Personal Narrative: Cottage Inn Franchise

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Let me start this essay off by addressing a tragedy. Kentucky, with a population of over 4 million and an area of 40,409 mi², does not have a Cottage Inn Franchise. Not a one. Not a single one. So, naturally, my first order of business would be giving my community not only a Cottage Inn Franchise, but the only Cottage Inn Franchise in the entire state of Kentucky. For my small town of Carlisle, which boasts a population of around 2,000 people, that would be quite a feat. I have no doubt that our tourism rates would skyrocket after that. Our community is a tight-knit one. We’re the kind of town you think of when you think of the South: small and wholesome with a dash of “everybody knows everybody.” That’s why I would my newly owned Cottage

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