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Copeland Springs Farm & Kitchen closed its kitchen at The Plant at the end of 2022. The farm will continue to operate and offer their weekly CSA boxes, as well as host events throughout the year. “I’ve been aiming to find a better balance,” owner and chef Kristin Bulpitt, (who appeared on our September/ October 2021 cover) wrote in her newsletter announcement. “One that supports this dream of the farm and kitchen but that also doesn’t make me sacrifice everything that makes a life worth living. It turns out that part of creating that balance means letting go of a part of the dream.”
service. Now, the funeral homes are operated by owner and trustee Elizabeth Walker (daughterin-law of Allen Sr.), pictured with Robert Chambers at the groundbreaking.
The Creative Goat transitioned
from its retail storefront on Thompson Street in Pittsboro to a booth in Finders and Seekers Emporium on Rectory Street in October. The booth stocks products by Dixie Belle Paint and Iron Orchid Designs, as well as North Carolinamade soaps, and candles. Additionally, The Creative Goat is expanding its custom work with T-shirts, banners and embroidery.
Kayla McCline,
administrative assistant for Chatham Literacy, left the organization in November after more than three years. In December, Dave Rosenbaum, pictured below, opened Sylvan
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Walker’s Funeral Home
Learning of Chapel Hill in Governors Village to provide
tutoring services. Dave, owner of the Durham location, saw the need and launched a virtual learning program in February 2022 to make tutoring available during the pandemic. The new brickand-mortar location came as a result of the virtual program’s success.
celebrated its 100-year anniversary by breaking ground on a fourth facility in November. The mortuary will be located near the intersection of 15-501 and Old Lystra Road near Cole Park Plaza and is its first location in Chatham County. Walker’s Funeral Home was founded in 1922 by Houston J. Walker and his son, Allen H. Walker Sr., on the principles of providing neighborly care and compassionate
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CHATHAM MAGAZINE
FEBRUARY / MARCH 2023
PHOTO BY JOHN MICHAEL SIMPSON
Carolina Athletics partnered with Cackalacky to create a Carolina Tar Heels BBQ Sauce. The product is available at all Food Lion, Harris Teeter, Publix and Lowes Foods locations in North Carolina as well as select local retailers like Johnny T-shirt in Chapel
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Hill. Cackalacky CEO and cofounder Caroline Skelton said in a press release. “It’s an absolute thrill for us to partner with Carolina Athletics and Tar Heel Sports Properties, and to bring the fun and uniqueness of Cackalacky to Carolina fans near and far.”