This week on The Upstate Trail Talks, Griffin hits the trail with Greenville native and owner of Scoundrel, Chef Joe Cash! Chef Joe recounts his early days in the food industry here in the Upstate before taking on some of the emost acclaimed restaurants in NYC and abroad until he decided it was time to come home to make something his own.

This week on The Upstate Trail Talk, Griffin gets a tour from Executive Director, Kay Roper, and boardmember, Michael McCullough, of Cancer Survivors Park. The two share the history of the park and why its a place of hope and healing to some many of those here in the Upstate.

This week on The Upstate Trail Talks, Griffin is joined by CEO and Head of Creative at FUEL branding agency, Mary Church Cornette. Mary shares what her experience was like sharpening her skills in the branding industry during her time in LA and New York City before bringing her talents here to the Upstate. FUEL has helped build up some of the most well known brands here in the Upstate!

This week on The Upstate Trail Talks, Griffin is introduced to what the decaf life is like by Matthew Smith, owner of Wimp Decaf Coffee Co. Matthew shares why he has embarked on this journey to bring high quality decaf coffee to the world!

This week on The Upstate Trail Talks, Griffin gets the chance to chat with the former Executive VP of the Greenville Drive! Nate Lipscomb shares his story about bringing the team here to Greenville along with some of his favorite memories over the year. Go Drive!

This week on The Upstate Trail Talks, Griffin is joined by Mary McGowan (BikeWalkGVL) and Sam Davis (Upstat Greenways and Trails Alliance) to talk about the amazing clean up effort of the Swamp Rabbit Trail after Hurricane Helene. Plus some insight on some other trail projects!

This week on The Upstate Trail Talks, Griffin is joined by founder of Vessel Magazine, Blair Knobel. As a native to the Upstate, Blair shares her unique experience of growing up here, moving to New York to work on her publishing craft, only to answer her calling to come back home. Blair worked for a decade as editor in chief for TOWN Magazine before starting her new venture of VSSL.

This week on The Upstate Trail Talks, Griffin hits the trail with Kate Gaffney, founder of Avryn Co. Kate shares her story of how making a leather wristlet out of necessity turned into launching her own business that hand crafts these products right here in Greenville!

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This week on The Upstate Trail Talks, Griffin is joined by the amazing duo behind Jianna - Chef Michael Kramer and GM Andrea Royko. New to the show, Andrea shares a bit about her story and then the pair dive into the making of the new Jianna Cookbook! Available now!

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This week on The Upstate Trail Talks, Griffin is joined by local writer, Abby Moore Keith! Abby shares what led her to be a writer as well as what led her to the Upstate.