This week marks the fifth birthday of the Charlotte chapter of CreativeMornings (CM/CLT). What started as an effort to gather people together once a month to share, laugh, learn and celebrate Charlotte’s creative community has inspired many collaborations, as well as the development of the HUG micro-grant program, Queen City Quiz Show and Charlotte Is Creative, the nonprofit parent of The Biscuit.

To mark the occasion, Matt Olin and Tim Miner, founders of Charlotte Is Creative, sat down to reflect on how the last 5 years have changed their lives, what they’ve learned about Charlotte’s creative community and the challenges that lie ahead in the next five years.

PHOTO CREDIT: Logan Cyrus