Savvy Citizen: A Gaston County Podcast savvycitizen

Mt. Holly is reviving its Arbor Day celebration, and Special Events and Communications Coordinator Chloe Clary talks about why this event is important to the city's identity. 

Payton Flowers with the Gaston County Cooperative Extension comes by the studio to talk about the tree inventory work being done and why its critical to the health of Gaston County's natural environment. 

Gaston College's Athletics program may still be in its infancy, but some of its teams are already playing with (and beating) the big kids. Athletics Director and Head Baseball Coach Shohn Doty talks about why the Rhinos have had so much early success and what this means for the program's future.

A brand-new independent bookstore is quickly becoming a place to build community in downtown Belmont. We take you on a tour of the Belmont Bookshop just in time for this month's Greater Charlotte Book Crawl. 

After a report in 2023 about the damage social media can cause to the mental health of teenagers, we sat down with Marissa and Autumn from the County's Teen Action Council to get their thoughts on how social media impacts their lives and the lives of their peers.

City of Gastonia Housing and Community Engagement Director Danette Dye talks to Savvy Citizen about the City's 3-day housing forum in April, and how they are fighting for greater equality and opportunity in the local market.