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14 | March/April 2015 The Special Event Production Company the office doors for five more years. She continued answering to not only the es- tate attorney, but also to the surviving family that she had come to know and love for over four decades. Change is oen difficult and change was not finished yet with Polly McMillan. e estate needed to divest the rent- als. Polly knew full well that the even- tual sale might mean she would have to do what she had never done before: look for work. It would be one short resume. Who would want her skill set? Not many 21st century employers seemed to be advertising for graduates of Worth Business College. at sale of the multi-family rent- als did transpire. e estate eventually settled and divested. e new owner adopted a different name (New Town Apartments) and relocated the office to Stacy Weaver Drive. Collection pro- cedures changed. Advertising changed. Application procedures and acceptance qualifications changed. Everything was re-engineered. Almost everything, anyway. If you read this column on a week- day, New Town Apartments is to open for business at 9:30am. It is supposed to close at 5:00pm. e office manager, however, has a tendency to always ar- rive earlier and to always stay later. e current owner suffers the burden of the monthly loan payment, the small claims cases, how much paint to buy and how many maintenance people to employ. I know, because I own New Town Apart- ments. A few things, however, I do not ever worry about are these: 1) Will we open on time? 2) Will the phones get answered? 3) Will 100% of the rent money actually make it into the bank account? I don't worry about those things. You see, I have a "Woman in Business," Pol- ly McMillan, who woke up and got out of bed this morning. at awakening meant that the job needing to be done at New Town Apartments would be done and done well. Leaving me enough time in the day, perhaps, to see if Massey Hill Drug still spins milkshakes. CV If you're interested in becoming a participating sponsor in our next social promotion, please contact sales@cityviewnc.com. We would like to say THANK YOU to our generous sponsors of CityView Date Night

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