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It’s the last Wednesday of August! Tallahassee women ended the month on a high note. Speaking of high (smirk), Tallulah CBD’s founder earned another milestone in the business world. A 92-year-old female restaurateur is still cookin’, and a golfer from FSU made her Olympic debut in Paris. Plus, congrats to this week’s weekly drawing winner, Kris! You got some CityClips swag & freebie of your choice.

Quick Summary

In this 229th edition:

• In the Spotlight: Tallulah CBD by Ashley Guy | Inc. 5000 list

• TLH Entrepreneur: Lucy Ho | Ongoing Restaurateur

• Sports: Morgane Metraux | Olympic Debut

• Featured Partner: NAT20

• Networking + Business Events

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

ASHLEY GUY

Image Credit: Inc.

Tallulah CBD Celebrates Major Milestone: Joins the Inc. 5000 List! 🎉 | Tallulah

• Tallulah CBD was established in 2019 by Ashley Guy. On its 5th year in the business they already achieved their first year of recognition as being part of the Inc. 5000 list. They ranked as no. 505 on the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing businesses in 2024 and 11th in the retail industry. Part of Tallulah's achievements is being the #1 out of the three businesses from Tallahassee, Florida that made to the list. | See full list

• The Inc. 5000 list recognizes honorees who made exceptional growth in his/her businesses. Tallulah CBD joined past honorees such as Facebook, Microsoft, and Oracle.

• Guy and Tallulah were thrilled to be part of this remarkable achievement with other companies. They are excited for more growth, innovation and successes for the next years.

TLH ENTREPRENEUR

LUCY HO

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At age 92, Lucy Ho is still cookin’! 👩🏼‍🍳🍳 | Tal Dem

• Chinese restaurateur Lucy Ho has continued to serve customers in her restaurants for over 50 years. Her food includes homemade spring rolls, sweet and sour pork, and teriyaki chicken. She ran over 10 restaurants, her current ones are Masa (since 2005), Azu Lucy Ho’s (since 2009), and Dao (since 2018).

• Born in 1931 in Taipei, Taiwan, Ho moved to Tallahassee to join her husband John, an anthropology professor at FSU. At the time, Italian and Latino cuisines were the only ones in town during the 1960s. With Ho’s arrival, she introduced Chinese cuisine through her first restaurant Lucy Ho’s Bamboo Garden in 1970.

• In addition to being a restaurateur, Ho is a talented costume designer who designed costumes for FSU operas since the late 1960s.

• Ho is also fluent in Japanese. She received the Emperor’s Decoration The Order of the Rising Sun, Silver Rays for her contributions to relations between Japan and Tallahassee. Ho is notably supporting Japanese FSU students and the Japanese community in town.

SPORTS

MORGANE METRAUX

Image Credit: Morgane Metraux via IG

Morgane Metraux of FSU finished Olympic debut in Paris.🏌🏼‍♀️| Seminoles

• Florida State’s All-American Morgane Metraux finished her Olympic play in Paris with a tie for 18th place after scoring 2-under par 286.

• Metraux competed in Paris under the Switzerland flag. She became the second player in school history to be in the top 20 in the Olympics, joining fellow Seminole Matilda Castren who finished 10th place in golf at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

• "It was fun. I didn't expect it at all, and apparently my whole family and friends knew all about it. They hid it really well from me. It was cool to just see her come on the range this morning." Metraux said that her family and friends were surprised and cheering for her during the final round.

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EVENTS

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Things to Do

Sept. 3rd, Tues. 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM EDT at The Wine House on Market St., 1355 Market St., Tallahassee: Educational Wine Class by The Wine House | Learn More

• Tickets: $10 (pay in person)

Sept. 28th to 29th, Sat. to Sun. 10 PM to 11:59 PM EDT at Alachua County Sports & Event Center at 4870 Celebration Pointe Ave, Gainesville: Infinity Con Gainesville by Infinity Con | Tickets Learn More

Networking + Biz

Featured Event: Sept. 19th, Thur. 12 PM to 12:30 PM EDT at Tallulah CBD. Mushrooms. THC 1410 Market St. C-4, Tallahassee: Ribbon Cutting: Tallulah’s 5th Year in Business by Tallulah CBD | Learn More

Sept. 27th, Fri. 8 AM to 3:30 PM EDT at the TCC Workforce Development Building, 444 Appleyard Dr: Sector Forward Conference by INIE | Register Learn More

Oct. 2nd, Tues. 7:30 AM - 3 PM EDT, TalTech Annual Conference: Elevate Tallahassee @ TSC Workforce Center | RSVP Tickets Here

Oct. 8th, Tues. 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT at Renaissance Fort Lauderdale West Hotel at 1230 S Pine Island Rd, Plantation: Small Business, Big Dreams: Women in Business Challenge & Summit by BankUnited | Register Learn More

• Tickets + Continental Breakfast and Grab-and-Go Lunch: $25

TODAY’S EPISODE

Our episode this morning (on LinkedIn, Facebook, or YouTube), our co-founder Julia, talked about “Pick the Right Team Members.” Plus, shoutout to “Kris M.,” you are the lucky winner of CityClips Live Ep. 53rd’s Drawing! We will be reaching out to you soon for more details.

- Julia & Ali (editors@cityclips.net)