Great small businesses have several things in common: personal attention and superior customer service, high-quality products and services, a positive impact in the surrounding community, an attitude of service and a knowledgeable team. Based on these criteria, we asked you to nominate your favorite local companies — and we received nearly 3,000 votes. Here are […]
Tish Williams, executive director of the Hancock Chamber of Commerce, calls her friend, Sally Isaacs, “the calm before the storm.” “No matter what the situation is, she always approaches it with a calm demeanor,” Williams says of the Chamber’s former business manager. “She looks at both sides of the situation with an objective mind and […]
The longer Maria Salter was away from her job, the less hope she had of returning. For three-and-a-half years, Salter worked as a training manager at a local casino resort. Despite being a self-described introvert, she relished being an “edutainer” — a role that required meeting all the new hires, sharing her experiences with employees […]
By Sheena Myles Success — do you remember how old you were when you first heard the word? Felt pressure to attain it? Actually bothered to look up the definition? Success is a noun defined as attainment of an aim or goal, popularity or profit. Did anyone ever tell you about the path to success? […]
She may wish for special abilities like her favorite superheroes, but for being a mere mortal — and a 17-year-old at that — Jaliyah Snaer is no slouch in the power department. The rising senior at D’Iberville High School won the 2019 state Youth of the Year title for Boys & Girls Clubs — beating […]
When I started my marketing agency, iBi Marketing Solutions, in April of 2017, I was so excited about what I was doing that I never once doubted myself or had any negative thoughts. I devoted 100 percent of myself to the business. I had “my blinders on,” as my mother, Laurie Hartley, always told me. […]
Perfect partners: Mark and Mary Cracchiolo Spain When he spotted Mary Cracchiolo at Jazzeppi’s Italian restaurant, Mark Spain requested a second champagne flute. Handing her the glass of bubbly, “I said, ‘Here’s to life,’ and from there, we started talking,” he recalls. “It was love at first sight pretty much.” At the time, Mark says […]
