People

“Coming to Fondren has been a great experience,” Cesar Torres said. “It’s broadened our knowledge of the restaurant business.”

“It’s in our personalities,” Ben said, “to fight for justice. Teneia and I both have hearts that beat for humanity and want to see equality pervasive throughout culture.”

“We are a consciously curated creative supply and general store,” Nicole Jenkins explained. “We’re trying to make a difference, connecting makers to customers.”

“There is a desire to reach the community…. We just want to figure out how – how to strengthen that, to help people know who we are and where we are.”

“[It] has a greater purpose,” says the Troy, AL native of the global language of music “People do listen and this is what happens when you unite for a greater good.”

“The work I do is a reflection of myself. If I can’t say I would live here, or I would want this, I’m not going to choose it [for my tenants].”

“It takes hard work, practice, critical observation and discipline,” says Hellings of the methods he uses to share his creative spirit.

“The sense of community in Fondren – even if you don’t hang out with them on a Saturday night, you know people. It has opened up a lot of doors for me.”

“I’ve always drawn and made art for as long as I can remember, but I never saw it as something I could do for a career.”

Harris, a Jackson native raised in Utah, specializes in helping clients transform their spaces while making sure the client’s personal taste comes through in the designs.