The Conceptual Plan For Falls Road Streetscape and Park Site: Rocky Mount, NC

View a section of the Falls Road Streetscape and Depot Park Concept Plan! The project team used the feedback from the first phase of engagement to create this concept plan. What you are seeing is a polished culmination of the ideas from that public meeting. This second meeting for the public on Thursday, June 30th … Continue reading The Conceptual Plan For Falls Road Streetscape and Park Site: Rocky Mount, NC →

Rocky Mount, NC: Andre Knight Can’t Catch a Break

Perhaps you agree with me that life is not a laughing matter right now. Filling a gas tank cost me $72.00, a grocery bill for one person cost as much as I once paid to feed six young children and two adults. You know the litany of woes I could mention, so I won't. I … Continue reading Rocky Mount, NC: Andre Knight Can’t Catch a Break →

Finding Yalem’s Garden in Rocky Mount, NC

At 5:30 in the early evening, most of the 'garden' is in shade; Yalem Kiros's garden. A blue heron lifted off the island and elegantly floated past me. Swallows dipped and played. In the quiet I could hear the flow of the water. For the moment I'd been given the gift of this bit of … Continue reading Finding Yalem’s Garden in Rocky Mount, NC →

DEFCON 3: The Cuban Missile Crisis and Councilman Andre Knight in Rocky Mount, NC

PRESIDENT KENNEDY The readiness of the defense establishment, referred to as DEFCON, for 'defense condition' has a numbering system (1-5) that indicates the severity of the situation. DEFCON 5 is the least severe condition. President Kennedy delivered his Cuban Missile Crisis speech via televised address on October 22nd, 1962. During the speech, US military forces … Continue reading DEFCON 3: The Cuban Missile Crisis and Councilman Andre Knight in Rocky Mount, NC →

Rocky Mount’s City Council: A Gentlemen’s Game or Should Be

My husband, Bob, played golf. His handicap late into life was a seven. He finally complained that he wasn't hitting the ball as far as he used to, but, he still hit a straight ball down the fairway. Golf took him places like Augusta, GA., for the Masters, which was his favorite business perk. With … Continue reading Rocky Mount’s City Council: A Gentlemen’s Game or Should Be →

A Favorite Question: Can You Have Lunch?

A REAL SALAD When I was at Dewey Elementary in Evanston, IL., (grades K-6) we came home for lunch. The only memory I have of those lunches is my mother reading to me at the kitchen table. From that early age, lunch time was special. Today, I love to meet someone for lunch in one … Continue reading A Favorite Question: Can You Have Lunch? →