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Getting Creative with Jessie Williams of Edge of Urge
For 21 years, Jessie Williams has run her independent and very stylish shop Edge of Urge in the Oakwood neighborhood of Raleigh, more recently adding the menswear stor...
The Optimist Behind Optimist Coffee
Since the beginning of the Pandemic, Flo has been frequenting The Optimist Coffee to keep her spirits up. Adjacent to the historic Oakwood Cemetery, The Optimist Coffe...
Crafting more than Beer, David Meeker and the Future of Raleigh
Today, we are talking to David Meeker. Axios calls David one of Raleigh's most influential real estate developers and for good reason. In his work as a commercial deve...
Meet Chauncey Zalkin! Writer, Brand Strategist and Mom
Welcome to our 4th episode of Why Raleigh? where I, Raleigh native Flo Lumsden, sit down with this season's co-host Chauncey Zalkin, a NYC transplant who’s lived in mo...
Spyglass Talent and Betting on Raleigh
Flo had the pleasure of sitting down and going deep with John Reid Sidebotham. Originally from NYC, John has a unique perspective on what makes raleigh special. What'...
Glow Fitness! From NY to Raleigh to Start a Fitness Brand
Ris (short for Marisa) moved from Buffalo, NY with some other fitness entrepreneurs to start the fitness studio of their dreams, Glow Fitness. The only problem? They h...