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Playing It Straight in a Crooked World

Posted by Cathy Atkins on Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 Categories: Uncategorized
I tend to optimistically believe in the inherent good of every person, but know that unfortunately we live in a crooked world.  Greed, power, inexperience, or sometimes just plain carelessness will cause a person to act in unscrupulous ways.    Fear can cause normally good people to make character decisions that disappoint.  Fear can also flame [Click Here]

Staying on Track

Posted by Cathy Atkins on Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 Categories: Uncategorized
Keep track of the right things in 2010.  Many business struggled because they weren’t monitoring the numbers that make a difference, and didn’t notice the decline until it was too far gone. One that I consider the most important to track is called a T-12 report, or Trailing 12 month report.  It gives you a trend [Click Here]

VA Mortgage moving out, Census Bureau moving in

Posted by David Reed on Monday, July 27th, 2009 Categories: Uncategorized
 The Bukoswki brothers, Brock and Brant, have always tried to make their company a fun place to work – every day is casual Friday and employees play games during breaks, such as washers tournaments in the parking lot. So when I heard that VA Mortgage Center.com plans to move into the vacant building on Grindstone Parkway [Click Here]

What the heck is Glowgolf and what’s the Opry got to do with it?

Posted by David Reed on Thursday, June 25th, 2009 Categories: Uncategorized
Here’s the story behind that zany new business at the Columbia Mall, Opry Glowgolf.   It’s a glow-in-the-dark, 54-hole mini golf course at the former MC Sports location in the south wing. Employee Adam Baker says they’ve been really busy since school let out, with about 100 customers a day the norm. How’d they get the name? Well, [Click Here]

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