Seth Beattie

BUILDING A CULTURE OF RECOVERY

BUILDING A CULTURE OF RECOVERY

David Smeltz is working full-time. He’s teaching martial arts and meditation. He’s written a memoir about his path through drug and alcohol recovery.

And, in his spare time, when other busy people might be content to watch television or catch up on lost sleep, he’s in the process of rehabbing a building and launching a nonprofit on Buckeye.

SOME CONTEXT - CREATIVE PLACEMAKING

SOME CONTEXT - CREATIVE PLACEMAKING

Sanders Henderson, the multi-talented owner of Nikki's Music - rightfully calls himself a workaholic. But as Justin asked in a recent post, does he think of himself as an artist? Does he see his many creative skills - in music events, store displays and balloon creations - as a way to contribute to community change? It's an important question.