Nick, Connie and Their Angel, Jill
Our publisher shares a story of dedication and compassion.
Brian Rowland
Best of Tallahassee Relief Efforts
A few words from our Publisher on the relief efforts at this years event.
Community Growth Requires Change and Adapting to It
With many new developments arising in Tallahassee, adaptation has become the inevitable.
Doin' the Stand-up Thing
Our staff accountant Jackie Burns, after leaving work one day, decided to drive by the golf course near her home. She stuck her arm out the window to feel the breeze and was startled when her wedding ring flew off.…
Self Expression: It's Your Right
Days after the Parkland, Florida, killings in February, thousands of young people descended on the Old Capitol in Tallahassee to demonstrate and to express their anger and disappointment about our nation’s gun laws and gun culture. Rallying around a hashtag…
The Changing of Our Creative Guard
As we celebrate the onset of spring, we also reflect on the change that the new season brings.
With Each Year We Launch, Nurture, and Adapt
Looking forward to the new year in business and the changes to come.
Success Story
Nineteen seasons ago, Opening Nights began as a seven-day performing arts festival that some dared hope would become an event of national prominence. That goal was realized. Today, Opening Nights has expanded to encompass seven months of performances, shows, films…
Great Capacity, Boundless Compassion
In this edition of Tallahassee Magazine, we profile two community projects. One is the product of heart. The other is the product of heft. Stories of refugees and their quest to escape oppression and ethnic cleansing have figured prominently in…
Women of Influence
Over the past three years, 15 prominent women, all leaders in their fields of endeavor, have honored my wife, Cherie, by agreeing to participate as speakers in the “Day of Dialogue: Women of Interest” series supported by 850 Magazine, hosted…
Next Time, I’ll Pass On the Strawberry
My wife Cherie and I count travel as one of our chief passions. Over the past 30 years, we have visited six continents and experienced many cultures, in the process learning a great deal about both others and ourselves. When…
Finding Happiness
Recently, I watched a show on HBO hosted by Bryant Gumbel, who was joined by an Ivy League psychologist. Jointly, the two men interviewed two accomplished individuals — a retired Navy SEAL and a former professional football player. The interviewees…
Make Time for Professional Courtesy
After 25 years in the advertising and marketing business, I am never surprised when a phone call goes unreturned. Rather than becoming offended on such occasions, I let them roll off me like water. Recently, however, I have found myself…
The Art of Giving
Giving opens many doors, creating new and numerous opportunities along our life paths. In my line of work, I interact with a wide range of people representing countless organizations, passions and fields of endeavor. For some, I have noticed, giving…
Burning the Hard Way
Having arrived in this world with the DNA of a Middle European, I have a quick and easy time of it when it comes to getting a sunburn. So it was that while in college I had to develop something…
You May Have Noticed
For the past six months, we’ve had a Tallahassee Magazine redesign in the Rowland Publishing incubator. It’s been four years since we overhauled the look, feel and content of the magazine and, in today’s world of publishing, four years is…
Here’s to Your Good Health
I have always said that people cannot fully appreciate their good health until they experience illness or injury. The difficulties may be a simple one like a cold or sinus infection or an acute, chronic or even life-threatening physical challenge.…
The Walton County Commission
A Reckless disregard for our region’s reputation
A Changing of Our Editorial Integrity Guard
A little over six years ago, after 12 months of research, we decided it was time to bring a credible business magazine to the 16 counties of Northwest Florida. The driving force was the fact that a state business magazine…
There's More to Rowland Publishing Than You Think
I was recently sitting at a meeting with a group of people, many of whom I didn’t personally know, who represented a cross section of our community. When it was brought to their attention that I worked with Tallahassee Magazine,…
Truisms We Can All Relate To
Whether it be your business or personal life, situations and experiences often occur that can either bring a chuckle and smile to your face or a disappointed frown. After running through many such experiences that have passed through my swing…
Life Lessons When the Game Changes
In the world of sports, a “game changer” is that one event in a game in which the outcome — good or bad — is determined. It could result from a mental mistake that causes an error, or from a…
Announcing the Winner of the 2014 Tallahassee Magazine Cover Competition
> Rowland’s creative director, Larry Davidson, is constantly surveying the horizon of the magazine industry for new trends and ideas that we can bring to our titles in Northwest Florida. Sometimes it is an image, a story idea or one…
Customers Bear Responsibilities, Too
If you will recall the past holiday season, there was an uproar from American consumers (fueled by the national media) that FedEx and UPS were the reason many families could not experience a Norman Rockwell-like Christmas Day, because their presents…
Not Your Grandma’s Junior League
A letter from the publisher about his experience with Operation Prom Dress.
Evolve with the Times … or Become Extinct
In an average month I’m asked several times if I feel printed magazines are fading away … or are dead and don’t have the sense to lay down. Based on very firsthand experience, print magazine publishing in Northwest Florida is…
TCC Embarks Upon Leadership Development
New efforts are being made in the area to enhance leaders.
The Changing Landscape of Health Care
What does a growing health care infrastructure mean for Tallahassee and the surrounding communities?
Mentoring is a Fine Art — and a Selfless Gift
Growing up, the first and most critical mentors in life are your parents. With the decision to bear children, parents also have the obligation and duty to mentor their child’s development into an individual who can successfully move into society.…
Fun Can Make Your Team Stronger
I recently realized how fortunate I am to work with people who have such a passion for what they do.
It’s Just Business
An editorial trend I have seen in some of the city magazines that I consider to be ahead of the curve is a devotion of editorial space to covering the real estate industry.
So Glad It Is Over
Being an eternal optimist, depression is not in my vocabulary, but the relentlessness of the 2012 election cycle stirred up a bit of anger.
Keep an Attitude of Gratitude
Ever found yourself looking over your shoulder and comparing yourself, your relationship, your kids or your business/professional success to those around you?
Creating a Downtown is an Evolution
I urge our city planners, leaders and consensus makers to experience the way business and life intertwine to create something very special in Ann Arbor, Mich.
The Greatest Wealth is Health — Invest in Tallahassee’s Well-Being This Season
Florida and our nation are heading toward a major health care crisis — a chronic shortage of health care professionals that will be needed over the coming decades as our population ages. A 2007 study by the Florida Center for…
Our Space Has Been Invaded — Again
Our offices are located on a well-lighted, four-lane divided highway within the city limits. We have security lighting and a security system and, until recently, have not had a criminal intrusion into our work environment Our offices are located on…
Thirty Years and Still Going Strong
The year was 1979. Jimmy Carter was president, Bob Graham began his first term as governor of Florida and Sheldon Hilaman was Tallahassee’s mayor. Bernie Sliger was president of Florida State University, and Walter B. Smith presided over Florida…
I’d Like to Brag on My Staff
In August we learned the magazines of Rowland Publishing earned five awards from the Florida Magazine Association, which annually recognizes excellence in the magazine industry. Three were first-place “Charlie” awards. Our writing earned three awards. Beth Nabi’s humorous tale about…
Katie, Brian and Diane: You Could Have Done Better
Within hours of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion last April, the nation’s news networks began wall-to-wall coverage of the disaster. This resulted in hundreds of hours of “Gulf oil spill” news being beamed into homes across the nation. The…
Are You a Weather Whiner?
A letter from the publisher of Tallahassee Magazine
The Wedding of a Lifetime
We have put together a dream team to make one lucky couple's dreams come true.
