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Client of the Month: HEATHER RHOADES Heather is a mother and wife, a successful small-business owner, an adoptive parent, an expert gardener, a cancer survivor, and since last fall, a Ward 5 council member in her home city of Bedford, Ohio. For the past 11 years, Heather has successfully grown her own online business, GardeningKnowHow.com. It started as a tiny website that she bought from her brother for just $50 over a Thanksgiving dinner. Today, it’s a blogging powerhouse where she and her team have answered over 50,000 direct questions about gardening. Over 90 million people visit the site every year — now that’s an amazing accomplishment! But you really have to get to know Heather to see how truly amazing she is as a person. Heather and her husband have been together nearly 20 years, and they have five children, two of whom were adopted out of the Cuyahoga County foster system. Heather’s husband, Jeff, served in the National Guard Army Corps of Engineers and was deployed for a year in Afghanistan. During that time, Heather held down the fort at home and ran her business. I don’t know where Heather gets her energy from, but she loves her community and has an honest and burning desire to change it for the better. When she had the opportunity to move out of Bedford to a more prestigious suburb, she decided to stay in the community. She bought and fixed up a historic Victorian house on the main street of Bedford. She is involved with the Bedford Garden Club and volunteers at the local food bank, at Bedford Schools, and at various nonprofits.
Last tax season, Heather had a tax appointment at the Concierge CPAs offices. That same morning, she found out she had stage 3 breast cancer. She still kept her appointment, but needless to say, there were more tissues and hugs that morning than talk about taxes. The way Heather fought the cancer was awe-inspiring, but I was even more impressed to learn that, last summer, she decided to run for the Bedford City Council. Who does that while battling cancer? Not to mention the fact that she was running her business and caring for her family at the same time. Heather ran a positive campaign and had a landslide victory in her ward. Since then, she’s been so busy changing things for the better that you’d think she was the mayor of the town. Heather, we’ve loved working with you these last three years, but we consider it an even bigger privilege to get to know you as a person, as a fighter, and as an advocate for your kids, family, and community! You inspire us every day, and you’re an example worth following for everyone who meets you. Thank you, and keep up the good job!
–Borbala Banto, CPA
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