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Anthony Garby at work in a photograph from Clarksville Veterinary Clinic.

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Clarksville Veterinary Clinic combines everyday pet care with a regional reach

Clarksville Veterinary Clinic sits on Seventh Street, but the community it serves extends well beyond the town. Families come from across Southside Virginia and neighboring North Carolina communities for a practice that brings routine pet care, diagnostics and surgical services into one local hospital.

Oct 8, 2026
A classroom at Frost Montessori School.

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At Frost Montessori, the classroom is arranged for discovery

Low shelves, hands-on materials and room to explore give a Montessori classroom a particular kind of order. At Frost Montessori School near Charlottesville, that environment is part of an approach to early childhood education that has guided the school since 1997.

Oct 8, 2026
Cheri Woodard of Cheri Woodard Realty.

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Cheri Woodard's Rappahannock story began long before the property listings

Before real estate became her best-known business, Cheri Woodard grew herbs for Patrick O'Connell at the Inn at Little Washington. The connection came through Faith Mountain Herbs and Antiques, one of several ventures she built after moving to Rappahannock County in 1974.

Oct 8, 2026
A tiled bathroom and glass shower featured by STW Home Remodeling.

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STW Home Remodeling grew from tile work into the rooms around it

Daniel Aseyev started with tile. Then homeowners began asking about the rest of the bathroom: the shower, the vanity, the room surrounding the finished surface. Those requests helped turn a Harrisonburg tile business into STW Home Remodeling.

Oct 8, 2026
Heating and cooling equipment being serviced in Carter’s work gallery.

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Carter's Heating and Cooling builds its service around a clear conversation

Greg Carter founded Carter's Heating and Cooling in 2000 with a principle that remains central to the business: customers should understand the choices being made about their home's comfort. More than a quarter-century later, the company continues to serve the Lynchburg and Smith Mountain Lake areas with repair, maintenance and installation work.

Oct 8, 2026
Kim Nester, founder of Premier Aesthetics & Procedural Medicine.

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Premier Aesthetics brings nursing experience and dermatology together in Danville

Kim Nester built Premier Aesthetics & Procedural Medicine around work that sits at the meeting point of clinical care and personal confidence. At the Danville practice, her background as a nurse practitioner is part of a broader team offering aesthetic services, skin care and medical dermatology.

Oct 8, 2026
Matt Haberlie, regional sales manager at Success Mortgage.

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Matt Haberlie brings a Virginia homecoming to Success Mortgage's Winchester team

After two decades in the Los Angeles mortgage business, Matt Haberlie returned to Virginia with a different kind of home search behind him. Raised in Northern Virginia, he chose Winchester as the place to put down roots and continue helping other people make their own moves.

Oct 8, 2026
A table setting at the Blackburn Inn & Conference Center.

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At the Blackburn Inn, a Staunton landmark makes room for a new kind of gathering

Heart-pine floors, tall windows and a spiral staircase give the Blackburn Inn something a new hotel cannot simply order: the character of a building that has lived through generations of change. In Staunton, that architectural inheritance now provides the setting for overnight stays, wedding weekends and gatherings that bring people together.

Oct 8, 2026