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Sunday, May 13, 2012

Fort Hunt ‘Mom-Owned’ Business Ranks Nationally

Amy Fazackerley honored.

Fort Hunt resident Amy Fazackerley, who created the portable Lay-n-Go organizational bag along with her husband, Adam, has ranked nationally in StartupNation.com’s 2012 Leading Moms in Business competition. Other ranked Virginia firms included Curtians Up! of Leesburg, Milkin’ Cookies of Roanoke and TreatmentDiaries.com, a health-based social media company with users in 132 countries. More than 350,000 votes were cast in support of the 2012 contestants, reflecting strong interest and supportiveness for moms building businesses at the same time they tend to their families. “There’s been a sea change among moms as they’ve come to realize that adding entrepreneurship to their lives brings exhilaration and immense gratification, not to mention…

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Fort Hunt Couple Finds Success in ‘Lay-n-Go’

Friday, March 2, 2012

Fort Hunt Couple Finds Success in ‘Lay-n-Go’

Husband and wife developed dual tote bag, play surface for toys.

Adam and Amy Fazackerley quickly learned that Legos and Oriental carpets make a bad combination. The Fazackerleys, Fort Hunt parents of three boys age 8 and younger, had begun to dread picking up after their children after they spread the tiny toys around the carpet.  Amy searched for something that would organize the toys better than bins but came up short. “When I heard every morning — when they would start to get those bins out — I thought, ‘Oh please, not the Legos. Don’t get those out. Anything but those,’” Amy said. “And then I’m thinking, 'Why am I doing that? That’s the best toy for them.'” Adam added: “When you get to the point as a parent where you are almost groaning at your kids wanting to play with something that’s mind …

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