That positive impact would come from purchasing a long-standing and well-known business, The Sweat Shop. For three decades, the shop has provided apparel for Tullahoma sports teams. Originally owned by Phil and Donna Pettay, the shop was the go-to spot for local sports apparel and merchandise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Looking to positively impact the community, an idea began brewing between the two couples. All had backgrounds that would support them in running such a business. Macy Olive said purchasing the business was the positive impact they were looking for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cJared and Drew became friends while working together at a local school,\u201d explained Macy. \u201cWe were all like-minded and wanted to do something to serve the community. We all had some kind of background that would be beneficial. Jared was involved in athletics, and [he] enjoys graphic design. I worked for Joe Barstad at Sports Plus for a long time, and I [now] work at the UPS store owned by Drew and Nikki. Working at UPS, we began to see a number of people coming in with printing needs that couldn\u2019t always be met in the store. The more we got to talking, the more we realized that helping the community with its printing needs would be something we\u2019d like to do.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n While the idea still seemed somewhat \u201ccrazy,\u201d Drew knew that the best way to set it in motion was simply to pick up the phone and ask. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI called the Pettay\u2019s and asked if they were interested in selling, and they said yes. It was a whirlwind of sorts, but now, around three months later, we are official owners,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n All hands on deck<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Both couples knew that going into business together would require a team effort. Each person has their own position essential to the business’s success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Nikki serves as the business account manager, Drew works heavily in embroidery and screen printing, Jared is over the graphic design, and Macy focuses on the front side of the business. They also recruited Drew\u2019s brother, A.J., as a screen printer for the business. While each has an area of focus, at the end of the day, it\u2019s all hands on deck and helping wherever it\u2019s needed to create the best product possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe care about each thing that is printed, maybe a little too much,\u201d said Drew. \u201cIt\u2019s not just a machine cranking it out. For every shirt we hit, we look at the smallest detail. We may see a pinhole that you’d never know is there, but we’re going to stop and take the extra time to fill it, make a new screen, or whatever it takes to make sure that everything going out is as best as we can possibly do.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n A \u2018thread\u2019 in the community<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Now officially known as Threads, Macy said the store\u2019s name showcases their dream to become woven into the community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “We felt \u2018Threads\u2019 represented what our business does in the simplest terms,\u201d she said. \u201cAlso, like a thread in a stitch that pulls a design together, we hope to be a thread in the community that connects and builds people together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The group knows where the shop has come from and hopes to continue honoring the Pettay’s work while weaving its own unique thread through the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Pettay\u2019s had an established reputation,\u201d said Macy. \u201cPeople knew Phil and Donna and what a great job they did. We are trying to be consistent with their customers but also trying to grow into our own. We hope to do a lot of good things. And hopefully, we\u2019ve already started doing that for Tullahoma and the surrounding community. We hope to be able to serve not just Tullahoma but other area teams such as Franklin County, Cascade, Shelbyville, Moore County, and Warren County. We want customers to be able to come in and sit down and allow us to bring their vision to life rather than going online and paying more without any control over the product or the quality of what they get back. We are looking forward to growing relationships and care a lot about everything that goes out the door.\u201d GN <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon\u2019s Jeff Bezos, and Craig\u2019s List\u2019s Craig Newmark … what do all of these have in common? Each had seemingly \u201ccrazy ideas\u201d that turned into multimillion-dollar companies. While the success of their idea might have seemed far-fetched in their beginnings, their determination for success far made up for whatever doubt there may […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC00680-1024x683.jpg\")
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