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VIProfile: Scott Schimmel & Lisa Sorensen

When Scott Schimmel waited on Lisa Sorensen’s table in May 2000, the couple could not have predicted that three years later they would open the first of their Bliss stores in that same space. Lisa and her daughter Victoria Ianopollo were dining at Lula, Mahasti Vafaie’s restaurant at 24 Market Square, a few doors down from The Tomato Head, which she and husband Scott Partin still own.
8/7/2019

Summer Reverie: Hope and Mark Ingram's Lakeside Retreat Taps and Creates Memories

Camp Fish Lips looks as though it might have been lifted from a lake in the Adirondacks and placed on its rock bluff overlooking a quiet inlet on Norris Lake. And that’s what Hope and Mark Ingram had in mind.
8/7/2019

Lauren Miller Promoted to Senior VP of Moxley Carmichael

Lauren Miller has been promoted to senior vice president of Moxley Carmichael and will be responsible for strategy, vision and leadership of the firm’s public relations services, including delivery of creative ideas, excellent service and bottom-line impacting results to clients. 
8/7/2019

Summit Medical Group Opens Primary and Urgent Care Practice in South Knoxville

Summit Medical Group of South Knoxville recently opened to provide primary and urgent care to the community. The new location is accepting new patients and provides both primary care and walk-in urgent care services.
8/7/2019

Lambert's Health Care: Deep Roots in the Community

Lambert’s Health Care & Uniforms has deep roots in caring for the East Tennessee community since it first opened its doors in 1956. Generations of families and medical professionals have chosen Lambert’s to find solutions to living safely and independently at home with their advanced medical technology and senior lifestyle products. 
8/7/2019

Mike Honeycutt

Mike Honeycutt has a standard “elevator pitch” answer when people ask him what he does for a living. As he puts it, “I am a professional banker who has made a career out of helping business owners maximize their possibilities. SmartBank not only provides a world-class banking platform to help achieve those dreams, but, in addition, our core purpose is to provide a ‘wow’ client experience.”
7/9/2019

Private Wealth Management

The Regions Private Wealth Management team in Knoxville is made up of experienced financial advisors and specialists who deliver an unbiased, comprehensive approach to wealth management. Their team provides clients a customized financial strategy tailored to specific needs and goals that is supported by a team of subject-matter experts...
7/9/2019

Sage Kohler, ChFC®, CLU®, CASL®

Although she received her marketing degree from the “other” UT (University of Texasat Austin), Sage Kohler defines herself as a true Tennessee Vols fan and a happy resident of East Tennessee...
6/28/2019

Russ Wilson

As Senior Vice President – Wealth Management at UBS Financial Inc., Russ Wilson appreciates the art of listening, asking good questions, and sharing stories. He believes those things are the building blocks of a successful advisory business...
6/28/2019

Barbermcmurry Wins Seven AIA East TN Design Awards

BarberMcMurry Architects won seven of fourteen design awards presented to projects at recent AIA East Tennessee ceremonies. Every project the firm submitted won at least one award...
6/28/2019

John Bailey Company

From Farragut High School, down to college at Ole Miss, over to an insurance company headquartered in Denver, Brandon Clarke has made his way around the country, eventually coming full circle. Moving back to Knoxville in 2005, he partnered with his dad, John Clarke, who purchased John Bailey Company in 1997....
6/10/2019

David Jones, CFP®

David Jones is currently a Financial Planner for Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Member New York Stock Exchange/SIPC. Starting as a runner at TIS Insurance Services at the age of 16, he went on to intern at UBS Financial Services his junior year of college, ultimately working in Private Placement and Alternative Investments...
6/10/2019

Jacobi Opens New Location

West Knoxville’s newest Chickfil- A location is now open for business. Operator David Jacobiawarded prizes to 100 “campers” following a 12-hour campout lasting from 6 pm-6 am. The promotion initially had over 180 participants, so a drawing was held to determine 100 campers and 10 alternates.
6/10/2019

Keeping it in the Family

Sense of pride. Mutual respect. Shared values. Trust. Collaboration. These themes emerged in all our conversations with the parents and offspring featured in this story about local family-owned businesses. No one regrets the decision to “keep it in the family.” They have all found strength in working together to grow the family enterprise...
6/10/2019

VIProfile: Dr. Malcom Foster

Dr. Malcolm Foster, Director of Cardiovascular Research at Tennova Healthcare, came to Knoxville to work at Baptist Hospital, which had “the biggest heart program in the city.” “I was given one nurse for a year,” he said. “We now have five full time nurse research coordinators, and we’ve done over 100 clinical trials.”
6/10/2019