https://www.culturalnarrativearchitect.comRSS Feed for The Cultural Narrative ArchitectenMon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://barnraisingmedia.com/at-gilliard-farms-food-healing-and-heritage-grow-together/Front page feature. Strong editor and reader feedback. "For 150 years, a family of Gullah Geechee descent has preserved their story through family land."Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://barnraisingmedia.com/at-gilliard-farms-food-healing-and-heritage-grow-together/https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/401415/uploads/42f257b0-d143-405a-8fce-6e172b46d9a2.pdfThis first industrials-focused signatory with assets under $1 billion for the United Nations-supported PRI, acquired SixAxis. (Image is stock photo.)Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/401415/uploads/42f257b0-d143-405a-8fce-6e172b46d9a2.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/401415/uploads/32c289ae-7d08-458a-b47b-e4ec927c2bf6.pdfThis story shows how Corsair prioritizes the human or employee experience in the growth of its portfolio companies in its PE strategy.Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/401415/uploads/32c289ae-7d08-458a-b47b-e4ec927c2bf6.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/401415/uploads/f710a974-8b30-4646-b15e-48137f0d85ad.pdfThis piece covers how a PE firm is looking at the fragmented cycling industry as a burgeoning market in transportation.Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/401415/uploads/f710a974-8b30-4646-b15e-48137f0d85ad.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/401415/uploads/10a6fd93-7e26-4787-a133-225f06f4930c.pdfThis piece explored the initiative and the systemic issues the neobank set out to address.Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/401415/uploads/10a6fd93-7e26-4787-a133-225f06f4930c.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/401415/uploads/402642b9-17dc-42b1-9baa-cdfa66d8265c.pdfThis story profiles two banks, OneUnited Bank and Daylight, which serves two distinct communities.Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/401415/uploads/402642b9-17dc-42b1-9baa-cdfa66d8265c.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/401415/uploads/8e031241-391c-4162-b4c3-2396e7220a9d.pdfThis business profile emphasizes what Betterment was doing to make the sector more inclusive.Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/401415/uploads/8e031241-391c-4162-b4c3-2396e7220a9d.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/401415/uploads/39df9f26-6e33-4318-b26b-84ae9eafdffc.pdfIf you're an art lover who enjoys seeing museum-quality work exhibited in unexpected places, here are 10 U.S. boutique museums worth experiencing.Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/401415/uploads/39df9f26-6e33-4318-b26b-84ae9eafdffc.pdfhttps://familybusinessmagazine.com/legacy/community/union-school-an-innovation-in-education/In 1874, Jupiter Gilliard’s purchase of 476 acres of land in Brunswick, Ga., for what would become Gilliard Farms, demonstrated his remarkable strategic vision, recognizing property ownership as a platform for building community wealth and influence. This sophisticated approach manifested when the family dedicated an acre to establish Union School in 1907.Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://familybusinessmagazine.com/legacy/community/union-school-an-innovation-in-education/https://familybusinessmagazine.com/ownership/seeds-of-a-legacy/In 1874, Jupiter Gilliard purchased 476 acres of land for what would become Gilliard Farms, pledging allegiance to the Union militia during Reconstruction to obtain the property. Today, the farm is one of the remaining 32,653 Black-owned farms in the U.S. For 150 years, Black-owned Gilliard Farms has remained both ahead of its time and rooted in history. Here's its story.Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://familybusinessmagazine.com/ownership/seeds-of-a-legacy/https://magazine.wellesley.edu/issues/spring-2025/a-landmark-dealmakerAttorney Lisa Lim ’86 says Wellesley instilled in her a drive to solve complex problems and create opportunities for communities. In our interview, she discussed her almost 30-year legal career and describes how her education helped her become a prominent New York City real estate dealmaker.Fri, 16 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://magazine.wellesley.edu/issues/spring-2025/a-landmark-dealmakerhttps://magazine.wellesley.edu/winter-2024/design-community-mindArchitect Tonja Adair ’92, co-founder of Splice Design, an architecture firm with offices in New York City and Atlanta, says her experience at Wellesley still shapes her career. During her time at the College, where she majored in architecture, Tonja learned the importance of active involvement in the community. Immersed in the College’s diverse international student community, she learned to facilitate conversations with people from a variety of backgrounds. That would help her in her community when she pursued sustainable design after leaving her large architecture firm position.Sat, 20 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://magazine.wellesley.edu/winter-2024/design-community-mindhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/advisor/2020/09/02/how-bankblackusa-is-helping-empower-black-owned-banks-and-credit-unions/Black-owned banks and credit unions provide a real opportunity for the Black community to overcome the racial wealth gap, and BankBlackUSA is an organization that is helping to lead that charge.Wed, 02 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0100https://www.forbes.com/sites/advisor/2020/09/02/how-bankblackusa-is-helping-empower-black-owned-banks-and-credit-unions/https://usenaturalstone.org/minnesota-restoration-project/After a century of active use, almost any building will begin expressing the groans of advanced aging, with internal and external structures steadily failing. The Minnesota State Capitol building was no exception. In 2013, the centenarian structure, constructed in 1905 by Cass Gilbert, had reached a severe deterioration point. Its crumbling façade, with chunks of marble threatening to fall and injure visitors, became particularly dangerous.To preserve the architectural integrity of this historic...Mon, 30 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://usenaturalstone.org/minnesota-restoration-project/https://usenaturalstone.org/historic-natural-stone-farmhouses/In the 18th and 19th century, homes were built from what was available nearby. In many parts of the country, the most easily accessible material was natural stone. Because of the durability of this material that comes straight from the earth, many of the stone farmhouses from that era still exist. Here is the story of two of them.Tue, 10 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://usenaturalstone.org/historic-natural-stone-farmhouses/