The Cyanotype adventures continue… Author Thomas Wolfe’s father, a stonecutter, sold the statue to H. F. Johnson to mark his family’s plot. The statue was referenced frequently in Wolfe’s groundbreaking first book, “Look Homeward, Angel.” I took this color photograph…
“Water and Time,” potassium ferricyanide and ferric ammonium citrate on 140-pound watercolor paper, 15″ by 11″ Photo of waterfalls at Tuxedo Falls, outside Zirconia, North Carolina, printed using the Cyanotype method. A negative of the original photograph is printed onto…
When the Veterans Healing Farm — a Henderson County, North Carolina-based nonprofit serving the local veteran community — lost access to their former property on Yale Road in early 2024, they never knew at the time that it would be…
The Lucey Agency recently worked with the Henderson County Partnership for Economic Development to produce a video entitled “Resilient,” which outlined Henderson County and Hendersonville leadership’s response to the Hurricane Helene disaster, and its impacts on the local industry in…
It’s no coincidence that when you walk into Southern Streams CoffeeHouse in Laurel Park, North Carolina, you feel like family. It’s owned and operated by Lori Rodriguez and her daughters, so a definitive family feel permeates the entire establishment. One…
We try to eat healthy, but sometimes excuses fall into our laps, and we fall off the dietary wagon. Enter the Hendersonville Ice Cream Trail at McConnell Farms. Thank you, Our State Magazine, for devising this delicious idea. Read more…
One of the rewards of managing social media for local companies is getting to know the owners and getting in tune with their event schedules — particularly when the business is a top-notch brewery and the event is a live…
Somebody famous once said, “A rising tide lifts all boats.” It’s unclear who exactly said it, but the concept is memorable nonetheless. Sorta like marketing. That’s why the Lucey Agency is now providing small business owners and managers with the…
It has been called “a block wide, a mile long, sky high and hell deep” — and who are we to argue? The curious town of Marshall, North Carolina straddles the banks of the French Broad River as if for…
by Nick Lucey • On assignment at the Omni Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina, for the Carolina Epicurian • “Guess what we’re doing this weekend, dear?” These seven dreaded words can shake any married man to his core.…
The Hitching Post, a brand-new wedding and event venue in western North Carolina, has enlisted the help of the Lucey Agency for its website and marketing. Nestled in bucolic western North Carolina, and equidistant to Lenoir, Hickory, and Morganton, The…
Like when you’re there for a client in the very beginning. But then, you go your separate ways … amicably, of course. And then, by some twist of fate, and for reasons that seem almost cosmic and serendipitous, you reunite…
We call it a win-win. Helping a local fitness center reach their members as well as prospective clients, while staying healthy ourselves. When we moved to Hendersonville and began looking for a new fitness center, all roads pointed to the…
The Lucey Agency is pleased to announce that our greeting card line is now available at Southern Streams CoffeeHouse, located alongside the scenic Ecusta Trail in Laurel Park, North Carolina, just west of Hendersonville. The cards feature imagery capturing the…
Each year in the first week of October, along with thousands (maybe tens of thousands) of others, we perform our ritual of heading west in Colorado to witness the annual display of trees morphing from various verdant shades of green…
One of the Lucey Agency’s newest clients is PrairiePosts LLC, a startup based in Keenesburg, Colorado, that produces bespoke lighted address posts made of high-quality steel. Born on the prairie and catering to rural homes where it’s often more difficult…
Chattanooga, Tennessee, is one of those rough gems of a city that punches you right in the face when you least expect it. There’s a tendency to go into it with very few preconceived notions, but then you find yourself…
I’m beyond honored and proud to assist the Castle Rock Police Department with their latest community outreach efforts, helping them design a trailer wrap for their new ice cream distribution vehicle. “Frosty Five-0” will skate around town and hand out…
If you know us, you know we LOVE talking about small business marketing. Give us a platform and we will go to town. That is just what the Castle Rock Chamber of Commerce did last week and boy, did we…
The Lucey Agency is helping Southern Streams Coffee House connect with its customers and fan base through the power of social media. The new coffee shop, located in Laurel Park, North Carolina, just west of Hendersonville, serves organic, fair-trade coffee,…