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Century Beverage Distributors: A Family-Owned Business for Four Generations

Issue: January 2012 by .

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‘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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Smart Ways Solutions

Issue: January 2012 by .

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By the age of eight, Crystal Swinton knew she wanted to be a business owner. Swinton grew up in Lynchburg in a single parent home. As a child, her mother would take her to a laundromat owned by an African-American woman. Swinton remembers thinking, “I wanna be like her. I wanna own my own stuff [...]

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Aqua Pros

Issue: December 2011 by .

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As far back into human history as one can imagine, workers have bellyached to each other about their bosses and how, if they only had the chance, they could do “it” better. Then, they retreat from the break room and go back to the grind. In 1984, squeaking by for a few summers building pools [...]

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Joe H. Coleman Construction

Issue: December 2011 by .

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The Coleman family has been in the construction business in Central Virginia for more than 40 years through various companies with other names tacked onto the end. As of September, the only other name tacked onto this company’s sign is, “Joe,” as in Joe H. Coleman, president. Joe Coleman started in the business with Coleman-Adams [...]

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CommScope/Andrew Solutions Provides Network Solutions for the Biggest Names in Wireless

Issue: November 2011 by .

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Behind every cell phone call and wireless download, there is a network solution that makes digital magic possible. In the same way, when cable television brings you your favorite show faithfully each week, providing entertainment directly to your living room, an entirely different network solution is at work.  Behind the companies that are generally associated [...]

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Clam Diggers: An Unexpected, Small Town Treasure

Issue: November 2011 by .

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Bedford, Virginia, may be known as a small town, but the shops that line the streets of its downtown are full of locals with big hearts for their business and their customers. Clam Diggers, on South Bridge Street, is no exception. Hal and Tina Gurley have operated the pub, restaurant and fresh fish market combination [...]

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Martinsville Speedway: Making Hearts Race for 64 Years

Issue: October 2011 by .

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When the first race cars circled the dirt track during Martinsville Speedway’s Modified Stock Car race in 1947, 750 fans stood in the dust to welcome the new addition to the community. It was the first entertainment of its kind in the Martinsville area and, over the years, it pioneered the way for racing across [...]

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Iron and Grace: New Fitness Studio Offers Unique Outlook on Holistic Health

Issue: October 2011 by .

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Breathe, focus, train with iron, move with grace: These are more than words of encouragement from Chad and Alaya Sexton, the husband and wife team behind the new fitness studio opening in downtown Lynchburg. For them, these are words to live by. The three floors of 720 Commerce Street are in transition to become Iron [...]

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Arthur’s Flower Cart: 40 Years in Business and Still Blooming

Issue: September 2011 by .

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For the last 40 years, Arthur’s Flower Cart has carefully planned each business decision, move and appointment. As a family business—the oldest in the flower industry in Lynchburg—they have kept their standards high and with good reason. Owner Joan Arthur does not just want to make a mark on Lynchburg, she wants to leave a [...]

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The Brothers That Just Do Gutters

Issue: September 2011 by .

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Client satisfaction, customer service and communication are the top priorities for The Brothers that just do Gutters, owned and operated by Jeremiah Boles. While some may question whether gutters are important enough to singularly focus a business around them, Boles and his brothers carefully selected this business model. Kenny Parsons first began in the gutter [...]

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