Cover Story
Father’s Table: Where the Farm-to-Table Movement is Innovatively Old-Fashioned
Issue: January 2012 by Camille Smith.
Before most people think about what they are going to have for breakfast with their morning coffee, the smell of fresh baked bread, donuts and other assorted pastries is wafting from Father’s Table on Route 221 in Forest. Every morning at 3 a.m., chef Ken Reed puts on his own pot of coffee and begins [...]
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Inside The Magazine Technology
AREVA’s latest installation of a new digital safety system for nuclear plants, TELEPERM XS, is not only showcasing how far technology has come in recent years, but also changing our culture and the way we look at nuclear safety. As digital technology rapidly advances in today’s world, AREVA has worked to bring their clients into [...]
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Education Inside The Magazine
James River Day School: “We do what is best for the child”
Issue: January 2012 by Daniel T. Richardson.
“Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they don’t know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it.” – Sir William Haley Located in Lynchburg is a school which prides itself in [...]
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Inside The Magazine Retail
It’s obvious when you walk through the door—Stones n’ Bones is different. Located in the Graves Mill Shopping Center in Forest, Stones n’ Bones offers an eclectic mix of minerals, crystals, fossils and more. For shoppers on the hunt for something unique and colorful, this is the spot. “This is a serious niche business,” David [...]
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Financial Inside The Magazine
Investors Can Learn Much From Super Bowl Teams
Issue: January 2012 by Jeff Boyer, Edward Jones Financial Advisor.
It’s almost Super Bowl time again. And whether you’re a sports fan or not, you can probably learn something from the Super Bowl teams that you can apply to other endeavors—such as investing. What might these lessons be? Take a look: Pick players carefully. Super Bowl teams don’t usually get there out of luck; they’ve [...]
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Inside The Magazine Real Estate
A lot of people think the best time to sell a house is in the spring, when flowers are blooming, birds are chirping and all the world seems new, but what if you need to sell your house in the winter, when it can be gloomy? How can you make your home stand out against [...]
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Business Profiles Inside The Magazine
Century Beverage Distributors: A Family-Owned Business for Four Generations
Issue: January 2012 by Daryl Calfee.
‘Hey, Beer Man!” Strike that. At Century Beverage Distributors, it’s more like “Hey, Beer Woman!” With over 110 years of Lichford family history behind them in the beer distribution business, the Lynchburg-based company is led today by Barbara Lichford McGehee and her daughters, Barrett Divina and Corie Saunders. These women are not only continuing to [...]
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Inside The Magazine Tourism & Transportation
With more than 500 employees, Wintergreen is one of the top job and revenue generators in Central Virginia’s hospitality industry. And in a trying-to-recover economy, the taxes generated by skiing, food and lodging are almost indispensable for the public services in rural Nelson County. The resort generated roughly 35 percent of the entire food and [...]
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Architecture, Engineering & Construction Inside The Magazine
The Central Virginia Free Clinic to Host its Eighth Annual Downtown Loft Tour
Issue: January 2012 by Megan L. House.
In years past, Downtown Lynchburg resembled a ghost town in many ways. Charlotte Allen, who has lived in the area for over 30 years, has seen astronomical changes. She has always loved spending Sunday afternoons strolling about downtown, admiring what she calls the “outstanding” architecture. She realized, however, that hardly anyone took advantage of sauntering [...]
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Healthcare Inside The Magazine
Most of the time, you have it all under control. Like the woman in the 1970s perfume ads, you’re bringing home the bacon, frying it and taking care of everything else: the house, your kids, your husband and, increasingly, your parents. You’re Supermom, and if you had a minute, you’d whip out the sewing machine [...]
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