The Opportunity 2024 Future in Focus sections that conclude today have explored the impact of Generation Next on local communities as well as entrepreneurs' motivations and methods.
Day 1
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- Brothers help build company and modern Decatur
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- Best & Brightest Initiative attracted couple to Decatur
- Jobs, volunteering help Schmid connect to hometown
- Father’s example fueled Thrasher’s business ownership dream
- Athens-Limestone Hospital Emergency Department director always wanted to be a nurse
- Good employees a key, Fites say
- Moulton's lure for Bowermans: Family, small-town atmosphere
- Chance encounter led to funeral home ownership for Elliott
Day 3
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- Building service business involves studying leadership, learning to value 'team members'
- From math to makeup: UNA grad finds it all fits perfectly in Decatur
- Ruth Seibert finds joy in helping those with special needs
- Blanchette family encourages theater, music in Decatur
- Decatur offers Michigan couple sense of home, but child care options, local restaurants lacking
- Decatur provides good base for Cook to build business
- Jackson provides that 'special Reggie factor' to give his training program a unique offering
- Young professionals make their mark on Decatur
Day 2
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- Decatur woman who broke barriers now empowers business owners
- City Engineer Griffin says Athens friendly like Mayberry
- Decatur fashionable for entrepreneur Hendry
- Athens City Planner Erin Tidwell wants to serve public
- Good times growing up in Decatur bring Jones back to city
- ‘Raised in a village’: Grandfather’s example one reason Woods serves
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