What is your favorite aspect about working downtown? Being part of an amazing “downtown business family” How long have you worked downtown and where? Moved into our office on 7/1/2017, 146 N. Main Street Farmville What is your favorite Downtown Farmville memory? Too many to mention in just the short period of…
“To see the core of our community thrive because then the whole will follow.”
Leah Olivier | Art Instructor | Red Door 104 What do you love about working downtown? Working downtown provides that ‘human-fix’ that I don’t get working alone in my studio or on the farm. It is that life affirming place that allows me to teach classes and reconnect with living…
“I love being involved in my community and seeing things get done!”
“I am involved in Farmville Downtown because I’m excited to assist in Farmville’s growth.”
“I am involved because I want to help others see the beauty and vibrancy of our downtown area.”
“There wasn’t any fear. I just thought-this is your moment. Seize it.” -Barbara Rose Johns And seize the moment she did. In 1951 Barbara Rose Johns, a sixteen-year-old, led over 450 students on a walkout at the Robert Russa Moton High School, located on Griffin Boulevard in Farmville. The…
“I am involved because I like to help make great projects happen- putting the pieces together.”
“A chance to put my two cents in a town that is on the cusp of becoming even more special, prominent & livable.”
How did you find your way to Farmville? Both of my parents are Prince Edward County natives. My dad was in the Army, so we lived in a few places like Berlin, Germany and Ft. Lewis, Washington before settling down in the Farmville area in 1988. Who asked you to…
