{"id":2215,"date":"2009-06-29T10:49:48","date_gmt":"2009-06-29T14:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/index.php\/member-of-the-month-the-sun-room-tanning-studio\/"},"modified":"2009-06-29T10:49:48","modified_gmt":"2009-06-29T14:49:48","slug":"member-of-the-month-the-sun-room-tanning-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/member-of-the-month-the-sun-room-tanning-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Member of the Month: The Sun Room Tanning Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 10 years ago, Christy Whitlow was planting a seed with her parents, Chris and Trina Smith. That seed was to open a tanning salon. The family had been discussing different business ventures for awhile; a caf\u00e9 or bakery, car wash or shooting gallery \u2013 according to Whitlow, nothing really clicked. After another not-so-fulfilling tanning session at a salon that has since closed, she concluded that the Plainfield, Ind., area was in dire need of a quality tanning salon<a href=\"http:\/\/smarttan.epubxpress.com\/link\/tant\/2009\/jul\/44?s=0\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&#8230;&#8230;FULL STORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/jul_09_mom.jpg\" title=\"jul_09_mom.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/jul_09_mom.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"jul_09_mom.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 10 years ago, Christy Whitlow was planting a seed with her parents, Chris and Trina Smith. That seed was to open a tanning salon. The family had been discussing different business ventures for awhile; a caf\u00e9 or bakery, car wash or shooting gallery \u2013 according to Whitlow, nothing really clicked. 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