Business
Female business owners, elected officials and others gathered for the Women in Business & Leadership Symposium at The Carolina Inn. Attendees enjoyed seeing old friends and making new connections over tea and lunch in the Chancellors’ Ballroom. Speaker Robin Whitsell of Whitsell Innovations told the audience that “it’s OK to […]
The fashion bug bit Ashley Lemoine Morra hard during her time at LSU. The Louisiana native had a part-time job at a Baton Rouge boutique where she assisted customers, and, after graduation, she stuck around as a buyer, putting her minor in merchandising to use. Then she was off to […]
Of all the changes seen by the town of Chapel Hill in the last few years, perhaps the most have come at University Place. Owned and operated by the DC-based Madison Marquette Real Estate Services, the mall has experienced a name change and a number of retail changes, most notably the disappearance of […]
“I feel like I popped out of the womb a raging modernist,” says Arielle Condoret Schechter. The architect is sitting in her bright and open living room off of Mount Carmel Church Road, with tunes from jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt detectable beneath whistles and chirps from Gabby, the African grey […]
You could say Erin Ozer is wrapped up in her work. After almost a decade working in arts administration in New York City, the Chapel Hill native left her job to stay home with her first child, Dean, who is now 6. As a way to earn an income, she […]
“The pig on the roof just got a makeover paint job. Oh, how she shines! #PutAPigOnIt #PinkPig #OhNoSheDidnt #OhYesWeDid #CrooksCorner” –Crook’s Corner, @crookscornercafe “Pick up this month’s @chapelhillmag to see all of the #TOPO love you guys gave us – and we love you right back! #brewery #cocktails #lunch #HEELS” […]
Betsey Elbogen brews the first pot of Carrboro Coffee at the beginning of each workday at Perch Studios. After that, it’s up to one of the coworking members at the communal office to stay caffeinated. Not that any of the freelancers and entrepreneurs, telecommuters and tech designers or lawyers and […]
What words come to mind when you think of this real estate market? We’ve got some great things going on. Tremendous activity. Some areas are better than others, but no area is struggling. It’s healthy. There’s not too much activity to where we see what happened in 2006. Lenders are […]
Every Tuesday night, harmonies echo from the eaves of St. Thomas More Catholic Church. “These are people with very prestigious careers and professional lives and families at home,” says Sue Klausmeyer, conductor of the adult chorus Voices. “It’s a tremendous amount of energy from a group of very intellectual, very […]
The Carrboro-based nonprofit miraclefeet just got a huge pat on the back from the technology world for producing an extremely affordable brace to help cure all children born with clubfoot—worldwide. Last week, the team at miraclefeet and their corresponding Stanford team of young innovators attended the 2015 Tech Awards, otherwise known […]
