THOM 10 | Spring / Summer 2018

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Letter From the Editor l. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. As I count the issues of THOM stacked on my table, I’m taken back five years, to when four friends regularly met around another table with no agenda but to talk about others’ ideas and our visions for Thomasville. We wanted to create a space for ideas to flourish without any specific outcome in mind. We were just good friends enjoying good, uninhibited conversations. THOM was conceived around that table, and with this printing we add number 10 to the stack. We set out to tell the stories of the people shaping the life of our city, because we believe that any town’s strong future largely depends on its thinkers, innovators, explorers and artists. As we celebrate our 10th issue, our city is experiencing a big shift—as all cities do. It’s exhilarating and evolutionary. Our young people are returning home to start businesses and raise families; our most active citizens are educating themselves about how to build a stronger community; a generation that left an indelible stamp on Thomasville is passing on; and our conference tables are more diverse than ever, thanks in part to the businesses that are attracting people from all parts of the world. I’m more certain today than I was five years ago that the key to keeping our town’s successes coming lies in the minds of the creative thinkers who will guide us through this new era. In honor of our 10th issue, we’re exploring the Power of Ten. We hope you will celebrate with us by having a conversation with someone about any of the stories in this issue. Talk about the marks our 10 ascending artists are making on our city. Reminisce about yourself as a 10-yearold, and consider whether the person you are today resembles who you were then. Get up close and personal and talk about a time when you ventured away from home and how it changed the way you saw the world. Share stories about a period in Thomasville’s history that made our city what it is today. As we were wrapping up this issue, I was fortunate to spend time with 10 of our city’s greatest storytellers as they recalled moments in the past that made a difference for Thomasville. Each conversation lasted more than an hour, but the magic invariably happened in the last 10 minutes, when the recorder was turned off. We were just good friends enjoying good, uninhibited conversations. Michele Arwood Executive Director Thomasville Center for the Arts 3
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Page 11 and 12: I am... a producer. A storyteller.
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First-timers. Charlie first hit it
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Greer Cox YMCA of Thomasville Stren
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10 stops in 10 hours between Thomas
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