Honoring the Past, Building a Future
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
The closer we come to the 2027 municipal election, the more convinced I become that we need to have a different conversation about the office of mayor. I keep imagining a conference room reserved once a week for the mayor's purposes. Around the table are people invited because of their experience, accomplishments, disappointments, and knowledge … Continue reading THE NEXT MAYOR OF ROCKY MOUNT: A NEW EXPECTATION
NEW BLOG Thursday “What interests me is not how much more a mayor might do, but how much more a mayor might make possible.” As we look toward the 2027 election, I have been rethinking what we should expect from the office of mayor. What if the mayor's greatest contribution is not simply what gets … Continue reading THE NEXT MAYOR OF ROCKY MOUNT: A NEW EXPECTATION
