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COMMENTARY Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven Reporter I Buckhead Reporter Dunwoody Reporter I Sandy Springs Reporter www.ReporterNewspapers.net Published biweekly by Springs Publishing LLC 6065 Roswell Road, Suite 225 Sandy Springs, GA 30328 Phone: 404-917-2200 • Fax: 404-917-2201 ABOUT US Our /ni,i,non i,i to provide our reader,! with freoh and engaging information about life in their communities. CONTACT US PUBLISHER Steve Levene Steve levene® re porter news papers, net MANAGING EDITOR Joe Earle joeearle® reporter newspapers, net ASSOCIATE EDITOR/ DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGER Dan Whisenhunt danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers. net STAFF WRITER Melissa Weinman me lissawein man® re porter news papers, net COPY EDITOR Diane L. 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For locations, check “Where To Find Us” at www.ReporterNewspapers.net For delivery requests, please email delivery@reporternewspapers.net. © 2013 With all rights reserved Publisher reserves the right to refuse editorial or advertising for any reason. Publisher assumes no responsibility for information contained in advertising. Any opinions expressed in print or online do not necessarily represent the views of Reporter Newspapers or Springs Publishing, LLC. 8 | MAY31 -JUNE 13,2013 I You can make all the difference Editor’s note: As high schools and colleges invite successful alumni to return to campus to share their thoughts about life, we thought we’d provide a “commencement address” of our own. Sandy Springs businesswoman Kat Cole, president of Cinnabon Inc., has traveled the world and seen success close up. We asked her to share her thoughts on living a fulfilling life. Here’s what she had to say. Coworkers, students, peers, media and friends often ask me, “What advice do you have to help others be successful?” My response is, “Success is something that you have to define for yourself, and it is almost completely up to you whether or not you achieve it.” I went from growing up in a divorced family and single parent household, being in high school, working at Hooters, going to college, traveling globally for work, dropping out of college, and getting promoted to the corporate world all by the age of 20. I remember becoming a serial volunteer, painting, travel ing, living and loving life to the fullest, being in and out of relationships, seeing my sisters grow up, becoming a speak er, taking big professional risks, and becoming a vice president of a large company by the age of 26. I recall moving up in the for-profit corporate world, leading non-profit groups, get ting into a serious relationship, traveling internationally, get ting involved in global humanitari an work, spending time in Rwanda, getting my MBA, changing jobs to become president of Cinnabon at 33, and most recently helping vil lages elevate themselves out of pov erty in Ethiopia. There are many lessons garnered from that journey so far, and I’m certainly still learning. Those les sons helped me realize success (for me) is about helping people, com munities, brands, businesses and even countries realize they are ca pable of more than they know, so they can make a positive difference in their world. Success for me is also expressing gratitude and making people proud, especially the many people who have given me chances, coaching and opportunities along the way. Looking back, I realize that some of my most powerful influ ences and inspirations for leadership, success and living a fulfilled life came from the most unexpected places — from villages in Afri ca, from little sayings my mom had, from listening to others’ suc cesses and mistakes, and definitely from making my own. CONTINUED ON PAGE 21 KAT COLE GIST COLUMN A new community for us, but the same mission Our purchase of the Atlanta In- town monthly paper (see related story on page 2) takes Reporter Newspapers into its fifth distinctive community in greater Atlanta—and second one within the city of Atlanta. Intown’s leafy neighborhoods and parks, along with iconic restaurants and stores, give it an unconventional flair, ad mired by a diverse blend of residents and visitors alike. For 19 years, Atlan ta Intown has fostered a sense of com munity in a dynamic urban setting and we are delighted to welcome this popular newspaper into our growing family of local publications. When the first two Reporter editions in San dy Springs and Buckhead rolled off the presses in 2007, our intent was to inform res idents about is sues and actions affecting their homes, neighbor hoods, schools, parks and busi ness districts. That mission has since expanded to Brookhaven (where the Reporter kept residents informed during last year’s march to cityhood) and Dunwoody. Now, with the acquisition of Atlanta Intown, we will have a wider reach but with the same purpose: providing read ers with fresh and engaging informa tion about their communities. Through your feedback, we know that readers appreciate this “hyperlo cal” coverage. Often these very local matters don’t make the headlines in a large daily metropolitan newspaper or fit the sound bites of radio and televi sion news. Nor do they always pop up in an online search (although they can usually be found at our websites, www. reporternewspapers.net and www.atlan- taintownpaper.com). Yet they are the cornerstone of our content. The local focus also ensures that a community paper will be relevant at a time when most print media is un- WWW. ReporterNewspapers.net der pres sure. In the words of in vestor War ren Buffett, who owns several news papers: “Pa pers deliver ing reliable information to tightly bound com munities.. . will remain viable for a long time to >5 STEVE LEVENE PUBLISHER’S NOTE come. Also, our very local focus allows us to partner with our advertisers who can market cost-effectively to customers within a few miles of where their busi nesses are located. We are grateful to the hundreds of advertisers who have made Reporter Newspapers an integral part of their marketing efforts, and we look forward to working with Intown’s loy al base of advertisers to help them reach more readers and prospective customers. We encourage you to patronize them, which also helps to build economic stabil ity in each community. Our initial mission is fueled by the en thusiasm of a talented (and growing) staff. We care very much about what goes into all of our papers and what you think about them. Please let me know how we’re do ing and what we can do better. DUN
