T. McLeod

T. McLeod
Born in: Durham, NC
Lived here: 3 years
Interview location: McLeod Organics, Main Street
T. ran a large agriculture store in Huntersville, NC. The town eventually grew to 100,000 people. He came to Jonesborough looking for a sense of community that he had known as a child. T. now runs a downtown store that sells personal health products.
“I think that’s the success of a community, is for people to really truly understand the symbiotic relationship with everything in a community. It goes beyond just the inhabitants. It goes just beyond the people who live here. It’s everything that’s in that community. It’s the respect of farmland. It’s the respect of small businesses. It’s the respect of nonprofits and what they mean to everybody’s life in a whole. And if everybody goes about understanding that [everybody’s] as important as the next person, then you can have a very successful community. And everybody’s hearts will be thrilled to be here.”