Episode Summary:
Fire Chief Levon Yongoyan returns to the Podcast to talk about how the fire department has had to change since COVID.
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Key Points of Interest:
- How has this year been going for Levon over the last year?
- How have they had to adjust during COVID?
- What was the level of PPE they had to wear in the beginning vs now?
- Has call volume increased or decreased during COVID?
- Who is the first response for marine calls?
- How was the 4th of July for the Fire Department?
- Have they been able to continue normal classes like CPR?
- What are some fo the things they’ve tried to do for the community in the midst of COVID?
- What virtual things have they been doing?
- How does he feel like Camano Island has been doing with COVID?
- How have inter departments worked together during COVID?
- How has the Fire Department dealt with everything financially?
- How have the government incentives assisted them during this time?
Episode Summary:
Owner of Lopez Island Creamery, who supplies us with our ice cream!
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Key Points of Interest:
- Where did Alex grow up?
- Where did he go to college, and what did he graduate with?
- What was he planning on doing with his degree?
- How did he get started in food manufacturing?
- When did he decide to get into business for himself?
- What ind of businesses was he looking for?
- What was Lopez Island Creamery like when he bought it?
- Where was it located when he bought it, and where was he living?
- How many owners has Lopez Island Creamery had?
- How many of them has he spoken with?
- When did it move off of Lopez Island Creamery?
- What was one their biggest first sales after taking over the company?
- How many flavors does Lopez Island Creamery carry?
- How have they evolved over time?
- How many people does he have working for him?
- What are some of the new items they are doing now?
Episode Summary:
Emily has recently joined the team at Camano Commons Marketplace, and she has been working on making the plan for safely having the Camano Commons Tree Celebration this year!
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Key Points of Interest:
- Where did Emily grow up?
- What did she study in college?
- Where did she study abroad during her last year in college?
- What did she get involved in after college?
- Where did she get started learning about wine?
- What area specifically?
- What else was she doing while working in the hospitality industry?
- Where did she go after working in the theater?
- Where did that take her?
- Where did she spend the majority of Quarantine?
- What are her roles here at the Marketplace?
- How do we plan on safely executing a Christmas tree celebration?
- What are some of he things we are adding on top make it as special as possible?
- What is our plan for wine here at the Marketplace?
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Episode Summary:
Kevin Gilbert is the owner of Papa’s Apothecary. He started this company because he wanted to bring natural medicines and and remedies to his community.
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Key Points of Interest:
- Where did Kevin grow up?
- Where did he go after high school?
- How long was he in the Marines?
- Why did he decide to leave the Marines?
- Where did he go after?
- Why Apothecary?
- How long has he been doing Papa’s Apothecary?
- What were some of the mistakes he made and had to change?
- What is an herbalist?
- How does Kevin stay healthy during this season?
- What are some of his favorite products he makes?
- How does he go about making a product?
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Brynn is the owner of Vida Verde Home, and she just recently opened her physical store location in Stanwood!
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Key Points of Interest:
- Where did Brynn grow up?
- What was her educational background?
- What was her first business she started?
- Why did she decide to start making her own products?
- How did education play a part in this?
- Where did she start selling her natural cleaning products?
- How did she come up with the name?
- When did she decide to sell them in other stores?
- When did she end up opening her own storefront?
- What was it like opening a physical store during COVID?
- What does she see the future of Vida Verde Home?
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Episode Summary:
Will is the owner of Slick Talk Creative, and a partner in Stay Lux. After learning from some great mentors along the way, he has built a successful podcast and has become a leader in the hospitality industry.
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Key Points of Interest:
- Where did he grow up?
- What was his first venture he started on his own?
- Where did he find his love for Hospitality?
- What was my connection with Wil prior to this podcast?
- What was his first job in the area?
- What was he doing for this company?
- Where did he go from there?
- How did his first venture go for him?
- Where did he go after that?
- How did he end up on the Oregon Coast?
- Why did he decide to start Slick Talk Creative Podcast?
- How did he start building it up?
- When did he figure out what kind of content he wanted to create for his podcast?
- How did she get started with Stay Lux, and how did he get connected with the partners?
- Where was Wil when COVID hit?
- How has he pivoted with COVID?
- What are some of the innovations that he is seeing in the Hospitality industry?
- How is the industry pivoting as well?
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Episode Summary:
Owner of Cohost in Downtown Stanwood!
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Key Points of Interest:
- Where did Cat grow up?
- What did she study in School?
- How has that helped her in business?
- What was her main position at her many jobs in NYC?
- How did she end up in Washington?
- Why did she decide to start Cohost?
- What was was being Cohosted Prior to COVID?
- What do they look like now in COVID?
- How has that been going?
- What is the most effective marketing for this area?
- How has the shift gone for Cohost during this time?
Episode Summary:
Brenna is the owner of Three Brothers Blooms, and this is her first year as part of the Camano Commons Farmers Market!
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Key Points of Interest:
- Where did Brenna grow up?
- What caused her to join the marine corp?
- What did she do for the marine corp?
- What career did she decide against, and why?
- What did she end up doing?
- What is it like to work in such a high stress job?
- Why did she eventually leave that career?
- How does social media and the internet effect kids of today?
- How did she get started with flowers?
- When did she decide to start Three Brothers Blooms?
- How has this year gone for them at the Farmers Market?
- What does she see the future of Three Brothers Blooms?
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Andy & Bonnie are the owners of Cat’s Paws Bees Honey! This is part 2 of their interview! If you didn’t hear it already, go back and listen to part 1!
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Key Points of Interest:
- How does Andy deal with the mites?
- Hear the story of how the varroa mites arrived here.
- How does Andy view honey bees vs pollinating bees?
- What does he believe the future of bees will be?
- Does Andy believe the wireless signals affect the bees?
- Hear why Bonnie deals with the books, packaging, and customer service side, and WON’T touch the bees!
- Why did decide to go the wholesale route?
- When did they decide to turn this into a business?
- How many pounds of honey does Andy average per hive?
- What are some of the benefits of local honey?
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Episode Summary:
Andy & Bonnie are the owners of Cat’s Paws Bees Honey! We get into farming, bees, and so much more! This is part 1 of their interview! Come back next week for Part 2!
Key Points of Interest:
- How did they get started in bee’s?
- Where did Andy and Bonnie grow up?
- What changed the trajectory of Andy’s life?
- What was Andy’s original professional plan?
- What was Bonnie’s defining moment?
- What is her professional background?
- How did they end up in Washington?
- What was Andy’s jobs?
- How has his experiences helped him in Bee Keeping?
- How was farming different for them up here vs Fresno, CA?
- Find out where most of the almonds in the world are grown.
- What is the most profitable type of farming?
- How does it relate to bees?
- What are some of the issues with only having the bees pollinating one type of crop?
- How did the varroa mites destroy the bee community?
- When did Hawaii get the mites?
- What is another type of insect that destroys bees nest?
