Ashley Farrar knows it sometimes takes a little dirty work to run a business that cleans up. The owner of the Molly Maid cleaning service in Chattanooga, Farrar grew up working alongside her mother, who launched a Molly Maid franchise in Franklin, Tennessee, a generation ago.

Traditional thinking tells us people don't like change.

The members of Sankofa, a local giving circle, pool their own money and decide collectively how to best direct those dollars to strengthen communities of color. But there's more than money at work when it comes to the power of this giving group, says Lakweshia Ewing, a member of the fund from its beginnings in 2015.

Memories captured on old technology are gathering dust in attics, closets and garages across the country. In the season of New Year's resolutions, organizing and digitizing is on lots of to-do lists, says Nick Macco, co-founder of media conversion company Southtree.

A 113-year-old building on Chattanooga's trendy Southside may be ready for a new use.

Midtown Ridge Apartments at 312 McBrien Road

The East Main Street area of Chattanooga is seeing arguably the most redevelopment activity in decades and a building at the center of the key artery is for sale.

Do you change yourself to try to fit in? Or do you try to change the culture to make it more inclusive for people like you?

John Weaver, the president of family-owned and operated Weaver Tree Farms in West Jefferson, N.C., is kicking off his 33rd holiday season selling trees in the Scenic City.

For nearly 20 years, the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce has recognized local businesses with its annual Spirit of Innovation Award. This year, six companies were finalists, and two won the Spirit of Innovation award in a first-place tie.

Pop up shops are coming to Hamilton Place mall this holiday season.

What if the systems that made you successful wind up being the very systems that cause you to fail?

What started as a side hustle cooking healthy meals for her personal training clients led Alison Oakes to a full-time gig running her Naked Foods restaurants in Chattanooga and Knoxville.

A South Broad building and property is on the market for $3.8 million as the area near downtown Chattanooga attracts more attention.

Mike and Taylor Monen recently launched their latest creation — Market South, a full-service food hall on the Southside at 1501 Long St., in the former home of Enzo's Market and the Grocery Bar.

Pop up shops are coming to Hamilton Place Mall this holiday season. Local boutiques and retailers will be renting out space in the mall one week at a time for an opportunity to showcase their merchandise to a wide audience, and to complete alongside nationally recognized stores during the busiest shopping season of the year.

When people argue over word choice, they often compromise, telling each other, "It's just semantics."

The popularity of Chattanooga's North Shore is spilling over into Red Bank.

When Lauren Swanson and Chelsie Durham began their careers as school teachers at Lakeside Elementary in 2014, they found themselves overwhelmed, exhausted and struggling to hold it all together within their classrooms. The two became best friends and helped each other overcome and power through their first few years on the job.

The Dalton Innovation Accelerator, building off of the Northwest Georgia city's rich history of entrepreneurism, is in its second year of offering a pitch competition to help jumpstart businesses with last year's winner having appeared on the hit TV show "Shark Tank."

Picture this: You're 18 years old and fresh out of high school. Diploma in hand, you are ready for the next chapter of your life.

Aromatic, conscious, therapeutic. These are the three philosophies that Cassandra Tucker lives and practices every day at her start-up business, Divine Purity.

Imagine two new employees. We'll call them Stan and Bill. Stan and Bill are both starting in new jobs at two different banks. The two banks are competitors and sit directly across the street from each other.