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6/10/2019 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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 |
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5/8/2019 |
| 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 |