Barber a cut above the rest for providing free haircuts
By ANYA SCZERZENIE Daily News-Record
AJ Jalal cuts hair for a living, and most customers pay for it. But occasionally, he gives his talents for free so that homeless people can be cared for or kids can look their best for school.
The barbershop held its first free haircut event for students in August, and Jalal said he loved it.
“It was awesome,” said Jalal, who was named to the Daily News-Record’s 10 Under 40 list by the newspaper’s editorial board. “We got a lot of people to come in and be ready for school. But it was also cool seeing those people come back and talk about how great the event was.”
Not only was Jalal helping kids, but the event also gained him a few repeat customers, either kids or their parents, who started returning to the barbershop after the event.
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The shop has also been giving haircuts to people experiencing homelessness every Thanksgiving, and this year, they will be collaborating with the nearby Babylon restaurant to host the event. Though they have yet to find a space to host it or nail down a date for this year, it will happen in late November.
The barbershop also supports other causes around the city, nonprofits such as the children’s museum, CASA, and local high school athletic programs. Jalal sees it as a way to give back to where he started his business.
“Harrisonburg has been nothing but a place full of generosity and nice people,” Jalal said.
Jalal started his barbershop in 2019
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Photographer inspires other artists to find their muse
By ANYA SCZERZENIE Daily News-Record
When you meet photographer and architect-in-training Asha Beck for the first time, she might ask you a different question instead of asking you what you do for work.
“I ask people, ‘What’s your creative outlet?’” said the 24-year-old named to the Daily News-Record’s 10 Under 40 list by the newspaper’s editorial board. “It often turns out that somebody has been doing art for years, and sometimes they’ve never thought of putting up a gallery.”
That question alone has helped her find some artists whose work she could help display at her company’s First Friday gallery.
Beck grew up in Linville, near the town of Broadway, and went to Broadway High School. She graduated from Eastern Mennonite University in 2022. She then started working for the Gaines Group, an architectural firm in Harrisonburg, where she now lives. Beck started taking an interest in the Gaines Group’s First Friday gallery since she is interested in art and photography. While architectural photography is her favorite genre, she has
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bles next to stomach rolls, a spotted leaf next to a cheek with acne, and tree bark next to stretch marks.
Beck has shown her art at First Friday once, but she often found young local artists and helped them exhibit their work in the gallery. For some of these artists, it’s their first time professionally showing their art.
Beck found artists through word-ofmouth, friends, or just looking around the city. She tried to find artists with underrepresented identities — such as LGBT, people of color, women, and those with disabilities — and even asked the Friendly City Safe Space to recommend artists to her.
more experienced artists, she stayed away from giving them advice on how to set up, but she did help newer artists.
“Honestly, getting the feedback from artists who say, ‘Thank you so much’ or them saying this is a huge deal for them, they didn’t think they could do that, has made me go, ‘OK, I should let other people know that this is an option.’” Beck said.
Although Beck is leaving her job at Gaines Group to work at Green Hill Solar, she plans to continue attending First Friday and being active in the local art scene. She plans to get her drone license to take photos from above and get more involved in the architectural side of photography.
also done other series of photos, including “The Earth on our Backs,” which was her senior thesis.
“I had a bunch of volunteers who volunteered to have me take a photo of one of the parts of their bodies that they felt in the past wasn’t beautiful,” Beck said. “And then I went out in nature and found something that looked very similar in form and pattern and put them beside each other.”
Photos in the series included peb-
“I’ve been driven by my personal experiences as a queer woman with ADHD,” Beck said. “Whenever I see people in the creative design field have some of the same identities as me, it’s been amazing. All of a sudden, I can see myself in that profession.”
Once artists were chosen, Beck helped them set up their gallery shows in the space on the second floor of the old Chesapeake Western Railroad Depot in downtown Harrisonburg. With
Beck also helps mentor young LGBTQ people in other ways. She hosts a weekly spaghetti dinner at her house, where anywhere from three to 20 people get together every Thursday.
“Sometimes it’s people I just met on the pickleball court, sometimes it’s friends we’ve had for years,” Beck said. “I’m not volunteering for formal organizations right now, but I enjoy building community wherever I am.”
Contact Anya Sczerzenie at asczerzenie@ dnronline.com or 540-208-6789.
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AJ Jalal, CEO of AJ’s Gentleman’s Barbershop is Harrisonburg, gives Brady Caplinger a haircut during a back-to-school free haircut special in August.
Asha Beck, an Eastern Mennonite University alum, enjoys architectural photography.
Financial adviser dedicated to helping special needs families
By RHEAGAN NELSON Daily News-Record
Tyler Conley, 32, has already made an impact in the community.
He has worked with Larson Wealth Management for nine years as a financial adviser and Certified Financial Planner focusing on retirement and special needs planning.
He is the past president of the Rockingham Rotary Club, which he joined in 2019, and is active in the Clover Hill Bucks in the Rockingham County Baseball League, which he has been a part of since he was a junior in high school.
Living in Broadway his entire life has given him a better sense of culture in the Shenandoah Valley.
“You better understand who folks
Tyler L. Conley has been at Larson Wealth Management for nine years.
are,” said Conley, who was named to the Daily News-Record’s 10 Under 40 list by the newspaper’s editorial board. “What they value, and how to have
conversations with them.”
Conley found his purpose in life in high school when a friend introduced him to the world of financing.
“I thought, ‘Oh, this is what it all is,’” Conley said. “This is understanding the stock market and trading stocks. But as you get into it, it’s so much more than that. It’s relationships and how to make decisions based on everyone’s individual circumstances.”
He graduated from Bridgewater College with a business major focusing on finance and accounting.
Conley said he strives to make connections to help individuals and families.
“Not everyone agrees on every -
By RICHARD H. HRONIK III Daily News-Record
Dusty Dean, who studied finance at the University of Richmond and graduated in 2009, recently launched Dean Wealth Management after working for another Harrisonburg firm.
Before this, he said he traveled across the country auditing wealth management institutions. Now that he has returned to the city he grew up in, he hopes to use his experience to help others prepare for their futures.
“I actually audited and supervised financial advisors before returning home,” said Dean, who was named to the Daily News-Record’s 10 Under 40 list by the newspaper’s editorial board. “I actually worked for a company called LPL Financial and traveled the company auditing and supervising. I knew I did not want to stay in compliance simply because, in that department, no one’s ever excited to hear from you, but it is a place to get a lot of experience and knowledge. I’m simply using the knowledge I learned from traveling, visiting over 400 offices, and supervising over 130 advisors on what works and doesn’t work to start my own company.”
Dean said that, in his new venture, he aims to help his clients in the community understand the aspects of
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thing,” Conley said, “so you try to bridge the gaps where people disagree. Fundamentally, we’re all trying to achieve the same things, better our lives, do well for the people around us, and take care of our families.”
His dedication to helping with special needs planning is rooted close to home.
“I have a special-needs brother,” Conley said, “so that, by nature, I’ve been exposed to what it means to plan when you have a special-needs family member. It’s turned into my niche to help clients with kids, siblings, or whoever they want to help out or plan with to understand better what needs to happen on that front.”
Conley said his ability to do his job
Wealth management expert is bringing his experience home
wealth management that can be complex and challenging for someone unfamiliar with the process.
“The whole goal is to provide the expertise, but without the jargon,” Dean said. “At the end of the day, that’s all clients want — ‘Hey, draw me a picture to help me understand this strategy.’ You’re trying to remove a stigma from money. There’s a stigma associated with conversations around money, and I want to break down those barriers and walls to remove that from the equation.”
Originally born in Harrisonburg, Dean said he graduated from Harrison-
burg High School before moving to Richmond for college. Now he lives in Rockingham County, just outside the Friendly City, and frequently spends time with his girlfriend Julie Clements. With his business established, Dean said he doesn’t plan to leave the area anytime soon.
“My family has largely been in Harrisonburg for over 100, 150 years,” Dean explained. “This is home and has been home for a long time.”
For more information about Dean and his business, visit Dean Wealth Management’s website.
Contact Richard H. Hronik III at rhronik@dnronline.com, 540-2083278, or on Twitter @rhronikDNR
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Dusty Dean is the founder of Dean Wealth Management.
Bridgewater College alum has rewarding career in construction
By RICHARD H. HRONIK III Daily News-Record
Logan Nelson, director of operations with Momentum Earthworks, works with public and private clients to prepare building sites before structures are built.
Nelson, a Rockingham County resident who grew up in Harrisonburg, oversees project management, field operations, and maintenance operations for Momentum, which primarily works on-site management.
“It’s a cool side of construction because you kind of get to see everything from the very start of the project all the way through the finishing touches,” said Nelson, who was named to the Daily News-Record’s 10 Under 40 list by the newspaper’s editorial board. “The landscaping and topsoil, like that.”
Nelson said he started working at Momentum in 2017 as an assistant
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tor of operations in the spring.
“I joined Momentum straight out of college after graduating from Bridgewater College in 2017,” Nelson said. “It was a learning experience. I didn’t have any construction experience right out of college. I connected with Momentum, and it’s been a great learning and growing experience. It’s a great group of people to work for. The construction industry is stressful, but it’s also very rewarding.”
oped during his time with Momentum, helped him bridge these gaps.
“You have to be a creative thinker,” Nelson explained. “You also have to be a people person. You have to know the strengths of the folks that you work with. One of the biggest keys in my job is just putting the right people in the right seats in the right situations to make the company successful.”
well comes from the burden and benefit of being hyper-focused on details. He explains that it’s a technical job where you must understand how everything fits together and make the right decisions.
“The hardest part is coupling it,” Conley said. “You’re also trying to get the true and honest answers out of what they really want out of life, so you’re trying to take the technical aspect and merge it in with the soft skills of, ‘How do I have conversations that are meaningful,’ so we can make real decisions that can impact you in
project manager before being promoted to project manager in 2018. He moved to his current position as direc-
a positive way.”
Conley believes in facing challenges head-on.
“Being an athlete helped,” Conley said, “it’s the nature of it. When things are going sideways, you really just try to step up when you can.”
His biggest support has been his family, the coaches throughout high school and college, and his boss at Larson Wealth Management, David Larson.
“It’s about finding the right people to help guide you along the way,” Conley said.
Contact Rheagan Nelson at rnelson@ dnronline.com or 540-208-6258.
Nelson said bridging gaps in personnel and perspective is one consistent challenge in a fast-growing company like Momentum, which went from 10 employees in 2010 to about 90. According to Nelson, these gaps are most apparent in projects where entities like contractors, developers and employees need to work together. He said his people skills, which he devel-
Although he originally grew up in Harrisonburg, Nelson lives near Massanetta Springs with his wife, Miranda, and their 1-year-old son, Cohen. Nelson said his primary focus now is raising his son.
“That’s my biggest focus outside of work right now, just being a dad to him,” Nelson said of his son. “Helping raise him and helping grow Momentum to the best that we can be.”
Contact Richard H. Hronik III at rhronik@dnronline.com, 540-2083278, or on Twitter @rhronikDNR
after working as a barber at another shop for years. The building used to be a Boost Mobile store, and he learned it was closing after cutting the hair of two of its owners.
“It was kind of being in the right place at the right time,” Jalal said.
AJ’s Gentlemen’s Barbershop officially opened its doors a few months before COVID-19, but the barbershop has been successful anyway, with many regulars.
“I wanted people to get the experience I imagined,” Jalal said. “I just had a barbershop in my mind, and I imagined it in a way. I wanted a barbershop where everybody feels comfortable—mom, dad, kids, adults, seniors. I wanted a place where everybody can come in, and it’s just a balance between cool vibes and being respectful.”
Jalal said that opening the business wasn’t difficult but a long process.
“There’s a lot of paperwork, and that’s kind of the tedious part because I cut hair, I’m hands-on, right?” Jalal said. “So, I had to learn that part of the business. My wife coming along with it helped make me more focused on the hands-on stuff.”
Jalal is one of nine barbers in the shop, which has now partially expanded into the office suite next door. Jalal said his wife, the shop’s tenth employee, has been helpful in the process of running the business— and with the arrival of their son three months ago, the two are busy. Jalal always has time for a conversation, though.
“That’s probably my favorite part of my career. It’s getting to meet people,” Jalal said. “Getting to know people and some of my best friends I met through the barbershop. So, you get to connect with people, and you also get to transform the way they look.”
Contact Anya Sczerzenie at asczerzenie@ dnronline.com or 540-208-6789.
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Logan Nelson is the director of operations for Momentum Earthworks.
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Social media expert embraces work with all her soul
By LEE ZION Daily News-Record
Haley Gray, 24, said clocking in at work is a joyful experience.
“I feel like it’s happiness,” said Gray, who was named to the Daily News-Record’s 10 Under 40 list by the newspaper’s editorial board. “I always come here, and I’m always happy.”
Gray, along with her mother, Julie Shifflett, and sister, Kalynn Cross, run With My Soul, an Elkton business, which recently celebrated its first anniversary.
Gray focuses primarily on creating content and using social media at With My Soul.
“I’m the one that’s kind of the annoying person on Facebook with our videos and all that stuff,” she said. “Reaching out to our vendors and things like that. And, of course, we all work together to make the shop look the way it does,” she said.
But, Gray stresses, she doesn’t do it alone. No one does.
“We kind of have our specific lanes, but in those lanes, it’s always, ‘Hey, can you help me with this, this and this?’” she said.
The store sells mainly women’s fashion and Christian merchandise. There is also a small men’s section and a kids’ section. The men’s section is special to them since her mother and maternal grandfather are first responders. So profits from the men’s section go to first responders. The store also tries to work with vendors that have similar missions.
The three of them hope to open up a thrift section where people can provide clothes they love.
There’s the “crazy story” of how the store began. It was all Mom’s idea.
“She always wanted a Christian store of some sort. We didn’t care if it was clothing; we didn’t care what it was. She just wanted a Christian business in our small town. And Kalynn and I were like, ‘No.’ We don’t want to be a part of it. We know what a business entails. It’s a lot of work,” she said.
But Shifflett knew the landlord. And as soon as the rent sign went up, Shifflett texted the landlord.
“The next thing you know, we had keys, and Mom’s like, ‘We don’t have a business or anything of the sort, but we’re gonna do something!’”
To Gray, God said, “You need to jump on this train, or you’re gonna be left behind.”
The two of them got on.
Before her current stint, Gray was the leasing and marketing manager for The Hills Northview, which provides off-campus housing for students at James Madison Univer-
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sity. She was there for almost four years.
God had a role in that, too. She got good at social media and marketing there, which gave her the skills to do the same thing at the boutique. And she still has friends and connections at Northview.
The process began in July, and the store opened in October. They had to renovate the space, and her father, a carpenter, built shelves and other items to make the store happen. Meanwhile, their brother is the HVAC guy, so they handle all the behindthe-scenes work between them.
The store opened the weekend before the annual Autumn Days because the three of them wanted Elkton to see their store. That weekend was hectic.
“It was so much fun. It was a blur at first because so much was going on,” Gray said. “There were so many people here. ... So people were just grabbing things by the buttload.”
She said people were welcoming and loved what the store had to offer.
Gray learned a lot along the way and said she’s still learning. One thing she’s learned is that she appreciates other small businesses and what they go through. In the case of the three of them, there’s never a moment when they’re not thinking about the store.
“You put your heart and soul into it, for sure,” she said.
They send their customers to other nearby small businesses. This includes The Henhouse, Funk Trunk, Hands of Home and Steadfast Vintage. And they’re grateful for the restaurant that opened up just across the street.
Because a mother-daughter trio runs the store, there are always moments when they get on each other’s nerves. Part of the “problem” — if that’s the right word for it — is that both daughters are married and moved out, but Shifflett is still the “Mom” at the same time that she’s their boss.
Gray jokes that the three of them get along about 95% of the time.
“And then that 5% is just like, ‘There it is,’” Gray said.
They can work things like that because they’re all in touch with their emotions and can vocalize what they want and need.
“I always feel God working and moving, and I genuinely enjoy seeing every day what the Lord’s plan is for this place,” she said. “And that is what I love most about working here,” she said. Contact Lee Zion at lzion@dnronline. com or 540-208-3174.
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Haley Gray looks over the merchandise at With My Soul, a store in Elkton.
CFO still enjoys Mack Trucks, playing with his children
By LEE ZION
Daily News-Record
Chris Lasam, 31, is the chief financial officer of Truck and Equipment Co. in the south end of Harrisonburg. He handles all the financial aspects of the business and human resources.
Truck and Equipment Co. is a dealer for Mack Trucks. They sell the trucks and provide service on them, plus parts, a trailer shop, and a body shop.
His father, Sonny Lasam, is the president of the company. Sonny nominated Chris.
“[He] served on the financial board with his church and also serves as one of the worship leaders. Coaches soccer for his son’s team,” Sonny Lasam said in his nominating statement.
“Chris is known for a very high level of integrity. His co-workers appreciate how he goes above and beyond to help them with their employee benefit questions and concerns. He is a loving family man with a wonderful wife, Christina,
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member of our local community.”
Carter is 4 years old, and Addilyn is 18 months old. Keeping up with the little ones is “fun,” said Chris Lasam, who was named to the Daily News-Record’s 10 Under 40 list by the newspaper’s editorial board.
“It’s challenging. But it takes a lot of energy, of course. But it’s very rewarding, very enjoyable. I love it,” he said.
The best part of his day at home is spending time with the children, “playing games, playing toys, whatever it is,” he said.
he said. “A million different things.” He reviews the accounts, puts in accounting entries, and deals with customer account issues or employee issues. He does all the company’s budgeting, and since the company is employee-owned, he handles the Employee Stock Ownership Plan payouts.
The most challenging part of what he does might be employee or customer issues that arise.
“I always try to defuse those or handle those the correct way. But it’s always tough, sometimes, dealing with those,” he said.
and two children, Carter and Addilyn. He is a credit to our local community as someone born, raised, and educated here, and he is a successful and devoted
Chris Lasam has his CPA license and worked for a few years at Brown Edwards right after graduating summa cum laude at Bridgewater College. He has been at Truck and Equipment since 2017.
He described a typical day at the business.
“Putting out fires a number of times,”
That takes what he calls a “calm and level mind,” following company procedures and dealing with people’s emotions, Lasam said.
Lasam spends 45 to 50 hours on the job. He is a member of Brethren Church in Broadway, has served on the church finance board, and enjoys playing golf, although he said he’s not very good at it.
Contact Lee Zion at lzion@dnronline. com or 540-208-3174.
Restaurant owner introduces community to Korean cuisine
By LISA LANDRAM For The Daily News-Record
Chief and owner of Mashita shares his humble beginnings of bringing South Korean-inspired food to the Harrisonburg community.
Mikey Reisenberg, 38, was born in Seoul, South Korea, and was adopted in the United States when he was young. He attended school at Turner Ashby High and James Madison University before starting his own business.
Reisenberg, named to the Daily News-Record’s 10 Under 40 list by the newspaper’s editorial board, has enjoyed cooking throughout his life.
Reisenberg “credits his mother and father for his passion, work ethic, foundational cooking knowledge and belief that food nourishes the body and soul,” as stated on Mashita’s website.
Reisenberg recalls when he was
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Chris Lasam is the chief financial officer of Truck and Equipment Co. in Harrisonburg.
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Mikey Reisenberg, 38, was born in Seoul, South Korea, and is the owner of Mashita, a Koreaninspired establishment in Harrisonburg.
Financial planner enjoys teaching others about money
By LISA LANDRAM
For The Daily News-Record
Derek Hess, 28, of Penn Laird, attributes his success in finance to his experiences.
Hess, named to the Daily News-Record’s 10 Under 40 list by the newspaper’s editorial board, said he has lived in the Shenandoah Valley since he was two years of age.
He graduated from James Madison University in 2018 with a major in finance and a minor in economics.
Hess then took his first job at PBMares, LLP in Fredericksburg in their Wealth Management division. However, his wife accepted a job in the Valley, so he transitioned to their Harrisonburg branch.
Hess said he “always liked the Harrisonburg area.”
He enjoys working in the city and appreciates the ability to be a short distance from nature.
Hess then decided to work at Hess Financial in 2022 as a a Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®). According to Hess, his father started the company in 2011.
Hess Financial’s fundamental values are centered on authenticity, relationships and education, according to Hess Financial’s website.
Hess said he did not start his career in financial planning because of his father or because he intended to work with him.
“I felt the field of financial planning was a good mix of using technical knowledge and working with people,” said Hess. “My father and I agreed that it was important for me to find my way as I started my career, and eventually, our professional paths crossed again organically.”
Hess has enjoyed managing his own money and staying organized with it. However, he also wanted to make sure he could have a job interacting with and helping people, said Hess.
According to Hess, these skills and attributes make him an excellent fit for financial planning.
“It just seemed like it was the right blend of the technical skills and the people-facing career that I wanted,” said Hess.
Hess said he enjoys teaching people,
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Country star is doing what he loves on the big stage
coaching them on managing money, and having a better relationship with money.
Hess said that growing up in the area and being a part of the professional community today has made being named to the 10 Under 40 list incredibly special to him.
“I’m doing the best that I can to show others in my network that even if we’re young and they’re still getting started, there’s a lot that we can do,” said Hess.
Hess said that finding opportunities outside of work to contribute has helped him in his career. He encourages others to adopt those behaviors to succeed throughout their careers and become more well-rounded community members.
Hess participates with the Young Professionals Association, an organization created by local young professionals in the Harrisonburg area.
YPA’s mission is to “connect and engage young professionals by providing social networking, professional development, and volunteer opportunities,” according to YPA’s website.
He is also involved at Big Brothers Big Sisters and Massanutten Regional Library.
Hess said he has learned a lot from other professionals and mentors, which has helped him grow professionally.
Hess, in return, hopes to inspire that same support to those in the community.
By LISA LANDRAM For The Daily News-Record
A musician from Shenandoah Valley is living out his dreams on the big stage.
Spencer Hatcher, 27, of Broadway, signed with Stone Country Records and is touring across the United States — playing country music and doing what he loves.
Hatcher has been surrounded by music since he was four years old, and for the past four years, he has been pursuing his dream professionally.
Hatcher said he grew up in a musical family. His dad often played the guitar and banjo and sang, and his mother played the piano and the organ at church.
Hatcher recalls when he was eight and decided to play an instrument. He chose the mandolin.
“I decided very quickly I did not want to be a mandolin player,” said Hatcher, who was named to the Daily News-Record’s 10 Under 40 list by the newspaper’s editorial board. “But I did wind up playing it for about four years.”
Then, when Hatcher was twelve, he started playing the banjo.
Hatcher said he picked the banjo “to be like [his] dad.”
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As a child, and even today, Hatcher has a passion for bluegrass and country music.
When he was younger, he played in a band with his family. According to Hatcher, the family played at various churches, fairs, festivals, lawn parties, and retirement homes.
Hatcher was also active in choir and musicals in high school.
When he went to college in Tennessee, his heart was still with music. He majored in business and minored in bluegrass and country music.
During college, Hatcher also played in a couple of different bands.
When Hatcher graduated, it was at the height of COVID. So, he returned home and pursued his dream of being a country music singer.
It was the “worst time in history to ever think about [a] band because nobody was playing at all,” said Hatcher. “But it turns out this huge social media movement happened during that time.”
So, Hatcher decided to set up a camera and sing online.
According to Hatcher, his first video was on April 2, 2020, and his first viral
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Derek Hess, 28, of Penn Laird, works at Hess Financial, a company his father started in 2011.
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Spencer Hatcher signed with Stone Country Records and is touring across the United States — playing country music and doing what he loves.
growing up, he wanted to cook more food that was representative of his culture.
His passion for cooking led him to start his business in 2013 — a food truck called Mashita.
Reisenberg said the food truck was his primary business for six and a half years. Then, in 2019, he started a restaurant in downtown Harrisonburg.
“Mashita embraces many French influences, whether through technique or process, blended with Korean flavors for a more refined and inspired experience,” said Reisenberg on the Mashita website.
The restaurant has had renovations and expansions and can accommodate 149 people, said Reisenberg.
There is a full bar, outdoor seating, and late-night events, said Reisenberg.
Reisenberg said his business uses locally sourced food for his Korean-inspired barbecue restaurant.
“I try to bring the Shenandoah Valley … out on the plate,” said Reisen-
berg.
Reisenberg said that he values being a part of the community.
“We try to be a part of the community, whether by participating in nonprofit endeavors, fundraising efforts, community functions of all varieties, [or] for schools,” said Reisenberg.
Reisenberg was part of creating a program called #GiveSsam during COVID-19, as restaurants could not open. The program is no longer in place.
“We donate hundreds of meals to hospitals, pharmacies, and grocery stores,” said Reisenberg.
Reisenberg is honored to be nominated for the top ten under forty and hopes to teach the next generation.
Reisenberg focuses on his customers and their experience at Mashita. He wants to improve the lives of his staff and customers.
“I can’t do this without the infrastructure,” said Reisenberg.
Reisenberg said he encourages everyone to live their dreams.
“It is never too late to start something you are passionate about,” said Reisenberg.
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Hatcher recalls having 24 followers when he went to bed and waking up with over 10,000 followers.
Hatcher said his first video had 1.5 million views overnight. Before he knew it, several venues had started contacting him to perform.
In the first year, Hatcher performed 20 shows. He is scheduled to perform over 150 shows across the United States this year.
Hatcher said he signed a contract with Stone Country Records in Nashville, Tennessee, which has been the biggest blessing of his life.
“That’s been the dream since I was four years old … to be able to make country music and to have gotten rec-
10 under 40. He has always been devoted to pursuing his dream.
“Quitting was not an option and is not an option,” said Hatcher. “I went into this thing knowing there was no plan B.”
Hatcher said he feels that if he had a backup plan, it would have given him an excuse to let go of his dreams.
Not pursuing my dream is “just a regret that I never wanted to have,” said Hatcher.
Hatcher said it is unbelievable to think that his dreams are becoming a reality. He hopes to continue building his audience and release new songs for his fans.
“Keep[ing] it all real country,” said Hatcher
Hatcher said he also has some big goals for his career.
