At a time when many small businesses are still suffering through the Bush economy, Lanning's companies, as well as her community projects, are thriving. "I'm seriously kicking butt over here; we're doing great," she says. Modified Arts is attracting serious art collectors who are regularly making purchases, Stinkweeds Senior is thriving, and Lanning says she's "cautiously optimistic" about the pro-locals/pro-small-business agenda she's pushing at downtown Phoenix planning meetings.
"You can definitely say that I'm wearing a lot of hats right now, and that keeps me going," she says. "I'll just be out there picking away at it, and hopefully everything will fall together."
E-mail brendan.kelley@newtimes.com
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