I was honored to be a guest at the Sikh Temple of NC in Durham this afternoon. I thanked the members for their service and contributions for the community and to North Carolina, and for their encouragement and support to seek a second term on the Council. During my talk, I reminded the congregation, that […]
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July 25 Office Hours
This week, was a quiet week, after a number of Council meetings. Today, I met with the Hotties companies, Efflux Pharma and Concert Telecom. Efflux, now named Dignify Therapeutics, is progressing very well, as they are going to promote their fundraising at this point, along the complettion of a successful patent search. Karl Thor and […]
Church of Latter Day Saints, Morrisville Parish
I enjoyed a wonderful service this morning at the Church of Latter Day Saints, Morrisville Parish with my friends Ben Holladay and family, and Peggy and Kent Payne. It was a beautiful service and I enjoyed a great start to my birthday. We had a few young kids speak at the service and it […]
Meeting Nepalese Prime Minister Candidate Sushil Koirala
Tomorrow, I am meeting the leading candidate for Prime Minister of Nepal. Sushil Koirala. He is the President of the Congress Party, and is visiting the Nepalese community of the Triangle. On Saturday, I will be attending a reception with the community at NC State, where he can address the community, and I hope […]
July 4th Fireworks and Pancake Breakfast
Attended the Fireworks and Annual July 4th Pancake Breakfast at Firestation 1 with my family and enjoyed the company of staff, citizens, and also Council members in attendance, Stohlman (fireworks), Johnson, Broadwell, Holcombe, and Diehl. I want to thank the Parks and Rec Department for once again, a wonderful job on both of these events. […]
Hatcher Grove Sunday Service
I enjoyed a nice service at Hatcher Grove this morning. Great to see everyone before a July 4th holiday. I am working on getting youth at Hatcher Grove signed up for the Youth entrepreneurship camps, and the TYE, global entrepreneurship competition in September, led by TIE GLobal and TIE Carolinas.
Hindu Society of North Carolina Groundbreaking Ceremony
Today, I attended, along with Mayor Holcombe and Council Members Stohlman, Broadwell, Schlink, and Mayor Pro Tem Johnson, the Ground breaking ceremony for the Learning Center, which is the next major project for the Hindu Center, focusing on education and classes for the youth programs. My children, Sonia and Rayan participate in these programs, called […]
June 27 Office Hours
I had a very productive office hours this Thursday morning. Indian Documentary: I met with Lakshmi Gopallakrishnan, a young Indian Amercian College student at UNC, who is working on the Millennial Trains project, looking to interview Indian immigrants, who are having challenges, making it after coming here. She is looking for Crowd Funding […]
Celebrating My First Term on the Council
On Thursday evening, I celebrated my first term on the Council, highlighting my accomplishments in economic development, entrepreneurship, how I am working to develop and cultivate relationships with other regions of the world by hosting delegations and dignitaries, and finally the new ideas I am bringing in the areas of technology and open data. […]
Hotties Office Hours
As always, I enjoyed, once again, receiving updates on the Morrisville Hotties programs, as we are approaching the end of this program. Graduation is schehduled for the second week of September, during Triangle Entrepreneurship Week and all companies are to be out of the “Perculator”, by July 31 as this is our new word for […]