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JACKSON B5 BUSINESS mendously from his example as they develop the research skills necessary to contribute to the academic community. We are pleased to wit- ess our doctoral level rograms develop and lourish under his eMoulin serves on the Doctor of Education and Educational Specialist program faculty at American College of Education. He worked in K-12 schools from 1975 to 1986 as an elementary chool teacher, principal and district superintend ent. ince 1987, he has een a professor in higher education currently serving ACE as a core faculty member and an ducation and business onsultant. eMoulin has extensive experience in higher education research and teaching.

During his higher education tenure, he has either authored or co-authored more than 150 articles, books and technical manuscripts. He has made more than 2 50 research presenta- ions across the United tates and in 11coun- tries. A dditionally, he has received numerous honors for his research involving early childhood self-concept development as well as his research in the use of personalization to enhance eading skills. Recently, he has focused on dist gy training and online urriculum development for leadership training and national seminars on violence prevention trategies for schools. learn more about A merican College of online degree programs for educators, visit www.ace.e- du.

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been selling real state since Tubbs said. taught ealth sciences at Humboldt High School for five years, from 2009 to 2014, and worked at STAR Physical Therapy in Humboldt from 2006 to Tubbs left Milan Physical Therapy to take a position with STAR Physical Therapy. and I are both from Humboldt, and not looking to make akilling with the Tubbs said. both ave career jobs, and doing this more as ahobby, a way of giving ack to the community. both have a passion wanting to do something for Longmire has worked with Humboldt Utilities for 18 years, and believes the Plaza 3 offers a re- ional appeal.

alone is ot going to pay for this heater. We capture a lot of Gibson County, but we a lso draw from Crockett ounty, Madison, Haywood and Dyer (the town) and Dyer The Plaza 3 also captures the Christian mark et. one of our key Longmire aid. they are not easy, because we have to rove to companies we a re able to support them, but we draw in several average, Longmire said the Plaza 3 will show hree or four Christian ovies each year, but the umber will hit six for 2 015. he popular an helped pay he bills when the motion picture played The Plaza 3five days a week for about a month-and-a-half in January and February.

surprised us that it id that well, for a Tubbs said. irst two weeks we had it, it sold out every show, and pretty rare for a movie to do that well in a small town or large ith three screens, Longmire said the Plaza 3 might miss on an occasional attraction. the summer, you might have four or five major Longmire said. we might pick up on one or two of them. We show the same movies as other theaters, but the thing that draws people to us is the afford ability.

try to keep (ticket) prices as low as Open each day except Mondays and Wednes- ays, ticket prices are $7 for prime time ($9 3D); $5 for matinee ($7 3D), and concession prices are reasonable for a menu that includes White Castle hamburgers, hotdogs, popcorn, soft pretzels, rench fries, mozzarella sticks, assorted candy, epsi Cola products and he newest offering strawberry and blue aspberry slushies. Our summer matinee times begin at 1p.m., and that works really well with kids being out of Tubbs said. ut in a lot of time, and ike and I alternate eeks, so if the doors are pen, you will find one or the other ith a staff of 11, leanliness is Job 1at the Plaza 3. where we take a lot of Tubbs said. have won over a ton people with our clean- iness.

We want our cus- omers happy when they ome in and happy when hey leave. We can do anything a ny other theater does but we have to charge higher market prices to do the same thing. Our customer satisfaction is equal to any ther Like any business, here have been glitches, including flooding in May, caused by a leak in a pipe, which required orkers to break through concrete floor- i ng before plumbers could address the problem. There was also the time in 2011when Longmire and Tubbs saw more of a movie than even they wanted. the movies were on film and when the movie was over, our projectionist was supposed to flip a switch to ewind the Longmire said.

the movie started, the movie howed, but the film ended up on the floor. is about three iles of film per movie, and Jason and I spent the night getting (film) out of awad without breaking it or scratching it, and getting it back on the Six reels to be exact. we had not put the ilm back on the reel, the cost would easily have een $1,500 to replace the Longmire said. we could have lost he contract with that articular film Continuing a tradition that began in 1941, Longmire and Tubbs have not ooked back since mak- i ng their investment in he Plaza 3. Not tolerating any issues, we try to do a good ob making this a good, lean, secure Longmire said.

want to contribute to he city, and believe those who come to the theater ill want to come Reach David Thomas at (731) 425-9637. Follow him on Twitter: DAVID JACKSON SUN ABarco 2K projector shows digital movies at the Plaza 3 in Humboldt. Continued from Page B6 Theater both have career jobs, and doing this more as a hob by a way ofgiving back to the JASON TUBBS Co-owner of Plaza 3 Theater Take care of family. Several readers mentioned family time takes much of their mornings. Angie Higa, owner SkyDreams (www.sky- reamsllc.com) in Mililani, Hawaii, juggles the diff icult work-life balancing a ct.

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Ray Ann Kilen, Dickenson Regional Director of the North Dakota Small Business Development Center, first checks to anything new: ontacts, opportunities, experiences. This can be a istraction however, and I ry to save e-mails that are not urgent for later act ill Elward of Castle Ink (www.castleink.com) in Greenlawn, New York, wins best early morning e-mailer award: ay I focus on sending one ositive or thankful email either an employee, ustomer or affiliate. Not only does this set the tone or my day, found that he positivity it generates is contagious and its impact is long Among Rhonda recent books is the 6th edition of Success- ul Business Plan: Secrets Strate- ies. Register for her free newslet- er at PlanningShop.com. Twitter: Continued from Page B6 Morning NEW Rising commercial rents in newly trendy areas are forc- i ng some small companies to change not only where hey do business, but how hey do it.

hen Turchin owners decided to leave Design District rather than absorb a rent increase of $18,000 more than triple what they were paying they find affordable etail space. They ended up in a suite in a building near a marina with far less pedestrian traffic. Now, instead of relying on etail customers they are becoming more of a wholesaler, marketing their artisan jewelry to other stores. went from a mom- and-pop store to, how can we grow a brand and how long is it going to Theresa Turchin says. he average annual rent for a foot store has climbed more than $18,000, or ore than 4percent, na- ionally since the third uarter of 2011, when ents hit bottom following the recession, according to Reis which compiles real estate statistics.

I Miami, the rent for a 2 store is $43,200, or 8percent, from the third quarter of 2009, when rents bottomed in the city. A neighborhoods a cross the country trans- orm from shabby to trendy, rising rents have forced independent retailers and other small usinesses to move and in some cases remake their usinesses to fit their new locales. Once they get settled in, owners are left with the concern that the whole cycle could happen all over again if their new neighborhood gentrifies, too. Priced out Turchin Jewelry pened in the Design Dist rict in 2007, when the a rea was known for muggings and purse snatch- ings. Theresa Turchin and her husband Tommy found space near a popular restaurant that drew affluent people.

Their jewelry, priced from the ow hundreds into the thousands of dollars, sold well. In 2012, luxury stores like Louis Vuitton and artier began moving in. When the lease was up for renewal last year, the landlord wanted $18,000 a month; they had been paying $5,000. rent should be 10percent of your expenses per month. We were doing our numbers a nd it just make Theresa Turchin says.

They settled into a uite, not a storefront, ive miles away in Miami each, paying $3,000 for alf their previous space. They knew the new location bring them sales from passers-by, so hey decided to become holesalers. They earned how to appeal to retailers. Planning Brooklyn Brewery ound warehouse space in 1990 in Williamsburg, then a run-down neighborhood in New bor- ugh of Brooklyn. Commercial rents were about 3 per square foot per year, making the annual rent for the warehouse $90,000, says Steve Hindy, aco-owner of the brewery.

Now Williamsburg is ne of the trendiest sections, and rents are at least $30 a square foot which means a lease signed today would cost more than $900,000. prices are way beyond what any manu- acturer could afford to Hindy says. A lthough Brooklyn rewery has 10 years to on its lease, already looking for space in other parts of Brooklyn, Hindy says. Deja vu ahead? The rent was going to ouble to $6,000 a month for Keli fabric store in Ballard area. She operated Drygoods Design in the once run- own neighborhood for two years, selling in the back of a coffee shop.

She wanted a storefront, but afford $3,000 more a month. Faw found a store six miles away in Pioneer Square. For years the area was known for having omeless people and drug activity. Today, turning around. Restaurants and hotels are opening, a nd paper producer eyerhaeuser Inc.

is oving its headquarters here. Because her store is more visible and larger than the Ballard location, focus only sell- i ng fabric. At least 50per- ent of her merchandise is different. She turned part of the store into an art gallery. Her rent is 30per- ent higher than in Ball ard.

concerned that when her five-year lease is up, need to move again because Pioneer quare may attract other merchants who can af- ord even higher rents. may be contributing to the same she says. Rising rent forces businesses to change locations, focus ELAINE Keli Faw puts up a display in her shop, Drygoods Design, which she moved after a rent hike in eattle. Small businesses adapt as neighborhoods become trendy and more expensive Joyce M. Rosenberg Associated Press.