It's hard to believe it's already been 15 years since our first issue! We've come a long way and have grown along with downtown Raleigh, Durham, and the rest of the Triangle. We've enjoyed each and every interview, restaurant profile, concert, and event. The best part of the last 15 years has been all the great people we've had the honor to meet, especially those who are doing good things for our local community. We take a quick walk through the past decade and a half in our lead article. Also in this issue, we hang out with some of our friends making cool things; in this case, it's Burny Wild's Adventure Sauce, a new condiment sauce made in downtown Raleigh. We expect good things from these guys. We also had the pleasure of speaking with Denika Seymour, who founded LaunchHER, an organization founded to help women start and grow their business. We hope you enjoy this issue of the Downtowner!

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