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THE McNUTTS:
Helping Protect the City’s Culture Through Online Branding and Marketing BY NIKKI NAMDAR
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new power couple is trying to protect our city’s culture through online branding and marketing. Ryan and Jenna McNutt, owners of One Source Branding & Media, were looking for something special that they couldn’t find in a corporate city.
“We’d look forward to those Tuesdays,” Jenna, 29, said. “In our area, there weren’t community-driven businesses that you could just pop into and work all day. It was a breath of fresh air, and good things started happening.” On their way back home one day in 2017, they decided it was time to move to Celery City. By Friday, they signed a lease and moved the next day. Following a difficult life in Daytona, they were looking for a drastic change in their lives—both 4 M Y S A N F O R D M A G A Z I N E | W I N T E R 2 0 2 0 - 21
Jenna and Ryan McNutt
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Every Tuesday, they drove from Daytona to Palate Coffee Brewery and spent hours working on their laptops. Ryan, 37, had a relative who lived nearby, and after several visits, it sparked something inside the couple. With every trip, they made a connection that helped their enterprise grow. One Source was made for small businesses, and Sanford is built on them.
