Karen & Jon
Karen
Karen was born and raised in Florence, SC. Her love of dancing and acting took her to Virginia Commonwealth University to study acting and theater arts. She next moved to New York City to make films. Then on to Los Angeles working for years with children at the Blind Children’s Center. Later Karen started a healthy catering business “Heart’s Content.” Eleven years of catering segued into becoming Events Coordinator for Insight Transformational Seminars. During these years, Karen resumed studies in acting. She also became an avid Ashtanga yoga student, soon adding Tai Chi to the movement mix. Involvement with an LA Ashram gave her communal experience. Also the creation of a busy yoga studio as well as a “produce buying club” for 36 families were both community-oriented activities.
Jon
Jon was born in Lowell, MA and grew up in a rural North Carolina mill town. Wanting to pursue his interest in the visual arts, Jon attended the Atlanta College of Art. Upon graduation he took advantage of a French Government Scholarship to study printmaking in France. Returning, he relocated to NY City to study at NYU’s Graduate Institute of Film & TV. Then to discover that his real love was photography. After 22 years he decided to move his business to Asheville, NC.
Jon and Karen had been close friends in New York and after 46 years of not being in touch they were reconnected! They married and have lived in the Asheville mountains for the past nine years.
Karen & Jon:
More than ever we share the importance of community support and participation in our world; we feel that desire and and that need for ourselves. We are thrilled to have found OPC and don’t think it was by accident. We look forward to getting to know this community while sharing and participating with our neighbors. Also we are grateful to the “Pioneers” who spearheaded the idea and are making it happen.
We both are full of appreciation and are happy to have this desirable, unique choice.
