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The Kitchen at Peggy Crosby Center
Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: 2021/07 – July
The Peggy Crosby Center’s generosity extends throughout the Highlands community.
Suzanne Young
Anyone living in Highlands prior to 2016 remembers Holly and her catering service on the bottom floor of Peggy Crosby Center. When Holly made a career shift, the door swung open to a new owner, Suzanne Young.
Suzanne loved Highlands. She loved crafting food. And she was thrilled to buy Holly’s well-established business. She and her husband seamlessly shifted into catering and a dinner-from-scratch carry-away where boxes of Yum flew out one door and into another. Little did she know that four years later, her business at Peggy would help sustain the Plateau through a pandemic, when residents were forced to hunker-down.
Residents longed for variety to enliven home cooking.
Suzanne says, “During the pandemic, our carry-away increased, since so many were not able to gather for big events. We stayed open through the winter, because our customers really needed us.”
PCC is at a three-road convergence. Even though it isn’t on the main thoroughfare, people traveling to drop-off or pick-up students; patients on their way to the dentist or doctor; walkers taking a constitutional; seniors arriving for a CLE session; flora and fauna enthusiasts communing with the hummers in the Pollinator Garden or on the Greenway; or business associates conferencing with tenant board members are pulled to Peggy. More often than not, these passers-thru snag a snack, lunch, or casserole from The Kitchen.
There is a reciprocal relationship with for- and not-for-profit organizations. It’s no wonder Peggy has an incredible Pollinator garden, for its tenants and clients cross-pollinate businesses by supporting, interacting, and promoting each other. And that pollination extends to the town.
So next time you are out and about, go just a tiny bit out of your way and surprise your family with The Kitchen Carryaway & Catering home-cooked lasagna/salad/garlic bread dinner box while you celebrate the busy Peggy hive, buzzing about Highlands business.
Contact Suzanne at: [email protected]. (828) 526.2110. Or visit: thekitchenofhighlands.com.
