Dinner With A Side of Culture Ryan Saunders

Thank you Beer Co and Small Potatoes for the creative nourishment to prepare us for this conversation. Such an interesting topic to explore technology and the power of the digital world of which many of us understand so little about, although it is something that plays such a fundamental role in our everyday lives. We had a few fellow Collab'ers in the studio with me (Ryan Saunders) and a special guest host Rebecca Harrelson (http://sidewalkstories.weebly.com/). The two guests this week were Phillip Southern a sales force development consultant and Randall Hayes, founder of Agnosia Media and former science professor from A&T. Strap on your seat belts and let's spend some time together. Thank you for listening.

This episode is a special live recorded representation of a Dinner with a Side of Culture event which took place at the Blandwood Mansion on Tuesday April 21.

As an ode to the power of public art and the visit of The Art of Chase to Greensboro and the gift of a large mural for our city we put this event together. Our efforts to bring a wide range of intellectuals, creators and leaders together has culminated in a strong group effort to bring change by action in our city. Join us to hear these people express their thoughts and explanations as to where Greensboro is as a cultural entity.

This episode is a special live recorded representation of a Dinner with a Side of Culture event which took place at the Blandwood Mansion on Tuesday April 21.

As an ode to the power of public art and the visit of The Art of Chase to Greensboro and the gift of a large mural for our city we put this event together. Our efforts to bring a wide range of intellectuals, creators and leaders together has culminated in a strong group effort to bring change by action in our city. Join us to hear these people express their thoughts and explanations as to where Greensboro is as a cultural entity.

This episodes was primarily curated by co-host Jack Bonney, owner of CFBG records
(Center for Better Grooves). After many years as a passionate live music fan, record store owner and booking many live shows himself, he decided to team up with Ryan Saunders, Founder of Create Your City to find out why people will pay $10 to go to the movies but expect music to be free?

Thank you to Phillip Pledger (Founder of Phuzz Phest), Atiba Berkley (Higher Underground Productions) and Wade Gabel (Owner of River Twist and Gabel's, Jamestown, NC)

Also a special thank you to Elizabeth Gibbs and Small Potatoes for once again providing us an awesome Dinner and we provide the culture.

Thank you for listening to Dinner with a Side of Culture.

Thank you for your interest in this Create Your City production. For episode 5 we are happy to welcome Small Potatoes: www.eatsmallpotatoes.com (Please check them out on Facebook and Twitter: @Soup2go) Small Potatoes offers a mobile kitchen for food truck excitement and catering as well as a soupscription service. They have provided the Dinner and we provide the culture. Thank you again to Elizabeth and her team.

This week we have taken a different path as we concentrated on a more journalistic interview with local Greensboro entrepreneur, Allison Weldon owner of Nosilla Vintage (http://www.nosillavintage.com/) which is located at 500 S Elm St. in Downtown Greensboro. Nosilla Vintage is a retail store which presents a curated collection of vintage clothing and accessories as well as some new items. Allison found her creative spark early on with inspiration from her parents. Her childhood was full of joy and the lessons laid by her parents is what lended her the fearless ambition to take the leap into entrepreneurship.

We really focus on her path from childhood to adulthood in order to understand the environment which allowed her to fully develop her creative spirit into a business. We look forward to providing more insight into her business through www.facebook.com/createyourcity in order to encourage you in the audience to pursue your entrepreneurial dreams as well.

Thank you for listening. This podcast experience is brought to you by Ryan Saunders, founder of Create Your City and Jack Bonney, Owner of CFBG Records.

For those of you on the go we have also created a short recap of the episode and you will also be able to join the conversation with additional conversation on the Create Your City Facebook Page. Thank you for listening.

Create Your City Presents: Dinner with a Side of Culture is a new podcast experience brought to you by Jack Bonney (owner of Center for Better Grooves also known as CFBG records, http://www.cfbgs.com/) as well as Ryan Saunders, founder of Create Your City, a creative lifestyle brand which focuses on small to mid sized cities and the use of music, art, technology and transportation for the purpose of revitalization.This particular episode covers the topic of transportation more specificially. Ryan Saunders has utilized his Create Your City platform to create momentum behind public transportation in the city where we are headquartered Greensboro, NC. The plan is to develop special event routes, express routes and cross town connectors as well as incorporated bus routes and hours for night time users.On this episode we were able to discuss all modes of transportation with Madeleine Carey (Assistant Trails Director for the City of Greensboro), Mark Kirstner, Director of Planning for PART (Piedmont Area Transit) and Eric Ginsburg, Associate Editor Triad City Beat. Please listen and keep the conversation going with all of our social media platforms: @createyrcty and facebook.com/createyourcity. Thank you.