Honoring the Past, Building a Future
In the famous words of Jim Miller of Camp Greystone, Tuxedo, North Carolina, “If you don't have a plan, you are planning to fail.” Those words seem particularly appropriate as Rocky Mount looks toward the 2027 municipal election. By then, Councilman Andre Knight will have represented Ward One for twenty-four years. That is a long … Continue reading WAITING IS DOING SOMETHING
I say that with a great candidate, it doesn't matter how much money the opponent has. I don't know that is true, but I believe it anyway. It falls into the same category as believing things happen in threes, whether they do or not. My mother thought this was true, and that was good enough … Continue reading SOME THINGS I BELIEVE
I have been thinking about a photograph I have never seen. It would show South Church Street in Rocky Mount when beautiful Victorian houses stood along what was once one of the city's most desirable residential avenues. Imagine the front porches, decorative woodwork, tall windows, steep gables, and handsome rooflines of houses built by families … Continue reading The Last Victorian House Standing on Church Street
The Last Victorian House Standing on S. Church Street Imagine South Church Street when beautiful Victorian homes lined one of Rocky Mount's most desirable residential avenues. Front porches, decorative woodwork, steep gables, and families who believed in the future of their growing city. One by one, those houses disappeared. But one remains. The Summerlin House … Continue reading NEW BLOG ON Mainstreetrockymount.com TUESDAY-20th
