Innovators are thought leaders, challenging old practices and creating new paths that benefit us all. In this spirit, we present The Innovators Issue, with a focus on individuals who are upending the status quo, shedding light on dark corners, and generally enhancing the quality of life here.
The desire to innovate is connected to a mindset, a personal drive to better one’s self and the communal experience. Milt Lowder, Ph.D., has made innovation his practice by working with individuals, sports teams, and organizations internally so they can perform externally. As the founder and CEO of AMPLOS, a psychology firm run by Lowder and his partner, Drew Brannon, Ph.D., Milt and his colleagues provide the opportune space for individuals to evolve and release old ways of thinking. Beginning this month, AMPLOS will open their Pickens County property, Mill Pine, as a centering retreat for their clients.
For years, the City of Greenville has been on a track of sustainable action, notably by creating a two-lane Main Street with more green space and by breathing new life into downtown via Falls Park. Several more urban enhancements such as electric buses, solar technology, recycling programs, and the soon-to-open Unity Park have shown the City’s commitment to environmental progress, but we’ve much more to do. In “Keeping the Green in Greenville,” we feature three individuals who are pushing the needle forward, each with personal and professional investment in bettering our sustainable future.
Other stories in our Innovators Issue include the spellbinding City of Women exhibition at the Greenville Center for Creative Arts, featuring trailblazing local women depicted by Upstate artists; Max Quinlan, the new producing artistic director at Greenville Theatre who is on a mission to amplify our oldest performing arts venue; Dear Greenville, an eye-popping new stationery shop at Hampton Station; and Spaghetti Westurn, Chef Jason Saunders’s country-kitsch Wade Hampton Italian dining destination.
The goal of innovation is for it to become everyday experience—and for the path of newness and progress to change our lives for the better.
