Something
curious happens when one either moves to Serenbe or opens a business in the
community (or both)…a number of people own or work at more than one enterprise
here or leave rather traditional occupations for the greener pastures of
Serenbe, quite literally. The following examples
are the ones I can think of at the moment.
If I’ve missed anyone, please excuse me.
Did you know
our resident farmers, Paige Witherington and Justin Dansby, are Clemson
University graduates with degrees in Biosystems Engineering (Paige) and
Computer Science and Forestry (Justin)?
While they had promising futures in those industries, both chose to
become farmers, and we are glad they did!
Similarly, Tammi Cody of Fern’s Market is an attorney by
profession. I’m guessing shopkeeping is
much more enjoyable than being and attorney, and I appreciate Tammi’s change of
career.
Garnie Nygren,
not one to be satisfied with a nearly 24/7 position as Director of Operations
for Serenbe, also owns the real estate office and spa here and recently opened Resource
with fellow resident Monica Olsen. Sharing
retail space with Resource is Honeycomb Consignment owned by resident and Serenbe
realtor Raina Newell.
Karen Reed,
Garnie and Raina’s colleague in the real estate office, also owns Twig with her
husband, Tom, who is the mayor of Chattahoochee Hills. Their Twig business retails another of the couple’s
ventures, Aspen Bay Candles.
Then, there is
Kara Nygren who is a teacher at The Children’s House during the school year and
the Camp Serenbe director over the summer months. Keith Robinson, event designer and owner of
Gloriosa, the exclusive special event designer for the Inn at Serenbe, also
owns Repurpose.
Imagine if I
tried to depict the interconnectedness of Serenbe entrepreneurs using Venn
diagrams? The resulting intersections
would look like a Spirograph design.
There is always
room for more businesses at Serenbe. Put on your entrepreneurial thinking cap
and join our business community. You
likely will get less sleep than you’re getting now, but you’ll join an
energetic group of business owners.
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