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United Way Of the Chattahoochee Valley- Brings Community Into Focus – Creates Space and Individuality

Posted on November 1, 2023November 1, 2023 by Editor - the Local

Community approaches help to make worldwide challenges solvable on a personal level, and United Way has taken up the mission of helping local communities approach problems with humanitarian campaigns and practical solutions. United Way is a global network of community organizations which partner to create opportunities, offer assistance with everyday challenges, and make a positive impact in peoples’ lives. Columbus’ United Way branch has operated since 1950. The organization was started in Denver in 1937,…

Savage Hart Wildlife Rehab, Conservation and Rescue

Posted on October 1, 2023October 1, 2023 by Editor - the Local

We live among the wild things, even in an urban setting, sharing the planet with wild animals sometimes means coming across an animal needing help. We may not speak the same language, but compassion still compels us to do what we can to help injured or abandoned animals. Luckily, a local nonprofit works tirelessly to help wild animals live healthy lives right where they belong: in the wild. Winding country roads lead to a quiet…

October Calendar 2023

Posted on September 29, 2023October 3, 2023 by Editor - the Local

The Arts and Museums: ½ off Tuesdays at the Columbus Collective MuseumsDiscover the wonder of the Columbus Collective Museums at River Market Antiques. Immerse yourself in a maze of thrifting and discovery. Originally the Lunch Box Museum, now also the Royal Crown Cola Museum, The Chero-Cola Museum, The Nehi Drink Museum, The Georgia Radio Museum, The Tom Huston Peanut Museum, a Car Museum and more. Over 1,000 lunch boxes will just get you started. Local…

Fields of Grace Flower Farm: The Healing Power

Posted on August 14, 2023August 14, 2023 by Editor - the Local

There’s a secret garden, the kind from a favorite storybook, less than 30 miles north of Columbus; down a hedge-lined driveway and through a tiny opening that you may have missed, a tiny sign points you toward Fields of Grace flower farm. As you approach, you are met with beds of flowers stretching before an old farmhouse. Children scamper through freshly cut grass and perch in trees, their tiny squeals the perfect expression of joy…

After 35 seasons, Paul Pierce Passes the Torch at the Springer

Posted on January 26, 2023February 1, 2023 by Editor - the Local

35 Years of Theatre Magic: Paul Pierce Passes the Leadership Torch at the Springer Opera House“The greatest honor and joy of my life”: Opera House Leader Retires After 35 Years One Tuesday night in January, the Springer’s longtime producing artistic director, Paul Pierce, gathered his staff onstage in Emily Woodruff Hall for an historic announcement. After thirty-five seasons through which he has played the same part to great acclaim, he has chosen 2023 as the…

Springer Opera House Receives Grant from Georgia Council for the Arts

Posted on August 26, 2022August 26, 2022 by Editor - the Local

The Springer Opera House was awarded a grant by Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA), a strategic arm of the Georgia Department of Economic Development, as part of its initial disbursement of grants for fiscal year 2023. A total of 213 organizations were awarded 253 grants that provide more than $3.1 million in funding to arts organizations throughout the state. The Bridge Grant will provide operating support funding to 134 organizations, the Project Grant will…

The Joint Redemption: how one irresponsible publication embarrassed a respected local businessman

Posted on December 13, 2018June 29, 2019 by Tom Ingram

In the 70s, Ken Friedlander made a name for himself with his clothing store, Ken and Company. He was well-known, a man with a booming voice, the kind of man who never met a stranger. His son, Paul, remembers his father always smelling of Paul Sebastian cologne, and says, “you would hear and smell him before you saw him.” Ken would later go into real estate, where his personality and business acumen translated into a…

I floated for an hour and I liked it: my surprisingly relaxing and invigorating experience in a sensory deprivation tank

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Tom Ingram

I was nervous. I’m not typically claustrophobic. I get antsy toward the end of trans-Atlantic flights, but otherwise do well in enclosed spaces. A sensory deprivation tank, though, is very different from a crowded airplane. You’re alone, in total darkness. The water temperature is set so that within a few minutes, you no longer feel it against your skin. Suspended and in repose for an hour, you are left to yourself. I was nervous, but,…

Letter from the Editor, January 2018

Posted on January 5, 2018December 28, 2017 by Tom Ingram

Happy New Year! Most of us approach the New Year in celebration. Full of optimism, we adopt mantras, like ‘new year, new me.’ Looking back on our mistakes, failures and missed opportunities of the outgoing, we promise to enter the incoming year with eyes and arms open to whatever good is on our horizon. Sure, I have made mistakes this past year—foul-ups galore. But, as I cast my retrospective gaze on the past 365 days,…

Letter from the Editor, December 2017

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Tom Ingram

It isn’t that I’m biased because I work for a locally owned company. I work for a locally owned company because I know how much local business do for their communities. The math on this is simple. When you buy locally, more of your money stays in your community. When you buy locally, you encourage start-ups. Buying local combats inequality; the difference in income between employees of small business is less than the difference at…

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