Looking forward to running the Race for the Cure!    I love running these races for this great cause and and am so proud of the work the Komen foundation is doing to get rid of this terrible disease.

What a great way to start off this conference than to see Kate Cooley, Ed Burgard, and Felicia Dozier, all Morrisville small businesses and entrepreneurs! I enjoyed a great conference on entrepreneurship at IBM, and was again impressed with Secretary Decker’s vision for how we can provide ,more support for small business and entrepreneurship. She […]

My Council office hours were combined with meeting with the Hotties companies on Wednesday and then some more constituents on Thursday. Retirement community:   I had an  interesting meeting with Allan Michaels from CV Builders, who is interested in developing a Retirement community in Morrisville.   Ketan Shah, a local business leader and other Indian […]

I am looking forward to attending the Forum on Entrepreneurship and look forward to coming back with more ideas on how we can foster more start up growth in the region, and also, what we can do to help grow our programs in Morrisville.

I attended the Historic Christian Church Plaque Dedication, along with Mayor Holcombe, Mayor Pro Tem Johnson, and Counci lmembers Diehl and Broadwell, along with Tony Chiotakis, Tim Gauss, Shannon Campbell, and Jerry Allen. We are proud to have this landmark dedicated as a Historic Landmark and grateful to previous Councils, who had the vision to […]

This morning, I attended the TBJ Power Breakfast, featuring NC Secretary Commerce Sharon Decker.   Secretary Decker discussed her perspective on economic development, and laid out the plans for the new public private partnership for the Commerce Department, which will be focused more on assisting local companies, along with continuing efforts to recruit new business to […]

On Wed am, I attended a Cary Chamber Economic Development meeting, to listen to the team from SCORE, and Wake Tech, discuss how they are providing mentoring services to small businesses. I shared my ideas on how we need to provide better access for entrepreneurs to mentors, and that there is very significant momentum in Morrisville […]

Today, I attended a wonderful Rotary meeting, where Dr. Steve Channing, producer of the Public Broadcasting documentary, Remarkable Journey, spoke on the documentary and its featuring of the Indian community of North Carolina.   He has a trailer that he is showing and would like to interview more Morrisville citizens and sees a great opportunity for […]

Attended a company wedding shower for Alphanumeric CIO, Jay Baucom, who is getting married on Saturday.   Thanks for all your support Jay B, you make work fun! Pictured here with Jay Baucom, and Ryan VanBillon, Head of Managed Services.   Jay and Rayan are two of my favorite names, since my brother is named […]

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