verb (used with object), improved, improving. 1. to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health. 2. to make (land) more useful, profitable, or valuable by enclosure, cultivation, etc. 3. to increase the value of (real property) by betterments, as the construction of buildings and sewers.
Kara Goldin is the founder and CEO of Hint Water, a flavored water with no artificial sweetener. Part of building a successful small business is keeping your foot on the gas even when you aren't in the office.
Hinton is also the author of That Was Then, This Is Now (1971), Rumble Fish (1975), Tex (1979) and Hawkes Harbor (2004), as well as books for younger readers, including Big David, Little David (1985) and The Puppy Sister (1995).