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Business focus Jerry Gregory & Associates Robert F. Spivey and Jerry Gregory FinAnciAl Directions Group 910.486.4900 | www.jerrygregory.org 2413-3 Robeson Street | Fayetteville, NC 28305 No one wins more than the client when two well-established, successful businesses join forces. Fayetteville���s Jerry GreGory and associates has merged with the Financial Directions Group of Cary in order to help clients with every aspect of their financial lives. Jerry Gregory, who retired from the Air Force Reserves, started his business in Fayetteville in 1991, providing unique insurance solutions to appeal to his clients��� individual wants and needs. Financial Directions Group, which is headquartered in Cary but has offices around the nation, was founded in 1989. Since then, they have provided businesses and individuals across the country with a broad range of financial services including benefits programs, insurance planning, investments and financial planning. The two companies have come together now to accomplish one shared goal: to provide their clients with the best, most comprehensive, service possible. In the financial industry, bigger companies are better positioned to find the best products for their clients and to handle the frequent fluctuations of the economy. Now working as a team, the two companies are able to offer their differing but complimentary services, expediting and simplifying the process for clients, while still matching companies large and small with products tailored to their needs and priced to fit their budgets. Clients receive the benefit of two companies��� knowledge and 46 years of combined experience in the financial services industry, while having all of their financial needs met by the same people they���ve worked with for years. Business focus Noah���s Art of spriNg lAke 910.920.4165 | www.noahs-art.com/spring-lake 1072 Lillington Highway | Spring Lake Noah���s art is a colorful children���s art studio where children learn and engage in art classes with a processorientated approach. The loving instructors allow children to engage in various classes and activities, the targeted age groups two to 10 years old. It is the mission of Noah���s Art to encourage children to explore their creativity, experience artistic freedom and success, acknowledge and appreciate differences, develop self-confidence and accomplish various developmental milestones. Noah���s Art offers various programs: art classes are themebased, such as Colors & Shapes, Clay Play, etc., Moms��� clubs, Parents��� Night Out, Home School Classes and Play Groups, as well as dynamic, full service, art-themed birthday parties. Starting in the summer of 2013, Noah���s Art will offer summer camps, which are held all summer long. Children may attend weekly or daily. Group sessions are: Mommy and Me (ages 2 to 3.5); Own My Own (ages 3 to 5); and School- Pia Anderson and children Aged (ages 5 to 10). Noah���s Art themed class sessions focus on developing and stimulating children���s gross motor skills while using creativity. Fridays and Saturdays are reserved for families and friends to experience fantastic birthday parties. All birthday parties are private. The birthday child and party guests enjoy the entire facility to themselves. The birthday party packet includes: face painting, party hosts to lead various themed art projects, pizza, a birthday gift for the birthday child, and more! Like us on Facebook. CityViewNC.com | 5

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