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Show .. 1 4 I !i J; i 4, . -ift. - T5f ph Featherstone is president of a local corporation, .4en Enterprises, that is currently developing a new subdivision, sub-division, Stone Ridge. Jeffery Michael Hayes decided to do his school project on Featherstone because he is a huge --success at the age of 36. Featherstone a 'success' By JEFFERY MICHAEL HAYES Joseph Featherstone is president presi-dent of a local corporation, Lorien Enterprises, which is currently cur-rently developing a new subdivision subdivi-sion Stone Ridge. This is the f mxg& t subdivision ever built in Bountiful. The luxury homesites will range in size from almost an acre to six full acres. The prices range between $90,000 to $160,000. Featherstone said the reason for the lots being so big is to preserve the natural beauty of the hillside. Originally, Lorien bought 800 acres of the mountainside moun-tainside but donated 640 acres to the city to use as a wildlife preserve. His subdivision will be surrounded sur-rounded by land that cannot be developed, therefore allowing each lot to have an unobstructed view. Lorien Enterprises began the Stone Ridge project about a year ago and plan to complete the subdivision next May. Featherstone considers himself a steward of the property. He said, "Instead of just looking at it only as a way to make money.. .We want to do as nice a job as we possibly can." Lorien also produces television tele-vision commercials for many local businesses. His company's production division has just finished fin-ished a video on drugs and alcohol as well as creating commercials com-mercials for such local companies com-panies as Gus Paulos Chevrolet, The Utah Opera, Maverick, and J.B.'s Restaurant. Before starting Lorien Enterprises, Enter-prises, Featherstone was a regional manager for O.C. Tanner. He liked his job and made good money, but he had to travel too often and felt that be needed to spend more time with his family. While at O.C. Tanner, Featherstone won the Rookie of the Year Award. Later he was awarded one of his company's top ten salesman of the year awards for two years in a row. In order to spend more time with his family, Featherstone, with his brother Scott and his best friend Kent Derricot, formed form-ed Lorien Enterprises. His brother Scott already knew the production business, and his friend is a television star in Japan. Featherstone was the marketing expert, so the three of them came together, forming a successful business. The name of their business, "Lorien" is from a J.R.R. Tolken novel Both his friend and his brother are friends of J.R.R. Tolken and in one of his books, Lorien is a place where no evil can come and everyone is good. They try to pattern then-business then-business after this place. Featherstone attended Brig ham Young University and did not graduate, but is currently working toward that goal. Although Al-though involved in his business and school, he still finds time to spend with his wife Marianne and his five children. In his spare time he likes to go skiing with his family and keeps a boat at Lake Powell Growing up, Featherstone enjoyed en-joyed the outdoors. He enjoyed scouting and became an Eagle Scout. He attended Jordan High and later Capital High in Boise, Idaho, where he played varsity tennis. When asked what made him different from other businessmen, busi-nessmen, he replied, "Number one, I try to treat everyone around me equally and number two, I try to be generous." Featherstone says that American business is so dishonest that if you're honest, you'll succeed because people aren't used to being treated honestly hon-estly and they like it. |