Hollins Market

This past week, the present group worked on collecting more interviews and as a class we were to read the transcriptions to see what is the common theme in them. The theme or "word on the street" is how certain areas, like the Arabbers stables and other local businesses add to the areas rich history. Many locals want to preserve the area and not change it, but with War Horse wanting to build in the area it will definitely change the dynamic of the neighborhood. There is a 'rough' sketch of what Hollins Market is predicted to look like, if construction could happen, but it is a plan the community members haven't really discussed or know if it's ever going to happen. I have an interview before class today with JR, he lives in the community and he also was the previous owner of Mi Ranchito's , which use to be the location where the Cultured Pearl once stood. So I'm definitely excited to see what he has to say about living and running a business in Hollins

The past couple of weeks have been busy ones to say the least; we've recently had past alumni and other special guests in to discuss the outcome of our project. We did something very similar like this last semester, from the "Learning from Lexington", which helped us get an outsiders point of view on how to tweak our project where it will be the most beneficial. The "past" portion of our group has created a digitalized "walking tour" as well as pictures of the current places to use on the website. The present portion of our group have been working on gaining interviews to help contribute to the overall project. My contributions has been targeted setup of the interviews and usage of the equipment, by enlisting a current student who is a pro at the audio equipment. In the coming weeks we will be finishing up interviews and transcribing them for the final project. I'm extremely excited to see how well this project is coming along....