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Finding a rental is the visible beginning of a much longer relationship. After the application and lease come move-in questions, maintenance requests and the everyday work of managing a property. In Blacksburg, Pointe West Management organizes its business around those different stages.
Oct 9, 2026
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Larry Stine began his undergraduate education close to home at Mary Washington before pursuing a chiropractic degree at Texas Chiropractic College. His later training in chiropractic orthopedics at Logan added another layer to a career spent serving the Fredericksburg area.
Oct 9, 2026
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Eggs from the chicken coop go to the kitchen. Fruits and vegetables grow in the Big Garden. A cedar greenhouse provides space for produce throughout the year, while material from the rabbit hutch helps fertilize the soil.
Oct 9, 2026
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A kitchen island can add room to prepare dinner. A walk-in shower can change how a bathroom works. A ramp can make an outdoor entrance easier to use. Those practical changes sit at the center of the renovation work offered by Papa Joe's Home Improvements in the Danville and Chatham area.
Oct 9, 2026
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At TrueLine Roofing, three owners divide the work of getting a roofing project from an initial discussion to a completed job. David Smith Sr. oversees business development and field work. David Smith Jr. handles estimating, operations and project delivery. Tim Hildebrand, a professional engineer, focuses on engineering, planning and risk management.
Oct 9, 2026
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When Lester and Trisha Wooldridge founded their business in 1975, they began a local service story that would stretch across generations of Lynchburg homeowners. More than half a century later, the company handles an interconnected set of household needs: heating, air conditioning, electrical work, plumbing and generators.
Oct 9, 2026
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Before opening Radiant Medical Spa in South Boston, Dr. Babita Patel and nurse practitioner Melissa Arthur had already spent years working together. Their collaboration began in 2007, giving the business a foundation that predates its treatment rooms on North Main Street.
Oct 9, 2026
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For Jocelyn Lasher, helping someone buy a first home starts with making the mortgage understandable. The Fairfax-based Atlantic Coast Mortgage loan officer emphasizes walking buyers through the process, explaining the steps behind a decision that can otherwise feel opaque.
Oct 9, 2026
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Douglas Wright's route to dentistry began in pharmacy school. He completed that degree at the University of Maryland in 1981, earned his dental degree there four years later and joined the Navy, where his training ranged from oral diagnosis to surgery and anesthesia.
Oct 9, 2026
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Each month, employees at LD&B help choose a local charitable organization to highlight. It is a practical expression of an unusual feature of the insurance agency: the people working there also own the business.
Oct 9, 2026
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Before New Field Farm became a wedding venue, it was a promise. Brett Barraclough had told his wife, Donna, who grew up on a New Jersey turkey farm, that he would bring her back to farm life after his Army career.
Oct 9, 2026
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Matt Gallimore grew up in rural Southwest Virginia, studied business and finance at Radford University, and spent two years as a loan officer before entering real estate. That path brought together an understanding of property as both a place to live and a substantial financial decision.
Oct 8, 2026
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Craig's Lawn Care began as a one-person lawn service in 1985. More than four decades later, the family-owned business remains focused on residential properties, with work that follows a yard through the seasons and through larger changes in how a family uses it.
Oct 8, 2026
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The dentists at Wytheville Dental Group arrived through different schools and communities, but several parts of their stories return to the same theme: bringing dental care to the places they know.
Oct 8, 2026
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When Joey and Alyssa Rogers took over the family business in 2018, they inherited more than a heating-and-cooling company. They took responsibility for a name that had served the South Boston area since 1996—and began shaping its next stage.
Oct 8, 2026
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At Maplewood Gardens, a wedding can move from a garden arbor to a rustic barn without losing the feeling of being part of the same place. Boxwoods, magnolias, hydrangeas and ponds surround an 1890 Victorian homestead, creating a series of settings within a ten-acre Eastern Shore property.
Oct 8, 2026
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A stone wall can frame a garden, hold a slope or give a yard a new place to gather. For Walter Garrett and his team, that combination of appearance and practical purpose is central to the work of Garrett Landscapes.
Oct 8, 2026
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For W. Bruce Jackson, financial planning includes a question that reaches beyond an account balance: what a person wants their resources to accomplish. His work in Williamsburg brings investment and retirement planning into the same conversation as preservation, distribution and charitable goals.
Oct 8, 2026