The Chatham Park Podcast

Join us as we sit down in the studio with Kenny Mann of Liquid Pleasure fame, and discuss his roots in Pittsboro, playing venues all over the world, and their upcoming show on the Tommy Edwards stage at MOSAIC in Chatham Park! We also talk to Adriane Karlinski and Savannah Fox on what is happening this summer at MOSAIC, and what is coming soon to the Gateway to Chatham Park!  Links to things menti...

If you own a new home, making changes to improve your energy efficiency and reduce your energy costs can be hard to maximize, especially if your home has been built to a higher standard. There is only so much you can do to push the needle. We discuss this with Jamie Hager and Graham Alexander from Southern Energy Management, as they help us decide the best ways to save on energy costs, and what im...

We dig deep in the soil on the topic of Native Plants in the Chatham Park Planned Development District (PDD) with our guests Vanessa Jenkins, Executive VP for Preston Development Company, and Kurt Bland, President and CEO of Bland Landscaping, as well as Hillary Moody, who runs the Design and Estimating teams at Bland.  Bland Landscaping has been helping Chatham Park since construction began back...

This past March the long anticipated Chatham Park YMCA, part of the YMCA of the Triangle, opened its doors in the new NOVI community of Chatham Park. Hear from Forrest Perry, Vice President of Operations with the YMCA of the Triangle, and Caitlin Gleissner, Executive Director of the Chatham Park YMCA.  We discuss what this Y means to Chatham County, and Chatham Park, and how it will serve the comm...

Welcome to season 4 of the Chatham Park Podcast! In this episode we catch up with what is happening in the Gateway to Chatham Park.  We talk movie nights, concerts, markets, food, entertainment, living in Chatham Park, and also what 79 Degrees West is, and how community is being built in this development. We also hear about Northwood Landing across the street from MOSAIC To donate or help with Cha...

On this episode of the Chatham Park Podcast, we are talking with Melissa Beard, Executive Director of the Chatham Outreach  Alliance, or CORA. Cora has been helping those in need in Chatham County since 1989 and today you will hear about what they are doing and more.  CORA’s ultimate goal is to build a community without hunger by collecting and purchasing healthy food for distribution though their...

In this episode we learn all about Rotary, Rotary International, and the local Rotary Club here in Pittsboro, NC when we sit down and talk with Connolly Walker, the President of the Pittsboro Rotary Club. The website of the Pittsboro Rotary: https://www.rotaryofpittsboro.org/ The International Website of Rotary: https://www.rotary.org/en chathampark.com prestondev.com

A quick update about the 2023 Parade of Homes. Links below: https://triangleparade.com/about-the-parade chathampark.com mosaicatchathampark.com https://www.ymcatriangle.org/chatham-park-ymca https://www.uprightbuilders.com/ https://www.pulte.com/homes/north-carolina/raleigh/pittsboro/vineyards-at-chatham-park-210937 https://www.uptonandco.com/ https://www.davidweekleyhomes.com/new-homes/nc/raleigh...

Not since the announcement of Chatham Park as there been so much media buzz as when the YMCA announced that through a partnership with Preston Development Company, that a new state of the art YMCA facility was going to be built in Pittsboro, in the North Village Town Center of Chatham Park.  We at Preston Development Company have a long history of building communities, and working with the YMCA ha...

n this episode you will hear several of the segments of interviews produced for WCHL in Chapel Hill, NC with Tim Smith, Julian "Bubba" Rawl and Vanessa Jenkins from Preston Development Company. They discuss the retail and restaurants in Chatham Park, Affordable Housing, and Amenities.  Special thanks to Art Chansky and his team for producing these spots. This is Part 2 of a series that a...

In this episode you will hear several of the segments of interviews produced for WCHL in Chapel Hill, NC with Tim Smith, Julian "Bubba" Rawl and Vanessa Jenkins from Preston Development Company. They discuss the how Tim and Bubba met, their relationship over the years, and how Chatham Park came to be. Special thanks to Art Chansky and his team for producing these spots. This is Part 1 of...

In this episode we sit down with Wesley Hutchins and Jimmy Holland with McKim&Creed ( https://www.mckimcreed.com/ ) and Vanessa Jenkins and Jake Smith with Preston Development Company ( https://www.prestondev.com/ ) and discuss our Water Recovery Center, which recently won several awards. First was the 2022 Cleantech Innovation award for our impact on Water. This was awarded by the Research Tr...

In this episode we learn about the new Paddles Swim & Pickleball club in Chatham Park in Pittsboro North Carolina, and interview Jackson Bowen of tennisbloc, who gives a great overview of the sport of Pickleball and why it is so popular.  tennisbloc.com chathampark.com paddlesatchathampark.com For a chance to win a bottle of Chatham Park Honey, send your podcast suggestions to  podcast@chatham...

We have installed 2 Pollination Stations in Chatham Park to bring our honeybee population up to 8 hives at our Water Recovery Center, and 3 horizontal hives at MOSAIC. Hear all about them, more about beekeeping and honey production, and other interesting information on pollinators from Master Beekeeper Jody Moore of Rocky River Bees.  Episode Recorded on May 13, 2022.  rockyriverbees.com chathampa...

Our Guest Kirk Bradley is the Chairman, President, and CEO of Lee-Moore Capital Company, developers of the MOSAIC project and Northwood Landing. Kirk recently was awarded the Pillar award from the Triangle Business Journals 2022 Space Awards. He truly is a visionary and a trendsetter, and you can hear in this episode just how plugged into Central North Carolina he is, and how he desires to bring g...

In this episode we talk with Jessica Mashburn, Exective Branch Directory of the Chatham County Y, part of the YMCA of the Triangle. They have a Leprechaun Run 5K/10K that is happening on Saturday, March 12, 2022 in Chatham Park. We also discuss what services the Y is currently providing in Chatham County.  Links for more information: https://www.ymcatriangle.org/programs/sports-adult/leprechaun-da...

A recap of some major happenings in the Chatham Park Development in 2021, and a few interviews as we check in with Thales Academy, Southern Energy Management, and MOSAIC. Links to topics mentioned in the show: https://chathampark.com The EcoSelect report mentioned by Jamie Hager of Southern Energy Management: https://chathampark.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Chatham_Park_Q3-Sustainability-Report....

A virtual tour of Chatham Park with a focus on the 2021 Parade of Homes. The 2021 Parade of Homes is held over the first 3 weekends in October. Chatham Park has 3 entries in the Parade, and two of them are open for tours.  Here are the links for everything mentioned in this episode: https://triangleparade.com https://chathampark.com https://www.mosaicatchathampark.com https://pittsboronc.gov https...

In this episode we interview Jody Moore, Master Bee Keeper and owner of Rocky River Bees in Pittsboro, North Carolina. Jody will be overseeing the installation and management of honey bee hives in Chatham Park, and we discuss this and other pollinators, along with some other aspects of beekeeping and the importance of bees in the environment, the challenges they face, and what you can do to help t...

In this episode we interview Alaina Money-Garman, co-owner of Garman Homes on location at the Barnaby America at Home Study Concept Home and discuss what this home is all about. This was an active construction site on the tail end of a 60 day build, and we had some issues recording the last part of the interview because we didn't want the workers to stop just so we could record. That is life...

In this interview, Vanessa Jenkins and Bill Oestereich sit down with Jamie Hager of Southern Energy Management.  Entering her 21st year in the construction industry, Jamie has served multiple roles in housing -- building as a construction supervisor, managing green building programs, performing inspections and performance testing for multiple high performance home programs, training builders and s...

We interview Ashly Johnson, Director Of Community Outreach at Strata Solar and talk about Solar Power Plants, and the Tinker Farm in Chatham Park. Tinker Farm is a 5 megawatt AC/7 megawatt DC Solar Power Plant located off Moncure Pittsboro road on the Chatham Park project. It has been in operation for a couple of years now providing enough electricity to power over 700 homes. Founded in 2008 in Ch...

In this episode, we talk with Johanna Murphy, Headmaster of the Thales Academy that is currently under construction and will be the first school in the Chatham Park development. We discuss what make a Thales education different, and what a typical school day and year looks like, as well as what tuition costs at this fantastic private school.  You can find out more at www.thalesacademy.org  www.cha...

In this episode we talk to Jake Smith with Preston Development Company on the status of the Knight Farm Community Park, and Jody Leidolf with Montgomery Development Carolina Corp. on the MOSAIC development and Northwood Landing. We also discuss residential construction progress and other happenings in Chatham Park in Pittsboro, North Carolina www.chathampark.com www.mosaicatchathampark.com

There is more to stormwater management than meets the eye. This episode we sit down with WithersRavenel stormwater expert Hunter Freeman to discuss the Chatham Park Project and how managing stormwater in a large project is crucial to preserving the natural resources as best we can while managing growth and providing places for people to live, work, play and learn. Also joining us is Vanessa Jenkin...