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Come add your good news to the Brag Basket

By Small Biz Survival

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The Brag Basket is open! This one is for June 7-9, 2019. Bring your good news, big or small, to share with everyone.

What can you share in the Brag Basket?

  • introduce yourself
  • share some great news from this week
  • celebrate progress, even baby steps
  • congratulate a friend
  • applaud for each other
  • confess your undying love for rural places

Don’t like to brag? Just share some good news for someone you’re happy for. It’s a conversation with friends. So jump in. And remember to cheer for each other.

How do you join in?

Below this post is the comment section. Add your good news there.

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Want to see some past Brag Baskets and read some past contributions? Here’s the archive.

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  1. Small Biz Survival says

    June 7, 2019 at 5:07 pm

    Bob Hughes sent this great comment:

    “Celebrated two ribbon cuttings this morning (June 7). One was a Take and Heat food business. The other was Missouri Star Quilt Company’s new Education Center. That makes four ribbon cuttings this spring. Two more ribbon cuttings scheduled next week and five more coming after that. Tomorrow is the first volunteer work day on our new Butterfly Park. And another major sponsor committed today for the Missouri Quilt Museum! Great things are happening in Hamilton, Missouri!”

    That’s a lot of ribbon cuttings! And a lot of positive activity. Congratulations, Bob!

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  2. Sharon Burton says

    June 9, 2019 at 9:39 pm

    The Greeneville, Tennessee Main Street program was awarded $100,000 to fund local facade renovations. Several grant proposals were submitted and 4 businesses will share the funding and renovate their buildings. So happy to be one of the 4 chosen. We will be removing a garage door on the front of the building and replacing it with large custom made wooden doors with sidelights and a transom window above, as well as removing the paint from our 1800’s brick building. We hope to make it a showpiece for the community, as we turn an abandoned building to an art gallery and wood shop teaching studio and our residence.

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    • Sharon Burton says

      June 10, 2019 at 8:18 am

      Just realized I forgot to mention our new art gallery in GreenevilleTN is called Ginko Gallery. Specializing in wood turnings and furniture, we also have art photography and ceramic pieces We opened for 1 weekend in May and will be open 1 weekend a month and by appointment this summer. The renovations to the building facade and the interior are extensive and may take a year to complete. We will keep you posted.

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    • Becky McCray says

      June 22, 2019 at 10:16 am

      Congratulations, Sharon! Sounds like a terrific program, and I’m thrilled you’re improving a formerly abandoned building!

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