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EAST DAVIDSON Lebanon-Two Rivers By MARGO RIVERS TIY1T ffwi r. TDOT officials, said segment next of Briley projects Greg pleted by April 30. 2005. l' Park McGavock 4jP Wave Pool Briley Parkway I under construction Hickman Annex School Map Ki 2 hyangsook lee area it STAFF I 1 11 1 Stafl titer It is too early to tell motorists specifically the inconveniences they will face when Lojac Enterprises starts widening Briley Parkway between Lebanon Pike and Two Rivers Parkway this winter, but the inconveniences are coming. Lojac officials found out Oct.

25 that they submitted the lowest bid to widen the section of Briley Parkway. Because the Tennessee Department of Transportation has 30 days to award the project to Lojac, it will be nearly six weeks before Lojac management will discuss a construction schedule with TRAFFIC CONSTRUCTION riers and will widen and reconstruct two bridges. One of the bridges is over the Two Rivers Parkway; the other is a CSX railroad bridge over Briley Parkway, Osborne said. Regardless of the time frame, motorists should anticipate the normal inconveniences associated with a major road project, said Deborah Fehr, TDOT spokeswoman. The $175 million Briley Parkway project began in early 1996 with tne widening ot the section between McGavock and Two Rivers Pike.

That section, selected first because of the traffic generated by the Opryland complex, was completed in May 1998. In October 2001, contractors started work on the section between McGavock and Gallatin pikes, which is scheduled to be completed by June 2004. The widening of the section between I-65 and Gallatin Pike is targeted for completion by June 2003. The Rogers Group started the fourth phase, between Elm Hill and Lebanon pikes, this summer and is expected to have it com CpCoon's offers homey comfort, baked goods, 'collage of neat things' 4' t' a-p TDOT will accept bids on the final phase, from Elm Hill Pike to 1-40, at the end of 2003. Contractors are expected to complete the entire widening project in 2006.

Brentwood resident Carlotta Brdar thinks the improvements will help the interstates. "There are so many people coming to Nashville and so many cars on the interstates," said Brdar, who uses Briley Parkway to get to the Opry Mills shopping malL "The improvements would stop a lot of the starting and stopping and help people get to their destinations quicker." comfort treats and antiques. I 4 Wells' shop puts together antiques hakori nnnHi that 4. baked goods that make customers 4 us rome, a Lojac estimator. "Some work could get done in the winter if weather permits," Osborne said.

"That work shouldn't disturb traffic, but it would be around Dec. 1 before anything is done." The $233 million project, slated to start as early as spring, is the fifth of a six-part initiative to widen Briley Parkway between Interstates 65 and 40. It is expected to be completed by June 30, 2005. In addition to widening the section from two to four lanes on each side, Lojac will build 10 retaining walls and two noise bar- Getting there CoCoon's, 450 Donelson Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.

Phone 874-9989. the old and the Hollinesworth said. new," Wells, 47, came up with the idea for the shop when she was working as a corporate recruiter in the Nashville area When back surgery and fibromyalgia forced her to change careers three years ago, she started working toward her dream of opening a shop that was part restaurant, part bakery, part gift shop and antiques store. "I just wanted to be a cozy place where people could feel comfortable about sitting down and enjoying a cup of coffee," she said. "I wanted to be a little bit of home." She pooled some savings and some retirement funds and by using secondhand display cases, creative ingenuity and design help from her friend Adrienne Hen-drix, Wells opened the store without taking out a loan.

'Things fell into place like you would not believe," she said. Lighted candles give the store a relaxed feel, and two small tables and a booth allow browsers to sit down and stay awhile. Wells bakes her cookies and pies every day using old family recipes. She bakes bread once a week. Baked goods that don't sell by the end of the day go into baskets that she delivers to a nearby business.

"I want everything to be fresh, and it's a way to let people taste what I'm making." Wells put a lot of thought into NEW BUSINESS HERMITAGE Express makes He attributes this to the rapid growth of the area "This property in the last few months has been very active," he said, referring to the recent addition of Publix, among other leasing agreements. "We have several deals in the works now." Even in slow economic times, Oakwood Commons hasn't been as affected as some of the other markets where his company manages properties, Shad said. "It looks like a lot of (residential) development is headed out east, and that could be a contributing factor." Shad said Publix seems to also be bringing in other businesses. "They are very popular down south, and they are just a good anchor tenant to have," he said. Ladies Workout Express uses a workout pngram called interval or circuit training.

The workouts, which usually List about 30 minutes, are done on YVonne Wells Donelson store, CoCoon's, has taken off with its blend of 1 iu uv vwj piavc wiicic people could feel comfortable about sitting down and enjoying a cup of coffee." Yvonne Wells, CoCoons By REBECCA DENTON Sniff Writer DO NELSON From the outside, CoCoon's looks like any other new business in a strip mall. Inside, however, the Donelson Pike store is a comfortable, homey place where owner Yvonne Wells spends her days baking double-chocolate oatmeal cookies and whipping up mango smoothies from scratch. Wells' shop, which celebrated its grand opening Saturday, is a mix of old and new, featuring everything from antiques to fresh-from-the-oven cookies, bread and pies. CoCoon's specializes in personalized gift baskets filled with items from the store soy candles, jars of chokecherry jelly and strawberry rhubarb, loaves of homemade sourdough bread and bags of fresh-ground specialty coffees, to name just a few. Wells also does custom jobs.

If a customer wants four dozen cookies the next day for a gift basket, she'll bake them on the spot. Resembling a cozy living room, her shop is filled with a hodgepodge of "lucky" bamboo plants, pottery, jewelry, furniture, wedding gifts and pampering items like bath crystals, lavender-scented eye pillows, lotions and soaps. "It's a collage of neat things," she said. "1 tried to pick out things you don't find anywhere else." Wells' friend Rita Hollingsworth oversees the antiques side of the business. After selling her antiques stores in Noleasville, Hollingsworth decided to market pieces through Wells' store, workingk there a couple of days a week.

"I think it all blends together, because in homes people blend Ladies Workout By SUZANNE N0RMAND BLACKWOOD Still) Km ft Ladies Workout Express, the first franchise of the Lady of America Franchise Corporation to come to Nashville, opens today in Oakw(X)d Commons on Lebanon Pike. It is in the space formerly occupied by Dillard's I lair Salon. Scott Cross, who owns the business with his wife, Susan, said they chose the site because it is centrally located to serve the communities of Donelson, I Icrmitage, Old Hickory and Mt. Juliet And because it Is in the shopping center in which the new Publix supermarket Is located and close to where a new Wal-Mart Ls opening, "I knew that would be a big pull" Cross said. Justin Shad, a leasing represen-tative for Heritage hich owns Oakwood Commons and LO or so other shopping centers throughout the country, said the space was easy to fill after Dillard's closed.

Just Bring us Room Additions or a PHOTOS BY MICHELLE LORD STAFF -n t'n1 and gifts, along with the freshtv linger longer. ii'r 7 i I I I 1 I I I i I i'iii J. the sensory aspects of her shop, such as the smell of cookies and the reassuring sight of a living-room-style space. To satisfy the toucn component, she contracts with massage therapists who meet with clients in the shop by appointment Perry R. Harryman of Donel soa who attends Wells' church, was browsing through the shop on a recent afternooa Nashville debut dual hydraulic equipment consisting of 24 statioas.

"The effect on the body is similar to water aerobics," Cross said. "It's tliat easy on the joints. "An 80-year-old can get the same proportion of resistance as her younger counterpart," Cross said, which means the equipment allows a person with any strength to get the same quality of workout. "With a weight system, you'd have to keep increasing the weight to keep getting the direct benefit from it." Cross said the program gives the same or better results a person would get from traditional aerobics "without the class setting. We have machines designed to reach muscles that traditional aerobics would not." The health club's hours are 8 am to 12 p.m.

and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Friday. Cross said the facility provides child care for two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon. "I know she's one of the most fantastic cooks in church," he said, sipping a mango smoothie, "and this is delicious." have a similar experience, "I want people to feel when you come through the shop, you've enjoyed the journey.

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