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Women in Business series: Part 3 of 3

September 3, 2025 by Michelle Hollenhead

Women have made incredible strides in the business world, and farragutpress has been documenting their contributions since its inception nearly 40 years ago.

That ongoing awareness evolved into the newspaper’s annual Women in Business section, which publishes its 2025 edition this week, highlighting more than 50 outstanding women and their business acumen.

farragutpress is “proud of the incredible women in our community,” noted one of those outstanding women, farragutpress general manager Kathy Hartman. “[The Women in Business] publication is a tribute to the women who are making a difference – not just in the boardrooms or on balance sheets, but in the culture of our workplaces, in the mentorship of future leaders and in the resilience they bring to every challenge.

“Their stories reflect determination, creativity and leadership in action,” she added. “We believe it’s our responsibility as a local news organization to spotlight these voices … [as] It’s about representation and inspiration for young professionals, for entrepreneurs and for anyone who believe in the value of equity in business.

“This is why Women in Business is so important to us.”

This series concludes by highlighting the unique stories of two Farragut business owners.

Farragut can expect a new coffee shop

September 3, 2025 by Tammy Cheek

Farragut can expect to have a new coffee shop in Town.

Tyler Brown and Daniel Witteck with 7 Brew Coffee of Alabama presented a site plan at Farragut’s Staff-Planner meeting Tuesday, Aug. 5, for a coffee shop to be built in the parking lot of PGA Superstore along Parkside Drive.

That plan, then, was approved by Farragut Municipal Planning Commission during its meeting Thursday, Aug. 23.

7 Brew Coffee, with Southern Brew Corp. as the franchise owner for North and Central Alabama, is a coffee chain focused on the drive-through experience, according to its website.

With its start in Arkansas and growing to more than 190 stands across the country, it offers a variety of drinks, including orginal coffees, energy drinks, teas, lemonades, smoothies and shakes.

“It’s pretty much 100-percent brick building, except for the windows,” Town Community Development director Mark Shipley observed during the Staff-Planner meeting. “(The building’s) only 500 square feet.”

During the FMPC meeting, he acknowledged it would be a unique use of space in a large parking lot, such as that at PGA Superstore.

AuPairCare support local women, families

September 3, 2025 by Tammy Cheek

AuPairCare, an exchange program/childcare business, recently joined forces with Helping Mamas Knoxville as part of Celebrate Exchange Day, for which the program asked the community to volunteer or donate to support local families.

AuPairCare regional director Emily Long of Farragut urged the public, to “join us as we partner with Helping Mamas Knoxville (Monday, Aug. 18, at Helping Mamas, 10908 McBride Lane) to volunteer your time, donate essential items or do both as we work to support thousands of local women and families.

“(AuPairCare) is a cultural exchange program, where au pairs come over (to the United States), they live with host families in our area (and provide childcare to those host families),” Long explained.

As a host family, “we provide room and board and a weekly stipend, and (the exchange au pair) provides childcare,” she said. “We recruit from 43 different countries. We’ve had au pairs from Chile, Brazil, South Africa, Germany, France.

“They come on visa … they are all here legally,” Long added. “We go through a matching process. You interview the different au pairs you want to welcome to your home.

“They can provide up to 45 hours of childcare while they’re getting to experience America,” she said.