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Volume 22, No. 4, Section A
April 2022
NOW OPEN IN VONORE! Bootlegger’s Roadside Ice Cream –
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pring is here. Warm weather is ahead and, just in time, there is a new roadside ice cream shop in Vonore! Bootlegger’s Roadside Ice Cream Shop is now open for business! If you are ready for some awesome ice cream and hot dog options, this is the place to be. Bootlegger’s is a fun date or family destination worth checking out right away. In this month’s Mountain Views, we are excited to introduce you to Frank Vultaggio and Wendy Perestam, owners of Bootlegger’s Roadside Ice Cream. MV: Tell us a little bit about your backgrounds. Frank: We moved here to Tellico Village about 3 years ago, and we absolutely LOVE Tennessee and Tellico Lake. Besides the ice cream shop, Wendy also owns a business that sells marketing products for businesses. Oh, and now she’s even a Tennessee notary. Wendy: Frank owns a pool and spa company, 2nd generation, in upstate NY still, so he will be splitting his time. But you’ll find me at Bootlegger’s daily. MV: You both seem like incredibly hard workers! It can’t be all work; what do you do for fun? Frank: We both ride motorcycles so we are very biker friendly. I’m also a race
car driver and have a sports car collection. We encourage and look forward to holding classic car events. MV: Tell us a little about Bootlegger’s Roadside Ice Cream. Wendy: We have take-out ice cream served at walk-up windows, but also have a great outdoor atmosphere to enjoy your treats. We’re open 7 days a week. We’re hoping to attract bikers and sports club car parking. Continued on page 2A ...
MountainScapes – For The Yard of Your Dreams - Today
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n this month’s Mountain Views, we would like to present an interview with Reed Perestam and Casy Sinclair, the owners of a local company, called MountainScapes. They are a pair of hardworking, young entrepreneurs that create and install great-looking landscapes and hardscapes in the areas of Tellico Village, Rarity Bay, and the communities that are served by East Tennessee’s Mountain Views. Reed and Casy have now been in business about a year in the area and that seemingly hard-to-find customer service is a big priority for them. We hope you enjoy our recent talk with Reed Perestam and Casy Sinclair, the
owners of MountainScapes. MV: Tell us a little about yourselves. Reed: I moved to Tennessee from Rochester, New York, after my sister moved here, leaving my job there as a welder. I came for one visit here and that was it. I made the decision to relocate. I played golf and basketball in high school and focused on lacrosse in college. Once I made the move to Tennessee, my partner, Casy, and I decided to start MountainScapes. Casy: In college, I was a swimmer. Soon
after Reed moved here, I also relocated, following my girlfriend, Reed’s sister, a UT pre-med student. Before I moved, I had a warehouse management position at a large pool and spa company. That’s where I got my training with landscaping, concrete, heavy equipment and more. MV: How did you come to start MountainScapes? Reed: We wanted to start our own business, since having some control of our own destiny was important to us. We originally began as a yard work firm focusing mostly
on mowing and yard work. After a while, we found out that many of our customers also needed landscaping and hardscape design and installation. Casy: Our backgrounds with landscaping, concrete, heavy equipment, and welding were a great fit for helping people with landscape and hardscape design and installation, so we moved very successfully into those areas. Lately, we have focused almost exclusively on landscaping Continued on page 2A ...
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