Guitar maker shares his work at Synergy Arts event 2023-07-06 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Among the artists at the recent Synergy Food Group Community Art Walkthrough, Jesse Howard shared his musical skills. He is building guitars using Cad and Cam software. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Quilting art on display at Synergy 2023-07-06 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The Community Proud Art Walkthrough held at Synergy Good Group recently drew a large crowd who enjoyed works by local artists. Works on display included those from quilters, fabric artists, musicians, authors, painters, sculptors, and photographers. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Music arts were part of Synergy event 2023-07-06 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Wherever Craig Dean is, there will be music and the special community art show was a place for songs. Maxie Hadley and Steve Corbin were both playing instruments and they called on Dean to join them before closing. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Remembering Lainey's Diner original art 2023-07-06 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Several of these scenes were commissioned by Elaine Bennett for her diner on the Square in Columbia. They had been in storage with her sister Trilby since until she delivered them to Synergy to share with the public. They will remain on display at Synergy for now. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Craig Dean and Sherri Giles hosted art event 2023-07-06 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Synergy General Manager Craig Dean said the first Community Proud Art Walkthrough was very successful and another would definitely be held in the future. Sherri Giles, Synergy Logistics Coordinator, said she made contact with hundreds of artists and craftspeople who shared over a hundred works for the event. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Landscape changing on the Veterans Memorial Bypass 2023-07-06 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Heading around Columbia on the Veterans Memorial Bypass drivers will be watching major landscape changes. That will be home to the new headquarters of the Don Franklin family of dealerships. Over the coming year and a half, Don Franklin Fiord will be working to move onto the 18 acres at the convergence of Hudson Street and the Veterans Memorial Bypass which will be home to a new 30,000 square foot building. Don and Barbara Franklin, started the business in 1968 as Don's Auto Sales and went on to buy the Ford dealership from the Flowers family in 1981. Today the Don Franklin Auto group has expanded to 24 dealerships along with body shops, parts and service centers and reconditioning centers. It continues as a family run operation led by Ed and Dan Franklin. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Congratulations to Easton Bryant, NCP 2023-07-06 - Photo from Mercedes Bryant. Easton Bryant's North Century Pharmacy has been presented the 2023 Excellence in Innovation award by the Kentucky Pharmacists Association. He says, "Patients want answers and, as the most accessible health care providers, that gives us both a tremendous responsibility and a tremendous opportunity." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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