need people to do the actual work
I once worked with a talented website designer who was so crippled by office dynamics that he rarely designed anything at all. Instead, he would create sketches and wireframes (essentially, design outlines), and then begin every presentation meeting with, "This is...ah...all still very high level."
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EDGE Networking: Basecamp at the Chattanooga Choo Choo
The Enterprise Center hosted Basecamp at the Choo Choo this spring, a day of networking and coworking for professionals and job seekers. The event included informational panels to spur conversations around skills-building and apprenticeships and opportunities to connect with local resources and organizations. Join the next Basecamp on June 12.
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EDGE Networking: Officials break ground on One Westside
Chattanooga officials broke ground this spring on the first phase of One Westside, an $89 million redevelopment of the Westside neighborhood, beginning with a 230-unit apartment complex. The project will replace aging public housing without displacing residents. This is the first of seven phases that will ultimately create 1,126 new housing units in the neighborhood by 2032.
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Why some Chattanooga-area retirees are returning to work
Curtis Johnson was 76, retired and bored — so he went back to work.
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Experts: Start planning now if you intend to eventually sell your business
When Roger Pickett, owner of MurMaid Mattress, started thinking about retirement, he had a problem. He didn't have anyone lined up to take over the business.
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Call of the mountains: East Tennessee lures seniors in ‘silver tsunami’
Melissa and Tayna Smith grew up in southern California and raised their family in Ventura County, only a 10-minute drive to the Pacific Ocean.
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Slow build: Blackwell Automotive’s success the result of father/son’s five-year plan
Richmond Blackwell recalls starting more than his first year at the University of North Alabama in the fall of 1999 — it was also the point at which he and his father, Richard Blackwell, started planning to open an automobile-service business together.
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Breaking the glass ceiling: Vicky Gregg brings new approach, leadership
Retired BlueCross CEO still involved in many businesses
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Creative producer Maggie Carruth O’Connor loves Chattanooga life
As a teenager growing up in Roswell, Georgia, Maggie Carruth O'Connor was a violin prodigy.
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A year after launching first podcast, McCluskey debuts second show focused on women
A year after launching her first podcast in March of 2024, Lisa McCluskey has added a second to her repertoire -- this time focusing on successful Chattanooga businesswomen.
