Autism in Motion (AIM), whose mission is to ensure every child with autism has the opportunity to live a happy, fulfilling life, already has eight locations throughout Arkansas, Oklahoma and Tennessee. Murfreesboro was chosen as the organization’s ninth location for a reason.
After growing up in Washington State and working construction for most of his life, Joel Tellez wound up in Smyrna, where he became a superintendent for Olympian Construction. One day, he was sitting in the pickup line at Thurman Francis Arts Academy in his work truck when Dow Smith—who also had kids at the school—came over and struck up a conversation. A few months later, Joel was working at DSC. Last week, he celebrated 20 years with the company.