Nick Childs

Jun 20, 2024 | raleighmag.com | Nick Childs

Picture it: You finally drag yourself out of bed (those that get it, get it) to go out to eat or to get drinks with friends, only to be stuck standing around waiting to be seated. Or maybe you paid a cover to get in somewhere, but it’s overcrowded—or undercrowded!—and it kills the vibe. In short, going out can already be a headache—and it’s only made worse by situations like these. Enter WhereT, “the app you don’t know you need until you do need it,” says CEO and co-founder Brandon Lewis.

May 30, 2024 | raleighmag.com | Nick Childs

Heads up: This isn’t too good to be true (!). Combating the ever-rising issue of food waste and cost of quality food is Too Good To Go, a surplus food marketplace launching in Raleigh and Durham June 5. Operating on a win-win-win business model (“for people, profit and the planet”), the certified B Corp social impact company connects consumers with food from restaurants that would otherwise be thrown away, in turn helping businesses unlock revenue from their surplus.

Feb 28, 2024 | crossroadschronicle.com | Nick Childs

By Nick ChildsStaffThe Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer Authority has experienced more delays on the decades-long plans to install a wastewater treatment plant across from the Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society along the Horsepasture River. The TWSA board held a regular meeting on Feb. 20 where Daniel Manring, executive director, gave an update on the plan. The board gathered earlier to hear and accept bids on the Horsepasture Project, but there were no bids.

Jan 10, 2024 | thesylvaherald.com | Nick Childs

By Nick ChildsCashiers ChronicleThe N.C. Department of Transportation and a wide array of big machines belching diesel fumes have worked on widening N.C. 107 near Tuckasegee since 2017. The project was initially projected to be completed in 2020, but amid the COVID-19 pandemic and with weather issues, the timeline was shifted. The NCDOT expects to finish up construction around March, with vegetation finishing up around June. “There is a minimal amount of work left to complete on the project.

Jan 3, 2024 | thesylvaherald.com | Nick Childs

By Nick ChildsCrossroads ChronicleCashiers-Glenville Fire Department’s newest fire substation, located near Wade Hampton on Hwy. 107 South, is nearing completion. The fire department is ready to move in, but there are just a few nails to hammer down. “We were supposed to be finished in August,” said Randy Dillard, chief of the Cashiers-Glenville Fire Department. Dillard said the contractor is finishing putting in doors.