This article appeared in the September 2013 issue of the East Nashvillian magazine. From new restaurants, office space and retail to relocations and improvements, the sheer number of projects in the works right now in East Nashville is astounding. The most exciting new development in the works is 1100 Fatherland Read more…
What are some of your favorite places in East Nashville to hang out? We have a good number of restaurants and bars that are getting attention, so many that it’s hard to keep track of them all. I put more than 80 of them into a list.ly list, not only so they would be listed Read more…
This is an article I wrote for The East Nashvillian magazine. After serving eight years on the Metro council from East Nashville’s District 6, Mike Jameson has done his time and has passed the torch to Peter Westerholm. He hands over the responsibility to serve a vibrant community he helped Read more…
If you are looking for benefits for your company, don’t look anywhere else. I will help you put together a group health insurance plan that best fits your needs. You might be looking to set something up for the first time or fix the plan you already have. Either way I can Read more…
Why do I sell insurance? What makes me different? Here are some thoughts. Why I do it I never imagined that I would enjoy the insurance business. What I did know when I started was that I liked helping people, solving problems, being independent, and working close to where I Read more…
This is an article I wrote for the Nashville Chamber‘s Small Business Wire newsletter, May 26th 2011. Every day, elected officials make decisions that impact business owners. They must understand the importance of their decisions upon those of us who contribute to the economic growth and prosperity of our communities Read more…
When local entrepreneur Scott Witherow gets an idea in his head, there is no stopping him. He opened Olive & Sinclair Chocolate Co. in Riverside Village last summer after discovering a bean-to-bar chocolate maker on a trip to Canada in 2007. While there, he bought over a pound of the chocolate bars and could not stop eating them. He ended up devouring the whole pound in one night. Scott was hooked, and with a little research found that nobody in Tennessee was producing bean-to-bar chocolate on a commercial level. Thus Olive & Sinclair was born, and over the last couple of years has been perfected.
It’s fulfilling to help a good cause, but altruism aside, volunteering is also great for business.
I have been really excited about a new magazine for East Nashville called The East Nashvillian. Lisa came to talk to me about it earlier this year when it was in its initial planning stages. I offered to write an article, which ended up being the feature story for the first Read more…
There can be confusion about WHY someone would seek out an independent insurance agent, verses buying online, or directly from an insurance company. People often assume that it must cost more to use an agent – that the costs must be built-in like they are when people use real estate Read more…