Bradley Dean, Creative Director and various other positions-holder at Billy Reid, spoke to us on the 29th of October. He was pretty hip, and for such a young guy, he did quite well presenting us with why we should get involved in our community.
He started by telling us that he was a UNA graduate himself, but compared to the experience he had at school, the "real world" was where he got valuable skills.
Then, He told us a little about what Billy Reid's company was and what they were doing, such as growing their own cotton, whereby creating jobs for locals. Bradley told us that Billy had won many awards not typical for someone from little ole Florence to have gotten; then again, aren't there Billy Reid stores in, like, New York?
So, what really got my attention was when he started talking about buying his house in Historic Downtown Flo-town, only to absolutely destroy it.
Boom goes the dynamite! JK.
How come no one had said anything?, he thought. From then on, he got involved with the community. He started to go to meetings and stuff to see how everything worked. He eventually got on the Historic Preservation Inc. (or something like that). This way, many opportunities opened up for him. Now, there is a more watchful eye on preserving Downtown Florence thanks to concerned people like Bradley taking an initiative, like this guy:
He started by telling us that he was a UNA graduate himself, but compared to the experience he had at school, the "real world" was where he got valuable skills.
Then, He told us a little about what Billy Reid's company was and what they were doing, such as growing their own cotton, whereby creating jobs for locals. Bradley told us that Billy had won many awards not typical for someone from little ole Florence to have gotten; then again, aren't there Billy Reid stores in, like, New York?
So, what really got my attention was when he started talking about buying his house in Historic Downtown Flo-town, only to absolutely destroy it.
Boom goes the dynamite! JK.How come no one had said anything?, he thought. From then on, he got involved with the community. He started to go to meetings and stuff to see how everything worked. He eventually got on the Historic Preservation Inc. (or something like that). This way, many opportunities opened up for him. Now, there is a more watchful eye on preserving Downtown Florence thanks to concerned people like Bradley taking an initiative, like this guy:
I love how your blogs always have cool little clips to get your point across. *Sigh* All I can do is annoy everyone with incessant Hobbit pictures.
ReplyDeleteIn Pace Christi,
Elyse
=D Thanks! Blame it on all the time I waste on the Internet. lol
ReplyDeleteI have an account on Tumblr, so I use GIFs all the time! If you want to add some to yours, the easiest thing to do is to go to tumblr.com and just look up "excited gif" or something like that in the search box. I guess Google would work, too, but Tumblr has amassed a great wealth of GIFs.