Taking The Long View of Main Street Rocky Mount, NC That Includes The Main Street Program

I took this photograph from the fantastic roof deck that Troy Davis created on top of the Davis Lofts. Looking out and across the track you see typical commercial architecture found across Eastern North Carolina. These commercial buildings are like the garden after the gardener is finally gone: the spirit of the garden changes. This … Continue reading Taking The Long View of Main Street Rocky Mount, NC That Includes The Main Street Program →

With Revitalization, Rocky Mount, NC Has Become A Great Food Destination

I love Friday nights out because it makes the weekend seem longer, even starting as early as 5:30 PM. If you're eating at the newly opened Shucking' Shack Oyster Bar, you better get there before 6:00 - EVERY seat was taken by 5:45. You'd have to take me out back and shoot me before I … Continue reading With Revitalization, Rocky Mount, NC Has Become A Great Food Destination →

On February 2, 2023: Stepheny’s Applause For the Organization, Preservation Rocky Mount, NC

At a board meeting of Preservation Rocky Mount, I thought once again, how much I admire this board, the good people who have volunteered hours to the world of Preservation. Some of them are hands on saving historic homes in Rocky Mount. They attend Council meetings and other groups that make decisions about Main Street … Continue reading On February 2, 2023: Stepheny’s Applause For the Organization, Preservation Rocky Mount, NC →

The Song We Need Now: Rocky Mount, NC

There are people in Rocky Mount, through kindness and love who are making a difference. Wonderful people like Crystal Wimes-Anderson who has organized a group to 'bridge the divide.' We have new businesses, new faces and investors. The preservation, restoration and repurposing going on in the Main Street area is way-cool. It now takes a … Continue reading The Song We Need Now: Rocky Mount, NC →

Rocky Mount, NC: Thinking About Councilman Andre Knight

The citizens of Rocky Mount, NC can't call for a vote of no-confidence in the case of Councilman, Andre Knight. What is needed is a qualified candidate to win the November election. A candidate with vision, a heart for those he or she is called to serve. Like the three Bears story: a bear not … Continue reading Rocky Mount, NC: Thinking About Councilman Andre Knight →

Rocky Mount NC: Let The Influence of Stepheny’s ‘Foolish Things’ Begin

Do you remember the wonderful love song, These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You? It isn't a cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces or an airline ticket to romantic places but 'foolish things' come to mind when I write and speak. My reading life and the research I love, the stories I am told, the … Continue reading Rocky Mount NC: Let The Influence of Stepheny’s ‘Foolish Things’ Begin →