The ability to withstand the heat of a given situation, and become stronger because of that experience, is one of the truest tests of leadership. The business leaders featured here have faced trials that threatened to consume their finances, their passions, and even their own health, but in the midst of flames, they pressed on, refusing to retreat.
Vision Hospitality Group, a Chattanooga-based hotel management and development company, announced that its newest lifestyle hotel, Kinley Chattanooga Southside, is slated to open this spring in the city’s entertainment district at 1409 Market Street. The 64-room hotel will join its sister property, Kinley Cincinnati Downtown in Ohio, as the beginning of a new brand created and developed by Vision Hospitality Group.
MurMaid Mattress is a factory direct mattress manufacturer/retailer selling its own brand as well as national brand mattresses, boxsprings, adjustable power bases as well as top of bed accessories direct to the public.
More families in the Tennessee Valley will have a comfortable place to sleep, thanks to a donation at the Chattanooga Furniture Bank.
A mission trip to Cambodia earlier this year opened Roger Pickett’s eyes to the need to boost the Cambodian home furnishings industry. Now Pickett, president of MurMaid Mattress here, is hoping to help a nonprofit group open a mattress factory in that country and give Cambodians badly needed jobs.
MurMaid Mattress, a multifaceted company that manufactures beds for its own retail stores and other customers, has followed a path of strategic reinvention since its founding 36 years ago. Course corrections in response to changing market conditions and consumer buying habits have spurred growth during good economic times and enabled survival when times were tough.
Roger Pickett, president/owner of MurMaid Mattress Inc. and lifelong resident of Cleveland, was recognized by the Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce for his vision and commitment to his business and his community involvement at the annual Business Development Month kickoff luncheon today.
For more than four decades, Roger Pickett and his family have been a reliable part of the region's business landscape. Owners of Murmaid Mattress, the Picketts have grown their business from a small store on Lee Highway to 11 locations throughout the Tennessee Valley.
A foundational principle central to Murmaid Mattress is a commitment to "corporate tithing." Roger, his family and employees support the communities they serve by collecting and cleaning gently-used mattresses, which they distribute to nonprofit organizations and families.
