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- The Blog Main Street Is On Hold Over The Holidays: Follow the New Facebook Page for Main Street That Will Be Posting In December – Here is an Example of What You’ll Find
- Advocating for Rocky Mounts’ Shot Gun Houses – Gifts That Keep on Giving
- You Are Hereby Named: Thanksgiving Ambassadors For Main Street Rocky Mount
- Relaxing With “Seek” On A Sunday Morning – Vernon Franklin Sechriest – Journalist
- A Reluctant Fall in Rocky Mount, NC – A Reflection From My Main Street Bench
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Rocky Mount’s Summer Solstice – Marking the Day
Today, Friday, June 21, our longest day and shortest night of the year, the sun brightened our skies on the first day of astronomical summer in Earth’s Northern Hemisphere. As I write this at 5:22 in the afternoon, the sky … Continue reading
Selling Dreams – 304 Pearl Street Rocky Mount, NC – Part 3
“This is the place of places and it is here.” Gertrude Stein Today I am introducing a new category to Main Street Rocky Mount…selling dreams. The name was inspired by a chapter in David Halberstam’s book, The Fifties. (Please take a minute … Continue reading
Memorabilia -Marian Herring’s June German History Scrapbook – Part 4
Click on images to Enlarge – Keep clicking to further enlarge Norman Gold’s 1934 letter to the Carolina Cotillion Club membership informing them of the band arrangements and their assessment fee of $2.50 for the dance. This letter suggests … Continue reading
Rallying Around the Cultural Scene – First Off: Bel Air Artisans Center
“The arts are the best insurance policy a city can take on itself.” Woody Dumas, former Mayor of Baton Rouge In our day to day lives of work and family responsibilities, there isn’t a lot of time to wax poetic … Continue reading
Promoting A Sense of Place – A ‘Shout Out’ To Realtors
I wrote last week about a conversation I had with Vann Joines, entrepreneur, when we discussed what makes people pick the places they live. Part of that answer is that people are looking for diversity, a … Continue reading
Model Trains At Christmas OR The Real Thing
Click on the Youtube Video for a FUN Lionel Christmas Or be lucky enough to live in Rocky Mount, North Carolina and see a train everyday! Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year