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Spring Hill Barn gives a Staunton farm a new role in family celebrations

A farmhouse dating to 1904, a barn set up for celebrations and room to gather outdoors give Spring Hill Barn a wedding setting with a clear sense of place. At the Staunton-area property, the farm’s history becomes part of a couple’s own story.

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At Aaron & Associates, insurance and long-term planning start with a family’s priorities

Wayne Aaron began working as a financial adviser in 2007 with a focus on helping families protect what they have while preparing for what comes next. His Danville firm, Aaron & Associates, brings insurance services and financial planning into the same conversation.

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A North Main Street dental practice makes room for the whole family

At Justin Tebbenkamp’s Blacksburg practice, adults and children can bring their routine dental care to the same North Main Street office. Preventive visits form the foundation of a practice whose services also include restorative and cosmetic dentistry.

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Clevengers Corner Veterinary Care treats the family as part of the team

A pet’s care does not end when an appointment does. At Clevengers Corner Veterinary Care in Amissville, the practice’s family-centered approach gives owners a role in understanding and carrying out their animals’ care.

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Tropical Heating & Cooling keeps Lynchburg homes ready for changing seasons

A Lynchburg home might rely on a heat pump, a gas furnace or an older oil-fired system. Tropical Heating & Cooling works across those differences, providing repair, installation and maintenance for residential and commercial customers.

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For Zack McCoy, a Roanoke home search begins with knowing the Valley

Zack McCoy grew up in Cave Spring, giving his work in Roanoke real estate a connection that predates his career. Today, the Real Broker agent helps buyers and sellers across the Roanoke Valley and Smith Mountain Lake.

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Brian Robbins and his team keep chiropractic care local in Martinsville

At 425 Commonwealth Boulevard East, Martinsville Chiropractic Center gives residents a local practice for discussing musculoskeletal concerns and the care options available to them. Chiropractor Brian Robbins works with a team that includes Sarah Amos, Tammy, Beth and Barbara.

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Jesus Roofing brings a Winchester base to roof repairs and replacements

Roof repair and replacement require attention to the part of a home that is most exposed to weather. Jesus Roofing LLC takes on that work from Winchester, serving customers within a stated 50-mile area.

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Veronica Amato helps Shenandoah Valley homebuyers ask questions in two languages

Buying a home brings plenty of unfamiliar terms. In Harrisonburg, F&M Mortgage adviser Veronica Amato works with clients in both English and Spanish, helping them discuss their plans in the language that is most comfortable for them.

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At Shenandoah Preschool, creative careers become classroom possibilities

A former Disney animator, a teacher with a culinary-arts background and a movement teacher trained in speech-language pathology bring distinct experiences to Shenandoah Preschool in Lexington. Their backgrounds help give the school’s emphasis on hands-on learning a character of its own.

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Jenny Furlow brings a nurse-practitioner perspective to Charlottesville aesthetics

Health and Wellness Spa grew from Jenny Furlow’s medical practice and an interest in making nurse-practitioner-led care more accessible in Central Virginia. The Charlottesville business brings that clinical background into its aesthetic services.

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Angela Bailey built One Door Realty around the everyday work of rental ownership

Angela Bailey had worked across commercial property, land development, residential sales and property management before opening One Door Realty in 2019. Her real-estate career began in 1997; the Williamsburg business brought that experience together around the continuing responsibilities of rental ownership.

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At No Limits Construction, remodeling and recovery draw on the same craft

A planned bathroom renovation and an unexpected water-damage repair start very differently. No Limits Construction works on both, bringing remodeling and restoration together through a Fredericksburg-area team.

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Emily Lee built Stateline Wealth Advisors around a more individual conversation

After more than a decade working at a national financial firm, Emily Lee set out to create a practice shaped around individual clients. That decision became Stateline Wealth Advisors in Abingdon.

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RulyScapes connects the first landscape sketch with the years of care that follow

An outdoor space changes as it is used and as its plants grow. RulyScapes approaches that longer life through a combination of landscape design, construction and ongoing maintenance for Northern Virginia homes and businesses.

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Berry Hill gives South Boston wedding guests room to make a weekend of it

At Berry Hill Resort, a wedding can bring guests together for more than the ceremony and reception. On-site lodging, restaurants and a choice of gathering spaces allow a celebration to take shape across a weekend in South Boston.

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Farmville Dental brings different paths into dentistry to one local practice

Dr. Uyen Tran’s route back to Virginia included dental training at Virginia Commonwealth University and an advanced general-dentistry residency in South Carolina. At Farmville Dental, that experience now supports her work with patients in the community.

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Chris Crooke’s electrical background shapes Ridgeline’s approach to home comfort

Chris Crooke entered the electrical trade in 1997 as an industrial maintenance electrician. His move into heating and cooling grew from that background, bringing a familiarity with connected building systems to Ridgeline Heat and Air.

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Empire Roofing puts a Southwest Virginia team on commercial roof work

For Avery and Chelsea Fuller’s Empire Roofing, commercial roofs are the focus of the working day. The veteran-owned Birchleaf business handles repairs, coatings and replacement work with its own in-house roofing team.

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Watkins Insurance carries a four-generation story into today’s South Hill

Watkins Insurance traces its beginnings to 1924. More than a century later, the agency’s four-generation history remains part of its identity as it serves customers in Virginia and North Carolina.

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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.

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For Brogan Insurance, a family business grows through years of answering Roanoke's questions

Mary Brogan Wilson joined the insurance agency her father founded just two years after it opened. Decades later, that early introduction has become a career of her own—and a second chapter for a family business rooted in Roanoke.

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Steven Amburgey's path back to dentistry brought him home to an Abingdon practice

Steven Amburgey once set aside the idea of becoming a dentist to study geology. A conversation with his wife brought the earlier ambition back into focus—and eventually led to a dental career built around Southwest Virginia.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Vesta brings property management and the work of maintaining a home together in Front Royal

A rental property generates more than a monthly payment. It also produces questions about maintenance, paperwork, inspections and the next lease. In Front Royal, Vesta Property Management brings those responsibilities into a business that combines management with practical services for the buildings themselves.

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