For nearly a quarter century, the North Central Business Loan Fund played a small but critical role in helping entrepreneurs who couldn’t qualify for traditional bank loans get their operations started. Last August, the...
I am excited about the future of The Wenatchee World as we make the transition Sunday from 111 years of leadership by my family to Francis Wick and his family. The sale of this...
Walk into the event center space at our community’s Pybus Public Market these days and you’ll be blown away by how the space is being transformed. Holes for windows and glass doors have been...
Folk singer Carrie Newcomer has some powerful insights about how we can bridge the divisions in our communities. She’ll share those insights through performance on Friday, March 23 and a workshop on March 24...
My guest for this episode is Dorry Foster, the executive director of the Wenatchee Valley YMCA. Since Foster arrived a year ago last fall, the YMCA has made some important strides forward in serving...
It is astounding how significant an impact the Our Valley Our Future grass-roots community building effort is making in our communities in the year since the first plan was released. The lessons learned from...
We’re doing something special for this week’s podcast. I joined with Mission Ridge Ski and Board Resort to host a community conversation on February 8th focusing on grass-roots community building effort called Our Valley...
http://traffic.libsyn.com/artofcommunityncw/38_Pybus_Public_Market_and_building_community.mp3 One of the myths in the Wenatchee Valley is that Pybus Public Market is “owned” by local philanthropists Mike and JoAnn Walker. While they made extraordinary contributions to make the market a reality,...
http://traffic.libsyn.com/artofcommunityncw/38_Pybus_Public_Market_and_building_community.mp3 My guests this week are Kristin Wright Lodge and Katie Pauly of the Pybus Market Charitable Foundation board. We spoke about the magical way that Pybus Public Market has brought the Wenatchee Valley...
http://traffic.libsyn.com/artofcommunityncw/37_The_Apollo_Club-_Healing_the_divide_through_music.mp3 Paul Bergman and Gabe Stefanides have strongly held but diametrically opposed political views, yet they have found a way to develop a deep friendship through their musical kinship in the Apollo Club. I...