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The 18 month renovation at Brian DeBusk’s 11, 200 square foot west Knoxville home is nearing completion.
“It needed a facelift in a big way,” he said.
The project, which involved changing “every wall, every floor, every ceiling,” transformed the home from a traditional house with old world decor to a more open plan with contemporary style, industrial touches and a warm masculine feel. |
6/10/2019 |
| Married since 1984 and entrepreneurs since 1989, Mark and Sharon Oldham have been the owners and operators of Dancing Bear Lodge & Appalachian Bistro since 2014. They chose Townsend for its natural beauty and location. |
5/20/2019 |
| Longing to work in the town that raised her, Paula Osborn took the plunge and opened her own business. After spending most of her professional career working in Knoxville, Osborn was just far enough away from her hometown that she missed out on events that were important to her, such as volunteering at school events. |
5/20/2019 |
| Jennifer Talley came home one day and told her husband that she wanted to return to college for an Interior Design degree. Several years and an Interior Design degree later, she opened Jennifer Talley Interior Design in downtown Maryville. |
5/7/2019 |
| Choosing to start a business in Blount County made sense to Jason Brooks. Although he didn’t grow up there, he has lived there since 1992 when he went to Maryville College. “Maryville, Alcoa and Blount County are home for me,” Jason Brooks, CEO LDA Engineering explained. |
5/7/2019 |
| A new dual-property Courtyard and Residence Inn by Marriott recently opened in downtown Knoxville. The nine-story hotel located at 210 W. Church Ave. boasts 152 Courtyard guestrooms and 80 Residence Inn suites with one common lobby and reception area. |
5/7/2019 |
| Lisa New, President and CEO of Zoo Knoxville, didn’t aspire to the head job there. “My goal was to be a field researcher in primatology--more of an academic and science role,” she said. “The zoo was a pit stop that became a life goal.” New, a Knoxville native and graduate of Carter High School, earned a B.S. in Zoology and an M.S. in Ethology, the study of animal behavior, from the University of Tennessee. |
5/7/2019 |
| Monique Anderson became intrigued by downtown when she and other members of her Leadership Knoxville project team studied downtown in 2000 and when she and husband Bruce went on City People Home Tours. |
5/7/2019 |
| In his 42 years in healthcare, Keith Goodwin, President/CEO of East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, says he has spent only two years in adult healthcare--and that’s just fine with him. “I like working with kids,” he said. |
4/2/2019 |
| One of interior designer Jenny Adams’ recent favorite projects is her own home.“I learned a lot,” she said. “And it’s ongoing. Johnny’s afraid it will never end, but I’m eager for it to be complete so we can just enjoy it.” |
4/2/2019 |
| Robert Threlkeld knows about taking risks. One of the first risks he took in his adult life was getting into real estate. That risk turned out to be one of the best decisions he has ever made... |
3/18/2019 |
| Second generation realtor Laura Slyman started her career in real estate after earning a B.S. and an M.B.A. in marketing at the University of Tennessee. My father, Jim Slyman, started Slyman Real Estate in 1971,” said Laura. |
3/18/2019 |
| For Jenny McGlothin, a career in real estate came a bit unexpectedly. Prior to obtaining her real estate license five years ago, she worked at the Knoxville News Sentinel in marketing and advertising. |
3/7/2019 |
| Chad Copenhaver is a licensed realtor with Realty Executives Associates who has been serving the real estate needs of the people of Knoxville and East Tennessee for over 11 years. |
3/7/2019 |
| Whether you’re a gardener yourself or just enjoy looking at the beautiful spaces created by these talented people, there’s something restorative about a garden. Come with us behind the garden gates for a glimpse of some of Knoxville’s prettiest private gardens. |
3/7/2019 |