For Sara Elizabeth Timmins and Andrea Shreeman, the combination of the place, the people and the funding makes the Roanoke area their personal set for creating films.
Walking through the myriad vendors, smelling the fresh peaches and seeing the colorful flowers reminded me just how much I love the Historic Downtown City Market.
Faye Wood always dreamed of having her own business. Retired from the education field, she thought opening a daycare was the obvious choice. But something else kept pushing to the front of her mind. Food.
They range from two employees to nearly 50. What they have in common is a good idea, hard work and a measure of success, even against the headwinds of a stubborn economy.
During this snowy winter, I have had the opportunity to read some great books. The first one I read was Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. I can’t believe it took me so long to find out about it.
Rachel and Luke Higginbotham went all the way through school together and, at 25, are now at work running their own coffee shop and their own hutch-manufacturing business.
