Honoring the Past, Building a Future
“You've come to the right place that will need your strong leadership and experience to run the Rocky Mount revitalization train straight and true. A walk down Main Street will introduce you to a palate of fine commercial architecture that has an honored past, is under-going restoration and repurposing, and is filled with stories. I … Continue reading Welcome Keith Rogers – New City Manager – Rocky Mount, NC – 3/6/23
A Watercolor App On My Phone I have written three previous blogs about the Train Shed. Once I wanted to transform it into a flower market, a totally unrealistic, romantic idea. Then I saw a New York Magazine cover that was a perfect visual for reimagining the Shed, with an outdoor restaurant. Do you remember … Continue reading Rejoicing Over Rocky Mount’s Train Shed Future
2-23-23: Dedicated to the wonderful people living in Happy Hill. The Neighbors Request to Save the Pecan Trees Those of you who regularly read Main Street Rocky Mount will not be surprised that at the ribbon cutting of the Beal Street project in 07-2016, part of me was listening and marveling at what was going … Continue reading Reporting on Happy Hill, Rocky Mount NC Community Neighborhood Meeting
And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd Ezekiel 34:23 ESV This is a brief reflection on a little boy who grew up and became a Parish Priest...my son (in-law) George Greer. I knew him when he was … Continue reading Father George Greer Announces Retirement – Saint Andrews Parish
BARLEY & BURGER: On this gorgeous 79 degree day I treated myself to lunch at BARLEY & BURGER in need of a Burger Salad Bowl. I order it with chicken and on a plate. I love B&B. I met a woman, Sandra Braswell, Mortgage Loan Officer at Coastal Credit Union, who comes to Rockey Mount … Continue reading Barley & Burger – A Small Business in Rocky Mount to Love
When living at Governor's Club in Chapel Hill, a new house was built next door. Moved and settled, my new neighbor later told me that she had written to friends in Ohio where they had moved from to say, "Just my luck, I've moved next door to the President of the Garden Club." Cut grass … Continue reading Stepheny’s Indoor ‘Garden’ Tree: Honoring Past Gardens But Relishing Rocky Mount Today
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