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CityViewNC.com | 31 V E T E R A N - O W N E D B U S I N E S S E S Steve and Debbie Milburn own and operate the UPS Stores and Print Centers at Westwood Shopping Center and the Fort Bragg Mini-Mall. Both Steve and Debbie are retired Army lieutenant colonels with a combined military service of 48 years and are longtime generous community supporters. In 1996, following Steve's retirement after 20 years as an aviator and comptroller, they opened the Westwood Shopping Center store. Debbie was a hospital dietitian for Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Army. Steve, a 1976 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, served all over the world to include Fort Bragg, Korea, Sinai, Egypt and Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Debbie served at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg and Fort Dix, New Jersey, where they met. She remained in Fayetteville and raised their two children while Steve frequently deployed. They offer an array of services including UPS shipping, freight, USPS mailing, mailbox rentals, notary, packaging service, engraving, sneeze guards and much more. Their busy state-of-the-art print operation produces flyers, business cards, blueprints, booklets, banners, signs, large exterior signs, vehicle wraps, and beautiful acrylic photos. They love to create military plaques, trophies, engraved drinkware and wooden gift items. Stop in and ask about their Military Discount! UPS Stores and Print Centers 910.860.1220 (option 5) 439 Westwood Shopping Center | 910.436.7877 (option 6) Fort Bragg Mini-Mall Special Forces veteran Ed Petkovich is the founder of Walsingham Group, using his years of experience at one of the nation's largest defense contractors to grow his Fayetteville-based company into what is now one of the Top 100 energy providers in the United States. Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Petkovich first came to Fayetteville in 1986 for Special Forces training and eventually made this his permanent home. "This is where we want to be," he said. Walsingham Group recently moved into its state-of-the-art headquarters at 6390 Ramsey Street in a renovated building that once housed a bank. His company employs some 200 people, many of whom have military backgrounds. They include skilled technicians who travel all over the world providing critical facility management needs – electricians, custodians, HVAC specialists, for instance, all of whom have earned the elite clearances and special qualifications needed to perform comprehensive operations, maintenance and support of critical infrastructure and government-owned contractor- operated facilities. "What we do is absolutely critical," Petkovich said. "We are the backbone that keeps everything going." Walsingham has been recognized by Diversity Business in two distinguished award categories, first as a U.S. Top 500 Veteran- Owned Business, and secondly as a U.S. Top 500 Emerging Business, making this the third year in a row for such honors. Walsingham has also earned a nomination as Defense Logistics Agency Small Business of the Year. The company's growth has resulted in Walsingham being a four-time Inc 5000 awardee. Walsingham Group 910.433.0790 | www.wgrp.com 6390 Ramsey Street, Fayetteville, NC 28311

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