by Wadesboro | Aug 6, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Today marks the first anniversary of my weekly Field Notes column in the Speckled Paw newsletter. Five hundred words, give or take, every week for the past year. When one of...
by Wadesboro | Jul 30, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. On consecutive days last week, Charlotte and Seattle announced their newest professional sports franchises in MLS and the NHL, respectively. The Charlotte Major League Soccer...
by Wadesboro | Jul 23, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. On a sticky July afternoon in the summer between my sophomore and junior years in college, I was reading a book under the leafy maple in my parents’ backyard when my mother...
by Wadesboro | Jul 16, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. In an iconic scene from the 1982 movie “Fast Times At Ridgemont High,” perpetually stoned surfer Jeff Spicoli and his equally addled buddies walk into a fast-food restaurant,...
by Wadesboro | Jul 9, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. The year I got my driver’s license, 1979, fully one-third of the cars on the road had manual transmissions. Most cars and trucks in those days came standard with...
by Wadesboro | Jul 2, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. One of my earliest experiences with the vagaries and inconsistencies of the legal system occurred around the time I was 10. That would be 1972 for those keeping score at home....
