Woodall Weekend Workshop
The Woodall Weekend Workshop is made possible through a gift from Henry (ABJ ’75) and Lynda Woodall.
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Fostering Community Through Dance: Silvìa Abila’s Mexican Folklore Dance Group
On Mondays and Fridays behind the police station in Greensboro, Georgia, you can find about 20 children and their families dancing to authentic Mexican folk music in Robinson Park. Silvìa Abila, originally from Mexico, started a local Mexican folklore dance group in Greensboro with the help and support of her…
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Small Dairy Farm Owners: Stewart Family Business Has Unclear Future
Greene County, Georgia is home to the Double S Dairy farm. This farm has been in the Stewart family since 1940 and is currently in its third generation of ownership. Ken Stewart owns Double S Dairy and has been the sole owner since he took it over for his father…
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High School Student Attributes Her Success to Family, Church Community
A classmate once told A’Nasia Monford about an online article that identified a negative trend between people with apostrophes in their names and their ability to get jobs. Personally, I love my apostrophe. I feel like my apostrophe makes me unique,” said Monford. Monford, a 17-year-old junior at Greene County…
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My Weekend with Martha Coleman: ‘As If We Had Known Each Other Our Whole Lives’
It is safe to say I will never regret my weekend with Martha Coleman. She was born in Augusta, Georgia, but is really from all over. However, you can just say Martha Coleman is from Union Point, Georgia, for time’s sake. Martha Coleman is a city girl, who traveled from…
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Preserving History with Mamie Hillman in Greene County, Georgia
Mamie Hillman has lived in Greene County for 65 years. All throughout those years, her love for the knowledge and preservation of the history of the county has always grown. Growing up in White Plain, Georgia, Hillman’s introduction to history started young as a student in school. There she learned…
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Jim Carpenter, a Small-Town Pharmacist, Maintains 50-Year Legacy
Jim Carpenter, 72, from Madison, Georgia, is the owner and pharmacist for a small pharmacy, Union Pharmacy, in Union Point, Georgia. He started working there in 1969 as an intern before buying out the pharmacy from the two owning partners. After buying the pharmacy, he renamed it Union Pharmacy, so…
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The Dairy Decline: A Small-Town Vet’s Experience
Robert H. Durham Jr., a 59-year-old veterinarian at Durham Veterinary Clinic, might as well have milk in his blood. For three generations, the Durham family has looked after the cows of Greensboro, Georgia. But as the nation’s dairy industry enters its fourth-year of declining milk prices, farm work has begun…
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From Banker to Brewer: UGA Graduate Opens His Own Brewery
Located on the edge of Downtown Greensboro, Georgia, Oconee Brewing Company has been open since May 2017. The brewery is owned by Taylor Lamm, a master brewer and University of Georgia graduate. Taylor Lamm grew up in Augusta, Georgia with his mother, father, and two sisters. After working as a…
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Inn Owner, Gloria Slaughter, Takes on Head Chef Role at Richard’s Wine Bar
GREENSBORO, Ga. — Gloria Slaughter, owner of the Washington Grass Inn, took over the role of head chef at Richard’s Wine Bar in January of this year. Slaughter has completely changed the menu, such as taking popular items off. “It’s all food I’m familiar with and food I know how…
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Richard Curtis Maintains His Family’s Legacy in Greensboro, Georgia
Richard Curtis is his family’s historian and is the manager of the Curtis family land partnership. He is the middle son of three brothers. His family moved in 1948 to Wrayswood, an old plantation home in Greensboro, Georgia. He was 4-years-old at the time. The plantation was named for the…