David Meeker is a Raleigh native, which is becoming harder and harder to spot these days with so many folks moving to town. He founded Carpenter Development and partnered with the Trophy Brewing team in 2008 to open Trophy Brewing and Young Hearts Distilling. He has made every mistake in the world, lived to tell about it, and has invaluable development experience because of that. David is on the Board of the Raleigh Chamber, Downtown Raleigh Alliance, Common Cause NC, North Carolinians for Redistricting Reform, Dix Park, Dogwood Bank Advisory Board, and Artspace all of which have a major focus on building community in Raleigh. He is also on the Capital Campaign Committee for Healing Transitions, a detox and recovery center on Dix Park. David lives in Downtown Raleigh with his wife and two boys.

You can connect with him here:

@davidmeeker on twitter

@wrightbros on IG

And then check out some of David's favorite places:

Beasley's Chicken and Honey

Death & Taxes

Umstead Park

Dix Park

Layered

Boulted Bread

Morgan Street Food Hall

Transfer Co Food Hall

Garland

Centro

Fiction Kitchen

Crank Arm Brewing