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24 | March/April 2018 riding her bicycle between home and the shop on Fort Bragg Road. Kellie is still discovering the joys of living downtown. "To look down from my window and see a parade and the people at Fourth Friday, it's just fun," she said. Her favorite downtown season is winter, kicked off by A Dickens Holiday, a tradition that has only gained popularity in the last 18 years. "I've lived in Fayetteville all of my life and I had never come downtown for Fourth Friday or Dickens," she said. "I've gotten to experience all that." It's been good for business, too. "Dickens is one of our best days in sales," she said. Last year, it fell on Black Friday. We had sales all morning, Dickens at night, and Shop Small Saturday the next day. Everyone works together in promoting Shop Small. We have a great turnout down here." Now that Kellie is living and working downtown, she oen thinks of her grandfather ("Pop"), her grandmother ("Mimi") and her dad, who helped pave the way for her in business and in life. "ey made me who I am and I think they'd be so proud," said Kellie. Pop saw her entrepreneurial vision come to life in Haymount. Mimi, who was one of the first female pharmacists in North Carolina, if not the first, died just prior to the boutique's opening in 2015. Kellie said she feels she's carrying on a family tradition by running her own business. "e people that were my family's customers, I'm now helping their grandchildren. ey're my customers. I might not know them personally, but I've heard their names all my life," she said. And by moving downtown to work and live, she feels she's carrying on another tradition, one she wishes she could share: "If I could only have my dad and grandparents back for one day (I'd love) to show them how beautiful it is to be down here." "At our hospital, as in life, compassion is our passion." Cross Creek Animal Hospital 2147 Skibo Road Fayetteville, NC 28314 910.868.1164 crosscreekanimalhospital.com Dr. Shannon M. Poole, DVM Dr. Ryan T. Reid, DVM Dr. Erica Y. Richardson, DVM Caring for Your Pets

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