Hometown Hero: Freddie Kiger
This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Freddie Kiger. Kiger is a history teacher, statistician, East Chapel Hill Rotary member who was just honored with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine. He had a constant passion for teaching his students and...
Hometown Hero: Joseph Shores
This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Joseph Shores. Shores is a first year student at UNC who co-developed an AI model with a focus on environmental sustainability. AI is generating a lot of concerns, including the amount of energy it uses...
Hometown Hero: Jennifer Hutton
This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Jennifer Hutton. Hutton is an interior designer who moved to the Triangle five years ago to help launch a studio in partnership with Grau Building Company. But that's just her day job as Hutton also...
Hometown Hero: Lauren Lorentz de Haas
This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Lauren Lorentz de Haas. Lorentz de Haas is the founder and director of Triangle Youth Ballet. The Triangle Youth Ballet always has a busy schedule, but never more busy than now, gearing up for their...
Hometown Hero: Katisha Paige
This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Katisha Paige. Paige is the director of development for TABLE. TABLE works to provide healthy food and fresh produce for our neighbors in need. Every week, they provide to 1100 kids in our community....
Hometown Hero: Nabarun Dasgupta
This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Nabarun Dasgupta. Dasgupta is an epidemiologist who heads up UNC's opioid data lab. They help people with substance use by giving them information about what substances they're actually using by analyzing...
