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Forecasting the 2023 Housing Market If you’re thinking about buying or selling a home, you may wonder what to expect from the housing market this year. In 2022, the market underwent a major shift as economic uncertainty and higher mortgage rates reduced buyer demand, slowed the pace of home sales, and moderated home prices. But what about 2023? The 2023 forecast from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) says, “While 2022 may be remembered as a year of housing volatility, 2023 likely will become a year of long-lost normalcy returning to the market, mortgage rates are expected to stabilize while home sales and prices moderate after recent highs, and buyers will not face the extreme competition that was commonplace over the past few years.” Atlanta looks to be THE housing market in the U.S. with the most potential for growth in the new year, according to researchers at NAR. Atlanta has greater housing affordability than comparable cities, its population is growing more rapidly and 20% of renters there can afford to buy a median-priced home. Atlanta also boasts a robust and growing job market, where many major technology companies, such as Apple, Microsoft, and Visa, are relocating from the West Coast. If you’re looking to buy or sell a home this year, the best way to ensure you’re up to date on the latest market insights is to partner with a trusted real estate advisor. Let’s connect. Source: NAR.com

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In this sweetest of months, we're thrilled to bring you the story of true love and an entrepreneurial spirit that has built a local business, Trifecta Home Furnishings. Read JJ and Kristy Ortega's story on page 24. Chocolate for dinner? Yes, please! Read my memories and try the fondue recipe on page 30. Planning your next trip? If adventuring is your style, consider Honduras where river rafting, diving, hiking and eco-friendly accommodations can be yours for wallet-friendly rates. I rappelled down a 90-foot waterfall where my confidence surged and my adrenalin soared. What a blast! I found the people of La Ceiba to be so very friendly and welcoming. That's me at Pico Bonito National Park. Check out the story on page 20. We’ve always believed what we can do together is so much more than what we can do apart. And we continue to see that demonstrated through the many stories told in these pages month after month. Thanks for letting us be a part of the life you’re building, whatever that may look like. Our hope is that we inspire you to love it just a bit more than you did before. Happy February! xo

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20 Honduras' Warm Welcome Adventuring, with non-stop flights.

24 Furniture, From Their Family to Yours Meet JJ and Kristy Ortega of TRIFECTA.

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Restore First Health Opens A new medical clinic is now open in Johns Creek for people with diabetes and other chronic conditions. Restore First Health expanded into Johns Creek with an official ribbon cutting. The new RFH location, a beautiful and inviting medical office, will serve patients who are in need of chronic knee pain relief, chronic wound care, and will now offer specialized therapy for people who struggle to control their diabetes. Visit them at RestoreFirstHealth.com

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GIVING GR ACE In 2012, Christy Betz, a volunteer with Remerge, had a simple but profound idea: “What if I rallied my friends and friends-of-friends to respond directly to the needs of my friends in the Remerge community?” Rather than fundraising for a broad social challenge, such as ending homelessness, Christy started to ask her

Meet Christy Betz friends to help a particular friend of hers with an immediate, solvable need. One by one, needs of the Remerge community were being met, while another community was becoming more familiar with the stories and challenges facing those in less-resourced environments than their own. From this spark, Giving Grace was born, and to this day personal connection and personal response remain the center-piece of Giving Grace. Last year, the project benefited 379 people financially, including a family living in their car who were then able to find permanent housing and pay the first month’s rent and deposit. A single father needed help with housing and was able to move his son out of foster care into their new home, thanks to Giving Grace. Another neighbor, a single mom, depended on her car for transportation to work (a location not served by public transportation). Giving Grace found her a vehicle so she could continue providing for her family.

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Serenity and Weightlessness LOOKING UP WITH ART ARTICLE BY AVERY DIECKS, CHATTAHOOCHEE HIGH SCHOOL

As an art history student, I’ve fallen down many rabbit holes of wonderfully talented artists. A genre of art that I’ve currently found curiosity in is academic art. Artists such as Alexandre Cabanel, Eugene de Blass, and most significantly, William Bouguereau, have provoked me to do numerous studies of their work. This piece specifically is inspired by Bouguereau’s painting “Love and Psyché.” I recreated the composition with my own original characters named Rosemary (right) and Esther (left). I wanted to capture and honor the sense of serenity, luminance, and weightlessness displayed in Bouguereau’s painting in my own work. Avery Diecks, senior, Chattahoochee High School

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EXPLORING HONDURAS Dangling over a plunging 90 foot waterfall, my life was now in the hands of the young guides who led our small group deep into the jungle of the coastal mountains of Honduras on the Rio Cangrejal. After a crash course, thorough and hands-on, I was expected to rappel backwards, leaning into my harness, steering my descent with a wide stance and footfalls against the slippery rocks. So, double-harnessed and helmeted I locked eyes with the guide who smiled and gave me the thumbs-up. With my gaze hazy from the spray and splashing water, I listened for his directions, using my right hand to grip the rope just under my seat, releasing it to drop a little farther down the vertical canyon. The crash of the waterfall was deafening, so I just kept moving aggressively until I could jump into the river and scramble onto a sunny rock to do my victory dance which included a wide smile and expletives. Our “canyoning” continued as we gingerly hiked the banks and swam down the narrow river through the thick brush, climbing moss-covered ledges, jumping into pools, abseiling a few more challenging waterfalls and finally swimming up to the small dock at Las Cascadas Lodge, the eco resort where

our adventure had begun three hours earlier. With non-stop flights servicing the bay island of Roatán and the coastal port city of La Ceiba, Honduras offers an adventure destination beyond the diving that the Caribbean barrier reef waters are known for. The people are warm and welcoming, honoring the growing tourism industry for this Central American country stretching along the Caribbean and Pacific between Guatemala and Nicaragua. Boutique hotels like the Ibagari Hotel and diving-centric hotels like Barefoot Cay on Roatán are gorgeous and comfortable outposts for exploring local culture, shopping, dining out and adrenaline-packed days. West Bay, Roatan, is a paradisical gem. A walk along West Bay is an experience filled with glistening white sands, children playing along the shoreline, vendors selling handcrafted trinkets, and an assortment of upscale hotels like the nearly complete Grand Roatan Resort, home to Kao Kamasa Spa. Opened last year, Kao Kamasa Spa’s decadent treatments are inspired by the ancient traditions of the Pesh people and offer exquisite spa suites for extended stays. The Pesh are believed to be the original inhabitants of the Bay Islands and still exist CONTINUED >

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Furniture, From Their Family to Yours CITY LIFESTYLE: THIS ISSUE OF THE MAGAZINE IS ALL ABOUT SALUTING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT. WE THINK YOU ARE HELPING REVOLUTIONIZE THE FURNITURE BUYING PROCESS. WHAT MAKES TRIFECTA HOME FURNITURE DIFFERENT? KRISTY AND JJ ORTEGA: We are different than every other retail furniture store because we have created and perfected a fun and exciting way to purchase in-stock, unique furnishings without waiting or ordering! Gone are the days of long retail hours and overhead costs eating away at the bottom line. With our business model we are able to work less and pass the overhead savings on to our clients. At Trifecta Home Furniture we design and manufacture

our own products so most of our products and fabrics are exclusive to TRIFECTA - meaning you can’t find them anywhere else in the marketplace. CL: PEOPLE LOVE TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN THEMSELVES AND THEY LOVE THE STORY BEHIND TRIFECTA HOME FURNITURE: A HUSBAND AND WIFE WHO BOOTSTRAPPED THE BUSINESS AND BUILT IT FROM THE GROUND UP. SHARE YOUR HISTORY! KO: The first store was a 3,000 sf space in Chamblee back in 2015, under the parent name of K&J Design Group. We currently occupy nearly 100,000 square feet, combining all locations. Many clients and

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designers have shopped with us since the very beginning. They’ve watched where we are going and supported us all along the way. We have decorated entire houses for some clients and watched them create memories there... then move to another house and have us do it all over again. We decorate their beach houses, mountain houses and lake houses. It’s an ongoing relationship that is really quite unique. Our business is primarily run on referrals, so we take great care in maintaining those relationships and creating new ones. CL: TRIFECTA OFFERS EXCLUSIVE FABRICS AND STYLES THAT CAN’T BE FOUND ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE MARKETPLACE. YOU HAVE INVENTORY IN STOCK THAT CUSTOMERS CAN TAKE HOME THE SAME DAY OR HAVE SCHEDULED AND DELIVERED. THERE’S NO NEED TO ORDER AND WAIT 10+ MONTHS WITH SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES. THAT’S AMAZING! TELL US WHY THAT’S AN IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR BUSINESS PLAN. KO: When people shop with Trifecta, they know they are getting the very best quality for the best price. With so many shopping options, we know that we need to be a notch above the rest. Designing our own line and partnering with manufacturers who offer customizations that we created was a critical pivot that sustained us during an otherwise touch-and-go time for the furniture industry. As consumers, we are accustomed to instant gratification. To be able to continue to provide that during all of the supply chain issues has been crucial for our business over the last 24 months. A slogan we often reference is “Do what you do and do it better than anyone else.” This will keep your clients happy and coming back to you again and again and it will always keep you a step ahead of your competitors. CL: WHAT DESIGNS AND PIECES ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT FOR 2023? WHAT CAN SHOPPERS EXPECT TO FIND IN THE STORES THIS MONTH? KO: Design trends change every couple of months. Rather than chase the latest design trends, we offer classic, neutral, unique and timeless pieces that will never go out of style. We love incorporating earth tones and textures to give that elevated, yet approachable feel to your overall design. CONTINUED >

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“Many clients and designers have shopped with us since the very beginning. We have decorated entire houses for some clients and watched them create memories there... then move to another house and have us do it all over again.”

CL: YOUR COMPANY HAS GROWN TO SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. TELL US ABOUT YOUR GOALS FOR THIS YEAR AND BEYOND. KO: We have some very big plans in the works for TRIFECTA. Some we can talk about and some we can’t. Expansion is always top of mind. We want to be available to everyone without compromising our personal touch,

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love your smile When my kids were little, we would address valentines to classmates, deliver flowers to neighbors and decorate the house with hearts and snowflakes (cut from white coffee filters). For dinner, I would make their favorite meal: dessert! Why not? I'd melt chocolate (the good stuff) and let them line up their dippers. They thought dessert for dinner was magical. Of course, I'd fed them a protein-packed after-school snack and served "dinner" early so they could get their sugar wiggles out before bed. Delightful! Happy Valentine's Day!

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C H O C O L AT E FONDUE INGREDIENTS • 2 cups heavy cream • 1 pound premium semisweet chocolate (recommended: Lindt or Callebaut) • 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract • 1 tablespoon brandy • Sprinkles, colored sugar • Strawberries, bananas, pineapple, brownies, waffles, marshmallows, walnuts, Oreos, pound cake, pretzels or any other dipping item of your choice! Be sure to add small bowls of sprinkles and (more) sugar to roll your dipper in. Get creative!

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DIRECTIONS 1. Put approximately four inches of water in a saucepan and bring to a slow boil. Place a mixing bowl on top and pour in the heavy cream. Let heat. Or, use a double boiler. Meanwhile, break up or chop the chocolate into small pieces. When the cream feels hot to the touch, add chocolate and whisk until smooth. Whisk in vanilla and brandy. 2. Pour into the fondue pot and light the handy fuel underneath. Keep the flame low as not to burn the fondue. Arrange dippers on a platter and enjoy. The history of Valentine’s Day goes back to third century Rome with the execution of a priest named Valentinus known today as St. Valentine. Every February 14th, millions across the globe send their loved ones heart-shaped cards and Valentine’s chocolates to express their love and affection.

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