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What Do You Want To Be
When You Grow Up?
There have been so many answers to that question, answers that evolve as we evolve.
As a team, as husbands, fathers, The Hellers put heart at the forefront of all things. We bring every thing to the table so we can give every bit of who we are to every bit of what we love.
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Since the very beginning, as kids with a love of
architecture, art, design, storytelling, performance, & making - it's always been there. In
everything we do.
In all things we share.
Our collective passions tell our story and have shaped what we want to be when we grow up (someday).
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The Hellers have built a portfolio of creative endeavors that span from brand development to hospitality, retail, and visual art.
All with the mission to live to create to inspire.
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Experience Makers Creative Directors
Nation's Oldest Snowball Stand
Owners
of what
matters most
Our Story
The Hellers' have built businesses and experiences that are a reflection of their individual and collective passions, from a 20-year brand development firm, to a curated retail concept.
Christopher and Ryan were two kids with two very big imaginations, both with a shared desire to make stuff. Chris has a love for architecture, drawing, gardening with his mother and being inspired with worldly collections of treasures used for holiday decorating with his Grandmother Margaret and Great Grandmother Peggy. Ryan wrote stories, loved to perform, and paint and dreamt of ways to entertain those around him.
A long and winding road brought Christopher and Ryan together professionally in 2010 when they met working at helium creative, a brand development firm Chris founded in 2004.
The Hellers married, had two children, and traveled the world. Between 2016 and 2018 they renovated two historic homes in Lancaster, PA as operating Airbnb's to begin branching into a love for architecture, hospitality and interior design.
In 2013 The Hellers began The Margaret Cleveland at their studio in Fort Lauderdale. In 2022 they opened the Bolton Hill location as a boutique shop for found objects, treasures, and keepsakes. The Margaret Cleveland brings together their love of travel, design, and art; manifesting Chris’s dream of opening a storefront. Shortly after, Ryan began PLAYFORM, an event series that incorporates integrative healing with many forms of play to work with the community.
And most recent, The Hellers opened The Margaret Cleveland at Walther Gardens, a retail experience, garden center and nursery; along with The Peggy, the nation's oldest operating snowball stand.
experiences
In 2013 The Hellers began The Margaret Cleveland at their studio in Fort Lauderdale. In 2022 they opened the Bolton Hill location as a boutique shop for found objects, treasures, and keepsakes. The Margaret Cleveland brings together their love of travel, design, and art; manifesting Chris’s dream of opening a storefront. Shortly after, Ryan began PLAYFORM, an event series that incorporates integrative healing with many forms of play to work with the community.
And most recent, The Hellers opened The Margaret Cleveland at Walther Gardens, a retail experience, garden center and nursery; along with The Peggy, the nation's oldest operating snowball stand.
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Christopher
Heller
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With a background in fine art, design, business development, marketing, and strategy, Christopher understands the importance of not only creating an experience, but sharing it. Whether through creating immersive brand experiences, interior spaces, messaging, or visual communication, Christopher has had a passion for cultivating immersive experiences throughout his 25-year career as the founder and Creative Director of the brand development studio, helium creative.
With a love for architecture and interior design, he seamlessly began renovating historic homes in Lancaster, PA to create hospitality experiences.His dream of owning a storefront and garden center came to fruition with The Margaret Cleveland, named after his grandmother. Chris believes in the importance of living life through our passions and continuing to evolve with them.
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For over a decade, Ryan has amassed a career as Creative Director and Storyteller, where he shapes identities for companies and individuals around the globe. With a background in fine art, writing, theatre, and design, Ryan has a trained arsenal he uses to concept and execute strategy, brand foundation, and visual communication.
As a featured author, writer, and speaker, Ryan is a natural storyteller who has a gift for understanding a client’s vision, developing their story, then bringing it to life.
He has a relentless desire to make an emotional connection to his audience.
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Hellers!
Inquiries & such, please e-mail:
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The Margaret Cleveland
Walther Gardens & Nursery
The Peggy
4725 Walther Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21214
The Margaret Cleveland, Bolton Hill
PLAYFORM
helium creative
1500 Bolton Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21217
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