The heart of our mission is to find the amazing souls that breathe life into our communities. In the recent weeks, we’ve had the privilege to connect with some incredible artists, creatives, entrepreneurs and rabble rousers and we can’t begin to express how impressed we are with the incredible group below.
Matthew Mayes
We built our operation much like the Grateful Dead did, centered around live shows and from the inside out. We had our own management and booking team in house, and started our own record label to release our music. It’s all still going. We release new music every 5-6 weeks on every major platform, and we still tour. We’ve been together for 35 years, played over 6000 shows, and sold millions of records, downloads, and streams. It’s been a heck of a ride. Read more>>
Jenna Poole
Custom Cake Studio is only in it’s 4th year of being a brick a mortar business but it roots started back in 2006 with two best friends wanting to make yummy cakes for friends and family. It branched into a home business that slowly picked up customers and popularity over a 15 year period. Read more>>
Mikaelah Seifrit
In April 2016, I founded Southern Grace Interiors to provide design services to growing Bluffton and Hilton Head Island SC, with excellence and creativity. Now grown into a collective of interior design professionals, my team and I serve clients regionally and nationwide, working with builders, architects, investors, and homeowners. Read more>>
Fritz Rumpel
I grew up in Savannah in the 1950’s and 60’s. and left in 1973, only returning occasionally to visit my parents. I moved back in Savannah in 2004. Two years later my wife Lorrie said we should produce a play about the history of slavery in Savannah. Read more>>
Amanda Higgins
The Dahlia: Honoring Vidalia’s Heritage Amanda Higgins transformed a historic railway storage building on SW Main Street in Vidalia, Georgia, into an event venue called The Dahlia. Inspired by the city’s origin and railroad history, Amanda and her husband Michael renovated the early 1900s structure, overcoming initial doubts about its condition. Read more>>
Jessalyn Barrett
I came to law school later in life, working full time as a paralegal while attending Georgia State University College of Law part time in Atlanta. After graduating, I began my legal career as a felony prosecutor in the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit, where I served for approximately two years. Read more>>
Emily Jean
Before I ever stepped behind the chair professionally, I had lived through enough hard seasons to understand how deeply people need places of rest. When I built my salon, I wasn’t just creating a business — I was creating the space I once needed myself. A place of ease, quiet confidence, and emotional exhale. Read more>>
Katie Boyes
Katie and Ginevra are the dynamic daughter-in-law and mother-in-law duo behind Honey & Thistle. They met through a mutual love of a winemaker, Ginevra’s son. They became fast friends and worked together in the family business, a Bed & Breakfast, Winery, and Events Venue in North Georgia. Read more>>
