meet — doesn’t matter if you’re a Republican or Democrat or pro-choice, pro-life, you
know, you finally have a chance to talk to
each other. And I think there’s so much
divisiveness in the country on so many levels that we just don’t have that.
“We’re there as neighbors — we want
our kids to grow up and have productive
lives, we want to have our parents live out
their lives in a beautiful place, that’s what
civilization is all about.”
Heather has taken on the opening of the
Haw River Ballroom in what was once the
mill’s dye house. The vast space, whose ceil-
ings are 32 feet high, has been renovated as
an all-purpose music and events venue, one
big enough to fit more than 700 people.
“We see this project as a philanthropic labor
of love,” she told the radio program. She
said former mill hands are amazed some-
