by Guest Writer | May 18, 2024 | Stories
VANILLA MOOSE Coffee is a brand-new coffee cafe in Lebanon. It began as a coffee truck and added a physical location in the Hamilton Station area. I had the pleasure of eating lunch. The shop serves and sells special roast coffee in whole beans or grinds it for...
by Wesley Bryant | Apr 20, 2024 | Stories
THE ECONOMIC Policy Institute reports that for every dollar spent at a locally owned business, 68 cents of it stays in the local economy. Compare this to 32 cents staying in a local community when spending money at a chain store. The University of Florida conducted an...
by Richard Klin | Apr 20, 2024 | Stories
LEBANON BOASTS many attractions, including Working Man Winery, which is run by the husband-and-wife team of Will and Connie Johnston. Like many proprietors of small businesses, the Johnstons came to the wine business in a roundabout way — they simply loved wineries...
by Amanda West | Apr 20, 2024 | Stories
THOSE WHO lived along the Gulf Coast braced for impact or fled further inland despite gasoline shortages and lanes of traffic that steadily crept north. As a nation, we held our collective breaths, awaiting updates from weather reporters, friends, and family. On Aug....
by Sara Hook | Apr 20, 2024 | Stories
TO TRULY understand what an organization does, you have to look at its impact. What does it do for the community? What does it do for entrepreneurs, educators, and families? How has the world changed because of it? For the Lebanon Wilson County Chamber of Commerce,...
by Guest Writer | Apr 20, 2024 | Stories
ARE YOU familiar with the saying, “The best memories are made around the table?” In the South, you will find that most of our memories include food. Some of my best memories were made around the breakfast table. My parents would have a big spread of Southern dishes....