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Family is central to sisters-in-law Katelyn and Lauren Jones. It’s a concept that is at the heart of their new bakery in Johnson City. “We feel like food really brings people together,” Lauren said. “If you have that coffee cake from childhood or something that triggers good nostalgic memories, I feel like that’s super important.” After selling their goods wholesale and baking out of Boone Street Market in Jonesborough and Mountain Harvest Kitchen in Unicoi, the du...

Bob Cantler, the president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of Johnson City/Jonesborough/Washington County, says both his organization and its more than 500 members have learned how to adapt during the pandemic. “Our values haven’t changed, but our strategy has been altered,” Cantler said. “Our biggest question now is: What does post-COVID-19 look like for our businesses?” He said the business organization is definitely “not your Dad’s Chamber.” Cantler...

2020 was undeniably dominated by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), but other important events happened, too.