Hometown Heroes: Natalie Knox

I never painted before but how can you not want to paint when you’re around all these amazing artists who work in oil and acrylics and mixed media.” – Linda Prager, FRANK Gallery https://chapelboroaudio.s3.amazonaws.com/2018/25/This%20is%20Tourism%201.25.18%20Frank%20Gallery%20with%20Natalie%20and%20Linda.wav  

Gordon Jameson is Friday’s Hometown Hero. Gordon is one of the original founders of the FRANK Gallery that is located in downtown Chapel Hill. The gallery’s “Off The Wall” event is Friday: “FRANK’s 2016 gala will feature a wall filled with an exclusive collection of 55 high quality art pieces donated by area artists. Each […]

With more demand for property and land in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, small businesses are being priced out. This year, during 97-9 the Hill’s annual Forum on The Hill series, FRANK Gallery, The Gathering Place and The Purple Bowl came in to talk about the stages of change they have experienced as a result.

The University Place mall in Chapel Hill is already undergoing several changes, but its biggest is set to begin next week. A ceremony for the start of demolition for the empty Southern Season store and east end of the building will be held for the mall’s community on Monday, March 6. It will mark the […]

This week’s Hometown Hero is Meredith Richard, the executive director of Musical Empowerment at UNC. One of Carolina’s student organizations, Musical Empowerment serves children in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school district who do not otherwise have access to music lessons. “We pair college student volunteers with children from under-served communities for free one-on-one music lessons. We […]

This week’s Hometown Hero is Jennifer Ashley, the executive director of A Helping Hand. This non-profit companion care provider has been committed to assisting seniors and individuals with disabilities maintain self-sufficiency, quality of life, and the highest level of independence since 1995. “Basically what we do is we go into the home of older adults […]

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Jim Potts! Jim is the chairman of the 30th Annual Carolina Blood Drive.

This week’s Hometown Heroes, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, are Renee Price and Thomas Watson, the founders of Free Spirit Freedom! “It’s the 50th anniversary of the closing of the historical Central High School in Hillsborough, which was all black. We’re celebrating that because this is their landmark and also because this is 50 years of […]

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