Planting the Kudzu Project: Growing Stories Across the South
Planting the Kudzu Project: Growing Stories Across the South Every project starts with a seed of an idea. For us, that seed has become the Kudzu Project — a new podcast and storytelling…
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Taking a deep dive into publishing
Taking a deep dive into publishing I’m excited to share that the newly revised and expanded edition of Dive Atlas of the World is now available — and I had the opportunity to…
Postero’s pleasureful plates.
Local flavor, elevated. For many, no conversation about Hendersonville is complete without a mention of the city’s food scene, which is remarkably advanced for its size. Indeed, there’s no shortage of outstanding eateries,…
Look Homeward, Angel
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…
My first Cyanotype.
“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…
VHF: They bought the farm … literally.
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…
Lucey Agency produces Hurricane Helene response video for HCPED
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…
Let’s help Bethany find a kidney!
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…
Who doesn’t love ice cream?
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,…
We’ve heard some Local Gossip.
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…
Lucey Agency now offers FREE marketing workshops for small businesses
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…
The curious town of Marshall, North Carolina
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…
I wore clean underwear for this: High tea at the Omni Grove Park Inn
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…
Helping the Hitching Post
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…
Sometimes, things come full-circle.
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…
We help the Pump House stay pumped.
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…
Greetings from Southern Streams
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…
We fall for the mountains every year.
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…
PrairiePosts picks the Lucey Agency.
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…
Pardon me boy, is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo?
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…