My guest this week is Patrick Walker, the energetic executive director of the Wenatchee River Institute, an outdoor learning center in Leavenworth that is providing unique opportunities for students and community members to engage...
Editor’s note: This history was provided to The World by Archie’s son and daughter-in-law, Fritz and Donna Van Doren. On June 18, 1910, Archie was born in Del Rio, Douglas County, Washington. Del Rio...
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...
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 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...
I am excited to announce that The Wenatchee World and Mission Ridge Ski and Board resort are collaborating on a community discussion series that is intended to foster a stronger sense of community in...
Our local skiing treasure, Mission Ridge Ski and Board Resort, is off to a good start, General Manager Josh Jorgensen tells me. Mission Ridge is one of the great community-building and community-sustaining assets in...
It was encouraging to learn this week that the Our Valley, Our Future Housing Solutions Group has decided to focus on ways to increase housing for middle-income households as a way to begin addressing...
For those of us committed to building strong, resilient caring communities, there is a fabulous new book available that’s filled with insights and stories detailing how communities have created a powerful sense of belonging.