Posts by Hannah Ray
Empowering Black Excellence: Black Luxe & Co
Whitney Middlebrooks, the founder of Black Luxe & Co. Entrepreneurship is a pathway to empowerment, representation, and community building. Don’t believe us? Just ask Whitney Middlebrooks, the founder of Black Luxe & Co. Black Luxe & Co., a marketing agency that also hosts an annual Black-owned business expo is more than just a marketing firm…
Read MoreYou Can Make It Here: High Point’s New Brand Strategy
What gives a city an identity? What makes a community a community? What makes someone feel like they belong in and to the place they call home? These are the kinds of questions our own City of High Point government has been striving to answer for the last year as they undertook a strategic rebranding…
Read MorePainting High Point Bright: Main in Color – Arts & Design Festival
While High Point, North Carolina, has been known as the center of home furnishings design for the better part of a century, it’s also a city teeming with creativity and artistic expression. While the furniture industry takes center stage when it comes to our city’s creative output, there are those in High Point who know…
Read MoreMaking Stars Shine Bright: I Am Blair’s Closet & Noelle Model & Talent Group
Blair Noelle, the namesake of I Am Blair’s Closet Blair Noelle may only be seven-years-old, but thanks to the wisdom and growth mindset of her mother, Dr. Cryshaunda Rorie, she also happens to be one of the youngest entrepreneurs in High Point, NC. As the founder of I Am Blair’s Closet and Noelle Model &…
Read MoreBison Who Belong: Bison Pride at High Point Central
Héctor Ancizar Gómez-Argote, Assistant Principal at High Point Central High School, pauses outside of a classroom, reaching for the chain hanging from an antique bell. A low, dull clang sounds, one he jokes would hardly reach the expansive hallways of HPC any longer. A group of alumni laughs with him, chatting and discussing memories of…
Read MoreMore than Skin Deep: Sunless Body Custom Spray Tanning
You may be looking for a little sunshine to warm your skin in High Point as summer kicks off, but Ava Vann, owner of Sunless Body Custom Spray Tanning, spends her time making sure people get all the beauty benefits of the sun without any of the damage. Sunless Body, the Triad’s first completely UV-free…
Read MoreAuthentically Smoked: Biscuits Brisket & Beer
What happens when you transplant a Connecticut boy to North Carolina pork barbecue country? You get Biscuits Brisket & Beer! While the combination is a “no-brainer” to Biscuits Brisket & Beer owner and lead smoker, Chris Ryker, the restaurant has a rather roundabout genesis, leading to its place now in Stock+Grain Assembly, High Point’s food…
Read MoreEnjoying the Ride: Bicycle Toy and Hobby
That quintessential picture of a bike with a bow on it under the Christmas tree is one that Americans have been seeing for decades. And if you ask any High Point parent where that bike under their Christmas tree came from, the answer wouldn’t be Santa Claus: it would be Bicycle Toy and Hobby. Since…
Read MoreFirst Family: World Relief Triad
Post-Arrival Reception & Placement Program Officer at World Relief, Kara Hernandez hugs Didi Lwamba, a client World Relief resettled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. While many of us have called High Point home for our entire lives, other High Pointers in our community have arrived in High Point as newcomers. Some because of…
Read MoreInnovation that Invites: International Society of Furniture Designers
Coco Chanel. Ralph Lauren. Calvin Klein. Christian Dior. The names behind some of the leading brands in the fashion industry. But the names behind these brands aren’t just businesses – they’re designers, individuals who pioneered with such force in the fashion industry that their names became part of the innovative fashion landscape. Now, ask yourself…
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