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Father’s Table: Where the Farm-to-Table Movement is Innovatively Old-Fashioned

Issue: January 2012 by .

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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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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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Paw Prints Mobile Vet: Pet Care that Makes House Calls

Issue: August 2011 by .

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When Gino, my pet Yorkshire/Maltese mix, sees me from his crate at the end of my work day, immediately his tail begins to wag. He looks up, ears down and crouches his 6-pound self all the way to the ground in anticipation or excitement, I never know which. It is a greeting I have come [...]

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TPS Displays: Displaying a Customer-Driven Mindset

Issue: August 2011 by .

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A coveted talent among those in the marketing profession is one that can take the sporadic doodlings of a business owner on a cocktail napkin and transform it into a creation that accurately represents their business. TPS Displays, a tradeshow management firm in Lynchburg, considers that talent one of their many specialties, along with exhibit [...]

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The Lynchburg Insurance Group: Getting Personal & In-Depth with Clients

Issue: July 2011 by .

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It is hard to believe that it is actually Lynchburg portrayed in the black and white pictures hanging on the walls of The Lynchburg Insurance Group in Wyndhurst. Classic cars line the streets in one snapshot of downtown and the landmarks are easily recognizable in others. It is a photographic tribute to early Lynchburg and [...]

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