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Fast Growing Home Improvements Retailer The Building Center Raising Capital on MicroVentures
Family-owned Kansas building materials business focuses on superior customer experience to expand. MARION, Kan., Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Whether one is building a structure or a business or anything else worthwhile there is something to be said for pacing oneself. The family management team of The Building Center decided the pace must be fast paced. Nothing else explains multi-million-dollar revenue while doubling the company’s retail footprint and being awarded the title of “Business of the Year 2022” by the Kansas chapter of America’s Small Business Development Center in just five short years. All these rapid-fire achievements are understandable; in the last two years, homeowners spent more time and money on…
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A fashionable garden: Student grows clothing line inspired by Horticulture Center – News
Growing in Illinois State University’s Horticulture Center’s vegetable garden—a living canvas of leafy greens and vibrant heirloom tomatoes—a slender, fingerlike purple pepper caught Jalen Cunningham’s artistic eye. “What’s that one?” Cunningham asked Horticulture Center Director Jessica Chambers ’93. Jalen Cunningham’s vegetable garden design. “It’s a buena mulata pepper,” Chambers said with a smile. She pulled one from the plant and handed it to Cunningham. “I didn’t know vegetables could look that cool,” he said. “I really want to draw these.” A senior graphic design major, Cunningham spent the summer designing an original clothing line inspired by the Horticulture Center which he’ll showcase at the center’s Autumnal Festival, Saturday, September 10,…
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center table for living room: Best Center Tables for Living Room
Living rooms have to be perfect to create an ideal first impression on our guests and what better than a fitting center table to grab the attention. Along with being the prime focus of the room, center tables also are a great space to showcase different showpieces and hold onto drinks, snacks and entertainment items like newspapers and magazines. As every house has different needs and wants so we have curated the following list for you, based on distinct living room features so you can pick your one easily. 1. For the modern living room – Saygoer Modern Coffee Table Living Room Colour– Walnut Oak Tabletop, Black Metal Legs Dimensions…
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Dream Home Design Center to help homebuilders
Claudia Clay, the CEO of Dream Home Design Center, said the goal’s to open the new building by the end of this summer. (Courtesy photo) Claudia Clay looks to make things easier for Rio Rancho-area homebuilders to launch any projects they have, given the headaches caused by supply-chain woes. That’s why she will launch the Dream Home Design Center, which will help supply building materials and help clients visualize what a remodeled room can look like. Clay, who’s the CEO of Dream Home Design Center, said the goal’s to open the new building by the end of this summer. “This is an ambitious project,” she said. “We want to make…
