At Home With Roby

Bill Kibbe, President of Brookwood Construction, joins Trent and Patrick on “At Home with Roby”.   Brookwood Construction provides construction services on various commercial project types including corporate interiors, real estate development, hospitality, retail and healthcare.  Bill started the company in 2010 in a friend’s conference room with just one part-time estimator.  Today, the company employs over 20 employees with 3 new people starting this month alone.  Tune in to meet Bill and learn more about the company’s growth over the last 10 years, despite the Great Recession and current challenges impacting the construction industry today. 

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Kathy Jetton, President & CEO of Make-A-Wish® Central & Western NC, joins Trent and Patrick for a special Mother’s Day episode of “At Home with Roby”.  Kathy joined the Make-A-Wish team in October of 2020.  It has been a challenging time for the organization, but Kathy and her team have celebrated many successes, including the first ever virtual Wish Ball in February that raised $480,000 (which will grant the wishes of 80 children with critical illnesses in our community!).  Tune in to learn more about that event, the Wish House, and exciting things the chapter has planned for 2021 (including our Pitchin’ for Wishes Cornhole Tourney returning this November to Freedom Park).  https://wish.org/nc

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Brannen Edge joins Trent and special guest host, Matt Young, on “At Home with Roby”.  Brannen is with Flagship Healthcare Properties, a company focused exclusively on the clinical outpatient healthcare space.  Flagship Healthcare Properties invests in, maintains, manages and even builds healthcare facilities that don’t require an overnight stay.  Hospitals are increasingly moving care to these outpatient facilities with more than half of surgeries taking place outside of a hospital campus.  These smaller facilities offer patients better care, convenience and lower costs.  Tune in to “meet” Brannen to learn more.

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 Anthony Chadwick with Roby Services joins Patrick and special guest host, Josiah Boling, on “At Home with Roby”.  Anthony is one of our Lead HVAC Technicians and shares tips and tricks to get your unit ready for spring and the hot summer months ahead.  In addition, Josiah gives a plug for his latest business venture, Hive Fitness.  Hive Fitness opened its doors in January 2020 and combines four boutique studios (cycling, yoga, barre and boot camp) with an open gym.  With one membership to Hive Fitness, members can visit the open gym with free weights or attend group classes, without the hassle and expense of belonging to multiple studios.  Learn more at hivefitnessclt.com.

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Trent and Patrick welcome Karen Calder, Executive Director of Classroom Central, to the show.  Classroom Central serves 127,000 students and their teachers in nearly 200 schools across 6 school districts in NC and SC.  Classroom Central was founded in 2002, and over the last 20 years has given away $70 million in free school supplies to our local teachers.  Their Free Store on Wilkinson Blvd is designed to provide all the materials teachers need to create successful learning environments.  Materials include basic supplies like pencils, paper, notebooks, glue sticks and folders, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) materials, lesson plans, books, arts and crafts, classroom decorations, cleaning supplies, personal care items and more.  Tune in to learn the challenges they're currently facing because of the pandemic and how you can help through donations, volunteer opportunities and their "Color a Brighter Future" event happening this Tuesday, April 20th. 

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Neal Reid, son of Charles Reid, returns to “At Home with Roby” to continue sharing memories of his father’s store, the iconic Park-N-Shop on Wilkinson Blvd.  On our last show with Neal, the conversation ended at 1956 when the first Park-N-Shop burned to the ground.  Charles continued operating the store out of a shack in the parking lot, while also overseeing construction of the new store that opened in 1958.  Running the new store was a true family affair with Charles’ sister running the snack bar, his brother-in-laws manning the meat and produce departments, and his brother overseeing shipping and receiving and the store’s three tractor trailers.  Behind the scenes, Charles was busy brainstorming the store’s hot deals and extravagant promotions that many longtime Charlotteans remember fondly today – 10 cent hotdogs, car giveaways, surprise appearances by Smiley the Clown and more.  Tune in to hear more stories and happy memories, and to learn about our plans to bring the building back to life as Park-N-Workshop.

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Chad Hendley, COO for IH Services, joins Trent and Patrick on “At Home with Roby”.  IH Services is a 3rd generation family business started in 1955 by Chad’s grandfather.  IH Services provides janitorial and security services for manufacturing,  industrial, distribution, healthcare, commercial, and educational facilities.  Tune in to learn about their company values, how COVID-19 impacted their business, and an exciting sponsorship deal with Chad’s first cousin and professional golfer, Lucas Glover.  (You just may see their company logo while watching the PGA Tour!)

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Jim Walker, President & CEO of PrimeSouth Bank, joins Trent and Patrick on “At Home with Roby”.  At PrimeSouth Bank, their mission is to help customers “find their prime” at every stage of life.  For some, that’s buying a home, renovating a home, starting a small business or creating a succession plan for after retirement.  Whatever the passion, it’s their passion as a financial partner to help their clients get there.  Learn more at primesouth.com. 

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 If you’re “big on the pig”, don’t miss this episode of “At Home with Roby” with special guest, Greg Floyd, with Piggly Wiggly.  Greg’s career with Piggly Wiggly started when he was just a teen wrapping grapes, rotating bananas, stocking shelves and bagging groceries.  Today, he helps run all 38 stores in eastern NC.  Tune in to learn more about the history of the store (founded in Memphis, TN in 1916), what differentiates Piggly Wiggly from its competitors, and their plans for the future that include remodeling their stores and launching online shopping.  Learn more at https://www.pigglywigglystores.com/.

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Dan Campbell, Founder and Executive Chairman of Hire Dynamics, joins Trent for “At Home with Roby”.  With Patrick on vacation, Trent’s youngest daughter, Piper, joins as co-host.  Christian McCall stops by to talk about the 2021 Wish Ball for Make-A-Wish Central & Western NC and plans for this year’s Pitchin’ for Wishes Cornhole Tourney.  https://hiredynamics.com/

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