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DEAR OCALA,

LISA ANDERSON

I am thrilled to present our April issue themed “Small Business Owners.” In this edition, we feature several inspiring individuals who have turned their passions into successful small businesses. Our goal is to showcase the diverse range of businesses in our community and to highlight the hard work and determination that goes into starting and running a small business. Plus, it’s a great way to get to know the people behind the brand.

In addition to our feature stories, I invite you to check out the Artist Corner where you can learn about the talented artists in our community. Supporting local arts is an important part of our mission, and we are proud to provide a platform for them to discuss their work and their stories.

I also want to take a moment to share some changes happening with the magazine. We are no longer able to offer printed publications for free at the library, but we are still offering print subscriptions

for just $55 a year. The digital version of the magazine will continue to be free and available on our website.

This change allows us to focus on expanding our podcast interviews, which are available on YouTube and several podcast platforms. (Just search for Locala Podcast.) This is an exciting opportunity for us to bring our readers even more in-depth and engaging stories without needing to worry about that pesky word count. I really think you will love

it. So make sure to follow us wherever you consume your podcasts!

We are constantly striving to bring you the best content and to support our community, and we are grateful for your support. Thank you for being a part of our journey, and we look forward to sharing more with you in the future.

Most Sincerely,

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Bootstrapping

NEW FATHER HAS HARD-EARNED KNOWLEDGE TO SHARE

JUSTIN CHAMBLIN

Story by LISA ANDERSON Photos by JOSHUA JACOBS

Justin Chamblin is a man with a story worth telling—even if he may not think it’s very captivating. He has a rich history, a country-boy vibe, a sense of humor, and a heart of gold. Born and raised in Ocala, Justin spent years traveling the country for work before returning home to Florida in August 2021. “I came back from my last road project, and it was no more. I had to come home. It’s hard on a marriage when you’re gone 40-something weeks,” he says.

HOW YOU DOIN’?

“I married my high school sweetheart. I didn’t know she was my high school sweetheart,” Justin confesses. “We dated in high school for a little bit. We were best friends. She hated my guts when she met me!

“I was in the band room, sitting up in the back corner, playing guitar, [and] minding my own business. When she walked in, I looked down and said, ‘How you doin’?’ Apparently, that did not go over all that well. She was trying to figure out who this arrogant S.O.B. was up here thinkin’ he was hot,” he says playfully.

Their relationship continued to grow, and they eventually became more than just friends. “She was my high school prom date. We broke up after high school and stayed best friends.”

While the pair tried to get each other to date their friends with little luck, in 2011, they decided to give their relationship another try. “[The] running joke has been she had this bulldog puppy, and she’s like, ‘Look, I know he snores and he farts and he burps and he tears stuff up, but he really is a nice puppy,’” Justin says with a smile.

The couple got married in 2012, and they had a formal ceremony with family in 2013. “We’ve been running ever since, [and we] just had a baby girl,” he beams.

“I’ve got a whole pile of industry skills and life skills that they just don’t teach anymore.”

Being a new father himself, Justin is feeling a little tired these days, but that doesn’t stop him from taking the skills his father taught him to continue to grow his company with his partners. “We’re still learning every single day. We are Jacks of all trades with a mastered couple. I’m proud to be able to say there’s a huge raise [referring to the mastered trades]. We can honestly walk in and say I know what I’m looking at, and I can speak definitively. We’re trying to master all the rest of it.”

Justin is a problemsolver, and while the service side might not come as naturally as the sweat and hard work, it’s clear he cares about every aspect of the business and his life.

BUILDING A LEGACY

While life on the road was difficult for his marriage, Justin has no regrets. He has a wealth of experiences and memories that have shaped him into the person he is today. “I’ve burned through a few sets of tires,” he states.

“We were building ultra high purity water purification systems,” he explains. “I got pulled into an industry I never knew existed by a long-time friend. We bootstrapped from nothing in three years, and that operation is still running strong.”

However, Justin now finds himself at the helm of Ruck Company Seamless Gutters—a business he runs with two other partners. The company is dedicated to providing top-notch gutter installation to the clients. “There’s a million companies in Central Florida that do gutters. What we do is we bring a little extra to the table. We’re the fit and finish guys,” Justin says with pride. “All of us on the crew have got extensive construction backgrounds.”

A LATE SHOW

Justin’s childhood was a little unorthodox. The youngest of several siblings with a 26-year spread between himself and the oldest sibling, Justin’s dad put him to work helping with the family business. “I was a very, very late show for my dad. He was 45 when I was born and already had a gaggle of youngin’s all over the place. That number is a state-guarded secret. He was a character,” Justin jokes.

“He kind of figured that if nobody else had been to prison, I would probably turn out okay. So, the childhood stuff kind of got left in the dust, and I just got put in the work truck and away we went. I was 6 and 7 years old, carrying concrete block to set mobile homes with.”

Justin learned by rolling up his sleeves and getting his hands dirty. It’s a part of his childhood he appreciates, and he hopes to raise his daughter the same way.

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Watch the full interview on YouTube. It airs April 7, 2023.

I’ve got a whole pile of industry skills and life skills that they just don’t teach anymore.

— Justin Chamblin

Feeling Urban

PHOTOGRAPHER REPS NYC IN FASHION & ATTITUDE

“RICKY” PINNOCK

Story by TAYLOR STRICKLAND

Photo by JOSHUA JACOBS

Digital artist and aspiring technology engineer Ricardo “Ricky” Pinnock is what is colloquially known as a “zoomer,” part of the demographic succeeding the notorious Millennials and the first generation to have access to the internet over the course of their entire lives.

“My childhood was very influenced by technology,” explains Ricky. “Even though I walk on earth, a lot of my life is spent online.”

Ricky was born in New York City, but a desire for a safe learning environment led his parents to the Sunshine State in the early 2000s. “We moved to Broward County, Florida, and I went to the elementary school there for a while. We moved back up to New York City to the Bronx.” He crosses his fingers and smiles. “I rep the Bronx very hard. I lived there from 2009 to getting away to college.”

For Ricky, representing his home city is as much about style as it is attitude. “I feel being urban, like wearing a pair of Timberland’s, is very connected to my fashion sense, because I saw it so much growing up. Even if I experiment wearing something else, because it’s so tied to me at my core, it’s one of my youngest and earliest references. I’m never not going to be some part urban in how I dress.”

IPAD KID

“During my adolescence in New York, I was into a lot of TV,” says Ricky. A consummate iPad kid, Ricky received his first unrestricted gateway into the internet at the tender age of 10. “I’m very thankful to my parents that they did that.”

Among the many shows Ricky watched, those about fashion and identity intrigued him the most. “America’s Next Top Model is the oldest. That’s something I started absorbing when I was 4.”

As a child, Ricky was mostly occupied by the striking poses and fierce catwalks, but being a photographer has given him new perspective. “I can see when a person is fresh to being in front of the camera, and I try to get them used to being the center of attention. I do a lot of verbal affirmations when taking pictures to get folks more comfortable and make sure they’re feeling confident.”

Encouraging models to feel good about themselves is one of Ricky’s greatest joys. “People don’t see themselves as others do. I feel like there is a concept of beauty we’re fed, and if people don’t see themselves in that, they come in with the mentality that they don’t feel beautiful.”

In his role as a fashion photographer in the Ocala area, Ricky tries to shatter any self-consciousness his subjects may have as soon as possible, but acknowledges that process is often difficult to navigate. “My best pictures come in the last twenty minutes of a shoot,” he claims. “That’s when those negative assumptions about themselves fully melt.”

FIRST GEN

Like many children of the third millennium, Ricky often struggles to bridge the gap between himself and his older parents. “They were born in Jamaica and became naturalized citizens in the 80s and 90s. My older sisters were born there as well.

“I’ve been trying to share more of my successes with them,” Ricky laments. “I want to figure out ways to include them in my process.” It’s a difficult endeavor, as generational differences create a difference in understanding that often feels insurmountable. This was especially true when Ricky applied to college.

“Being first gen and applying to college in the U.S. is difficult,” he admits. “They were trying to support me the best they could, but there are parts of the process that they just didn’t experience growing up in Jamaica, so I felt like I was learning a lot and under pressure to execute it.”

Ricky double majored in African Studies and Communications at Davidson College in North Carolina. “I learned to think critically. It may not have been the most easily applied, but it’s intentionally interdisciplinary and focuses on people of African descent. It’s a reflection of how I see the world.”

Though photography will always be Ricky’s passion, he’s not willing to relegate himself to just one path. “Life comes at you very fast, and each challenge is as impactful as the next one,” he states. “I’m trying to advance myself in multiple fields at the same time. Learning how to organize those things is a skill that came

out of figuring out how I wanted to distinguish myself. I work in a shoe store at the moment, and I’m trying to go into tech, while also finding the time to still be creative.

“I want to experiment more in studios and use that space to finally define my style,” Ricky shares. “I can eventually translate that to celebrity photography and full-on campaigns and all that.”

Ricky is thinks he will eventually find his way back to New York. “I’m very happy I’m a child of New York and feel I have the New York mentality to how I attack the world and look at things. I want to take that mentality and start networks elsewhere, and then return to New York when I fully arise.”

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CHEF FINDS HIS PLACE & FAMILY

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Given his family history, it’s not surprising that Joel Upton ended up choosing a culinary career. The kitchen manager at Mutiny in Ocala finds his job a satisfying daily reminder that he’s where he’s meant to be.

“When I was a kid, my grandfather, who still lives in Washington, owned restaurants, so I grew up in and around restaurant kitchens,” says Joel.

“My mom was a server when I was young,” he adds. “For the first five or six years of my life, I was hanging around back of house, and it influenced me as to who I am now—making food a career.”

He also credits his stepmother as a strong influence. “She was the one who really got me into food. I’d come home from school, and she’d be in the kitchen smoking a cigarette and watching Food Network,” recalls Joel. “She’d write down recipes and try them all the time. She was a phenomenal cook.”

Growing up as a military kid, Joel was born on Fort Lewis Army Base, just outside Tacoma, Washington. Because of his father’s military service, the family moved a good deal during Joel’s childhood.

After his parents’ divorce, his mother settled in Belleview. Joel’s first visit to Florida came during his early elementary school years. He continued to return for spring break and summer vacation.

After his father retired from the military, the family settled in Racine, Wisconsin, which is where Joel graduated high school.

At some point in the future, Joel hopes to own a food truck. “That’s been a goal since I was 21 years old,” he grins.

“I’m not a trend follower by any means, but I’ve always thought it was a cool concept.”

PART OF THE FAMILY

“The culinary world is very intertwined,” says Joel, who values the connections he’s made in the industry, such as Microcala, a local provider of organic microgreens that Joel utilizes for his plate designs, and JMarie Brands, a local dessert shop that makes “out of this world specialty cheesecakes.”

THE SUNSHINE STATE

Immediately after turning 18 in 2006, Joel moved to Ocala to live with his mother and stepdad, who worked on the St. Johns River Restoration project and at E-One.

“I was young and kind of naïve. Ocala was known for its hardcore music scene, and that consumed my life at the time. I was fortunate to have met some talented musicians who became friends before they became radio famous,” says Joel.

In his early twenties, Joel lived in Gainesville where he worked as assistant manager at Charley’s Steak House.

“In 2015, I decided to move back to Washington, where I still have a lot of connections,” he says. “It was probably one of the most influential times in my culinary career, getting to work with very talented chefs and cooks.”

After three years in Washington, Joel took a job in upstate New York and spent three years cooking in a restaurant in a small Adirondacks town.

Joel returned to Ocala in the fall of 2022; he’d been gone for eight years. “When I came back to Ocala, I thought, this is going to be the place that makes me,” says Joel, who quickly found work in the downtown restaurant scene, spending about a month at Harry’s before being hired at the newly opened Cantina.

“I’m thankful for the opportunity I had working with Chef Eric; he’s extremely talented,” says Joel, who also worked at The Lodge. It was there he met Sam Betty, general manager of Mutiny, and owners Chris Weiss and Buck Martin.

“Mutiny was my hang-out spot before I ever thought of working there,” says Joel, who is now the establishment’s kitchen manager.

Mutiny is right next door to The Tipsy Skipper, which is under the same ownership. Joel appreciates the fact that he has endless options for creativity with Mutiny’s menu, as well as the plates served at The Tipsy Skipper.

“We’re starting to do more on the off-site catering menu and have done some great in-house events,” he adds.

When he’s off work and craving comfort, Joel turns to soul food: fried chicken, mashed potatoes, collard greens, and cornbread. He admits, “You can never go wrong with a good bowl of curry!”

Joel believes that working in the service industry is an essential part of becoming a wellrounded human being. “It’s taught me patience, time management, and humility,” he says simply.

There’s a feeling of “family” being part of a restaurant team, and Joel has always loved that unique camaraderie.

“It’s an ever-changing environment with different personalities. I don’t know who I’d be if I wasn’t doing what I’m doing now,” he says.

He also relishes the fact that his food makes a difference in people’s lives. “You never know who you’re going to meet or who you’re going to cook for, and how your food is going to affect them as a person,” says Joel. “Let’s be honest: Food is the way to someone’s heart.” LEARN MORE

Let’s be honest: Food is the way to someone’s heart.

— Joel Upton

SAVOR THE MOMENTS

FORMER DISNEY PRINCESS FINDS PEACE IN MOTHERHOOD

Story & Photos by LISA ANDERSON

Amother of three and regional vice president of Primerica, Anya Bradford has genuine charm and a soft voice that are immediately disarming. She is often referred to as a Disney princess, a moniker she finds endearing. “If [little birds] want to do my dishes, they are more than welcome. That would be fantastic!”

THE HUSTLE

The oldest of three daughters to highly educated parents, Anya experienced a childhood filled with imagination and plenty of school activities. As a tall girl, she was sought after by her school’s basketball team—a prospect she found a bit scary. “I didn’t have confidence. They would humor me and let me sit out a little, because it scared me. But music and drama was where I found my confidence,” she explains.

“I grew up in kind of the classic golden age of those Disney movies: Little Mermaid, Pocahontas, Aladdin. I can remember when we lived at this house with a big wooden fence. I’ve always been the imaginative [child] with a flair for the dramatic.

“I had long hair at the time, and I remember I had just watched Pocahontas. I climbed up to the very top of the fence, and the wind was just going nuts. And I started singing ‘Colors of the Wind,’ and I just felt like I was in my element,” she recalls.

In high school, Anya’s choir director nurtured that passion and helped to set her on a path to Disney. “All it takes is one person to really believe in you, and it opens up all kinds of possibilities.”

After college, with a degree in vocal music education, Anya marched straight to Disney World. The company paid just a little over minimum wage at the time, so Anya had to think on her feet to make ends meet. “I started hustling around town, you know. I was a dancing piece of cake at Universal Studios. There are pictures,” she laughs.

“I did a bunch of runway shows for David’s Bridal. I was a singing waitress at an Italian restaurant. You know, just trying to hustle.”

But was she ever a princess? Hardcore Disney fans know the correct terminology. “Now, I’m no longer under contract with them, but the lingo they use is, ‘We were friends with…,’” Anya states. “I was friends with Mary Poppins and Belle and a lot of characters like Pluto. But I also played a villain. I was really good at the villain. I mean, my job was to give kids an authentic feel and experience. If there were tears involved…”

NEW CHAPTERS

Anya met her husband Kevin while in Orlando, and the two of them headed to Georgia for Kevin’s first full-time ministry position. After her experience at Disney, Anya decided to fall back on her degree and began teaching at an elementary school in Georgia. “I had a blast. I had so much fun with those kids,” Anya excitedly states.

“We really had a lot of fun, but the appeal of owning my own business and being able to have flexibility of time, and you know, being able to make the same amount of money or more... Control of my time—that’s what I really wanted.”

Owning a business had not been on Anya’s radar until financial education came into play for the young couple. “I had just gotten married. Kevin was working at a church, and we had a lot of debt. So, we went to the bank, and

the bank decided the best way to help us get out of our debt was to take out more loans. I didn’t feel like they were interested in educating me or really helping me. We found someone who worked in the Primerica office there in Georgia, and he taught us about money.”

Anya and Kevin learned about the way money works and they put together a financial plan. “I kind of joke I didn’t understand numbers, but I was dumb enough to do what the

paper said. In two years we had all of our debt paid off. We had started investing, we had life insurance, we had an emergency fund that was big enough to pay cash for a car.

and 6-year-old siblings in Uganda. The couple flew over and spent six weeks with the children before they were told that Uganda had passed a new adoption law requiring adoptees to live in country for a year and establish residency.

Anya and Kevin headed home to wait to hear if they would be grandfathered into the adoption program. “So, we came home without our kids. That was the hardest 40-hour trip back,” Anya says fighting tears.

of taught me something about time. It’s our most valuable commodity. You can always make more money, but you can’t make more time.

“My word [of] the year for several years has been ‘savor.’ I just want to savor [these] moments,” Anya says about her three young children.

“I think that was the moment where I was driving home in this new car that I paid cash for, and I thought, ‘Dear God, what just happened? I’m 26. I have no debt except for my house, and I just paid cash for a car.’”

Anya knew she needed to tell friends and family about this opportunity. When she called the Primerica office to send over the referrals, they suggested Anya educate them herself. “It just kind of started this whole journey of teaching people to find financial freedom because that opened up a whole journey for us. You know, all that money had been servicing debt started going towards our adoption process, and that would have never been possible if we hadn’t learned about money instead of being sold a product.”

HEARTBREAK AND HAPPINESS

Anya had always had a dream of being a mother, and adoption had been on the forefront of her mind since middle school. “I just wanted to be a mom to kids who needed a mom. I didn’t have to birth them,” she says with a smile.

But the adoption journey was filled with heartbreak and tough lessons. It began in the country of Sierra Leone located in West Africa. Anya and Kevin had been matched with a boy that they had been Skyping with for a few months. They had watched him take his first steps, but communication became nearly non-existent when the country had an outbreak of Ebola.

With the government infrastructure was decimated by the virus, the couple was told that adoptions would not be taking place. Eventually, in 2016, with a new adoption agency, they were matched with 4-

For six months, Anya held onto hope, but after losing her hair in patches and 30 pounds of weight, Kevin told her that, at some point, she would need to accept that “God can take care of these kids with or without us.”

Anya and Kevin keep in touch with the siblings, but the couple decided to have children of their own. They had two boys and one girl within four years. “I would say the whole adoption experience really kind

Anya and Kevin moved to Ocala in 2015, and they have fallen in love with the city. Nowadays, Anya can be found savoring moments with her children and savoring moments with her clients. “You caught me on a Tuesday, so I’ve got deodorant on. I’m wearing normal clothes. You catch me on a Monday, Wednesday, or Friday—it’s probably a messy bun, getting it done in the backyard where we’re playing dinosaur, digging holes, or something.”

EXTENDED CONTENT

See the full interview on YouTube @localapodcast or listen on your favorite podcast app.

“In two years we had all of our debt paid off. We had started investing, we had life insurance, we had an emergency fund that was big enough to pay cash for a car.”

— Anya Bradford

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Artist Corner

Photo submitted by Appleton Museum of Art, Tyrus Clutter Speaking

ARTIST

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Printmaker

CF PROFESSOR IS ALWAYS LEARNING

Story by VICTORIA BILLIG, Assistant Director at Appleton Museum of Art

Tyrus Clutter has been an active member of the Ocala arts community for many years. He is not only an avid advocate for the arts, but also a working artist; professor at the College of Central Florida, teaching art history and studio arts; and an art collector.

Growing up in Michigan, he was always a creative child, though, like many of us, he didn’t necessarily view what he was doing as art. He recalls a defining moment as an adolescent. “I had an art class in eighth grade that I enjoyed,” Clutter said. “That year, I won school awards during our annual awards assembly for basically every subject I had taken, but I realized that even if I did very well academically, it was creating that actually brought me the greatest pleasure, so I began to pursue it then.”

Clutter remained in Michigan and attended Spring Arbor University, then went to Ohio to attend Bowling Green State University, where he received a Master of Fine Arts in painting. There, he began his journey into printmaking. As an undergrad student, he had traveled abroad on a college art history trip and loved learning about art from earlier time periods. As a grad student, he further realized his appreciation for art history through several teaching assistantships and realized how work from the past can inform the artwork being created today.

ALWAYS EVOLVING

Still developing his skills as a printmaker, the first semester of his first job was teaching printmaking.

Continually learning and researching, he eventually began to collect work by the artists he studied and admired. “The more I knew about the processes, the more I learned about the artists and the more pieces I obtained,” Clutter said. “Most of my collection is based on a specific printing process—simultaneous color etching—and those pieces have a great impact on the way I create my own prints.”

Fast forward to today, and Clutter’s work, as well as his art collection, can be seen in museum and gallery exhibitions throughout Florida and beyond. His own work in printmaking often incorporates the human figure and text, making poignant connections between the words and

images. Always evolving and learning, he is currently adapting his imagery into art quilts.

“This was a big step because I was not overly proficient with a sewing machine at first, and then I have had to work with a steep learning curve on the dye process,” Clutter said. “Eventually, these are meant to form an installation space that is interactive and somewhat of a performance-based piece.”

This spring, the public can experiment with making cyanotype prints in a workshop at the Appleton Museum of Art, where Clutter will also be creating a large-scale lobby installation in April. To register for Clutter’s April 15 workshop, visit our website.

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Samantha Ingram ARTIST Q&A

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Samantha Ingram is a talented ceramicist and educator, who brings passion and creativity to everything she does. She has a unique perspective on the role of art in society and the impact it can have on people’s lives.

What type of an artist are you?

Potter/Ceramicist

What types of art and culture do you like to consume?

I am so intrigued by patterns in structural buildings, even more so if they are historic. How cool is it that, while trying to provide a place to live, they also took the time to incorporate art? So, I’m very drawn to patterns. I’m also looking at the structural components of buildings and looking for hints of renovations.

me intellectually and creatively. Even if I do everything right, it could all go wrong. The end piece is not that precious, but the process was priceless.

What are you besides an artist? How do you define your role in life?

Is there a connection between your message and the way you make your art?

“It’s not that precious.” Ceramics is messy and frustrating. Sometimes, the longer you look at a piece, the worse it looks. This art form has really pushed

I am an educator! It is such an honor to work and help guide the next generation. It is stressful, and that was the catalyst for finding a creative outlet. My role in life is to glorify God through everything I do, be that my work or my creations. I am also a wife to my supportive Boo.

How do you define success as an artist or person? What do you hope to accomplish?

Am I having fun? I am thankful to be in a place financially where I can create, so it really just comes down to me having fun. I hope to inspire someone else to try their hand at ceramics.

How can we support you?

Talking about pottery is such a huge support. Ocala is on the map. It would be great to continue to grow this art form within the art scene.

Find Samantha on Instagram @singceramics

This art form has really pushed me intellectually and creatively.

— Samantha Ingram

Just a couple of nerds spilling the tea about the performance arts while drinking tea.