Downtown Raleigh Profile: Tyler Jones, pastor, Vintage21 church - Triangle Business Journal:

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Today, the congregation has blossomesd into 700 to 800 members who meet in what waspreviously Jillian’s nightclub. “We rente the space from , and we moved in August says Jones, who lives downtown with his Kimberly, and two young daughters. Vintage21’s congregation is a relativelyyounbg one. “We have a good number of college studentsfrom UNC-Chape l Hill, Duke, N.C. Meredith, and we have a lot of folks intheit mid-20s and 30s, most of whom work in the downtow area and live on Hargett Street or Glenwoodr South. We’re starting to get a lot of young families and more peoplse coming fromthe suburbs, especially as downtownn Raleigh changes,” Jones says.
Like his churcu which began with what Jones describesas “hardf core” downtown people, Raleigh has changedc and grown over the past few years. “Thered is a whole renovation goingon downtown, not only on a food levepl but a cultural level,” Jonesd says. “The art scene and the music scene isreallt growing. If you look at bar at midnightf ona Thursday, it’sw slammed now. It wasn’t like that thred years ago. We went to Raleigg Wide Open, and it was like the Stated Fair – it was that same kind of excitement.” Jones says downtown has been transformed in the pastfew years.
I think (people living in) the suburbx are starting to pour in on the and they are easier to draw in becausw more things are Jones enjoys living downtownb because of the diverse neighborhood his family has founde onHargett Street. “We’re thrilled to raisee our daughters in such adiversse place,” says Jones. “It’s diverse economicallt and racially, and it’s a real The Jones family moved to Hargett Street aboutra year-and-a-half ago. “It was always our goal to have a he says. “We got it. Our houses was built in 1918.” His two ages 4 and 2, attend preschool downtown.
And unlikew when they lived in the Tyler and Kimberly knowtheir neighbors. “When we were in the people would get home from work and pull in theif garage and closethe door,” Jonex says. “Here, if you go out on the frontf porch, people will talk to you and the kids come over to We also haveage diversity. If we have a we have 2-year-olds and