Archive for April, 2010

200th Anniversary of 3rd President’s Personal Retreat Breaks Attendance Record at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest

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Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest opened for tours on April 1, and this season was preceded by a record breaking 2009. More than 30,000 people visited the National Historic Landmark last year, an unprecedented increase of 50 percent from the prior year. It was Poplar Forest’s highest visitation ever, since the Founding Father’s restored personal retreat [...]

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Lynchburg Receives Virginia Main Street Milestone Awards

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On March 25, Lynch’s Landing and the City of Lynchburg were presented with Virginia Main Street Milestone Achievement Awards for $85 million in private investment and contribution of more than 80,000 volunteer hours toward downtown revitalization since being designated as a Virginia Main Street community in 2000. The awards were presented at the Virginia Main [...]

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Raising Red Flags: How Businesses Are Fighting Fraud

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Everyone knows that being careless with your identity is asking for trouble. Identity theft remains the top complaint among consumers according to a 2009 report released by the Federal Trade Commission. However, the overall number of complaints actually dropped from more than 314,000 in 2008 to just over 278,000 in 2009. It seems that people [...]

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Know Your Numbers

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Healthy employees are the foundation to a healthy business, boosting productivity, decreasing absenteeism and reducing health care costs. Celebrate spring by helping your business and employees make a fresh start toward a healthy lifestyle. Encourage them to eat a balanced diet, get regular exercise and avoid smoking. You also can help employees learn and understand [...]

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To Build an Eco-House: How a Local Initiative is Spurning the Construction of Lean, Green Homes in Our Area

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As Americans, we have the privilege of living in a country where any material possession is attainable, where food is just a quick drive to the super market away and where it’s “okay” to leave a few scraps of food on your plate. What many of us don’t realize, however, is that those scraps of [...]

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Put Your Tax Refund to Work

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It’s Tax Refund Season again. This year, if you’re going to get a check from your Uncle Sam, why not put it to work to help you meet your financial goals? Last year, the average tax refund was more than $2,700, according to the IRS. The size of your refund, or whether you will get [...]

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Budgeting for Reductions: How Will Local Schools Cope with Cuts?

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“I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves, and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to William C. [...]

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Publisher’s Letter: April 2010

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Here at Prototype Media, we have respect for small businesses. Not only does it take a lot of courage to embrace the entrepreneurial spirit and set out against “Corporate America,” it also takes a lot of creativity. Whether you’re starting your own clothing boutique or aspire to have the best hamburger in town, the key [...]

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Walls Bakery: A Sweet Family Legacy

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Baking a birthday cake for the President is a special order and George Walls, owner of Walls Bakery, was up for the challenge when he was asked to bake a cake for then-President Ronald Reagan’s birthday. But just how that even came to pass is another story. “The answer is word-of-mouth, the best method of [...]

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John Stewart Walker: Those Who Can, Do

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In the year 1890, Lynchburg’s demographic was rapidly changing due to the fortunes made in the tobacco and shoe industries. The primary mode of travel around the city was by horse and buggy, but the first trolley car went from the city across the Rivermont Bridge linking downtown Lynchburg to the suburb of Rivermont. The [...]

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