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Ep. 056 – Lora Swift, ED of West Seattle Junction Association

Ep. 056 – Lora Swift, ED of West Seattle Junction Association

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This week’s guest is Lora Swift, executive director of the West Seattle Junction Association. Lora is also the 2018 winner of the Westsider of The Year Award for her outstanding contribution to the West Seattle community. In 2002, Lora started Hotwire Coffee in the West Seattle Junction, firmly establishing herself as a valuable member and collaborator in the community. After running the business for many years, she made the bitter sweet decision to sell Hotwire Coffee and continued to follow…

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Ep. 054 – Paula Boggs – Former Top Starbucks Lawyer, Airborne Army Officer & Front-Woman of the Paula Boggs Band

Ep. 054 – Paula Boggs – Former Top Starbucks Lawyer, Airborne Army Officer & Front-Woman of the Paula Boggs Band

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This week’s guest is Paula Boggs, founder of Boggs Media, LLCand the Paula Boggs Band. Paulais a philanthropist, fundraiser, public speaker, and musician. She is also a Board Member of numerous for-profit and non-profit organizations. Paula spent her first 10 years of her career in public service, first as an army officer and then as a federal prosecutor. She then took a position with Dell where she worked for five years in Austin, Texas before transitioning to Starbucks in Seattle,…

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Ep. 050 – Meghan Reese & Malika Siddiq, Creators of West Seattle Vibes

Ep. 050 – Meghan Reese & Malika Siddiq, Creators of West Seattle Vibes

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This week’s guest is Meghan Reese & Malika Siddiq, the creators of West Seattle Vibes (Instagram Page). West Seattle Vibes is a neighborhood Instagram page created to support the West Seattle Neighborhood: To checkout new and favorite restaurants, bars and shops. Episode Links & Resources: Guest’s Instagram – Follow them at: https://www.instagram.com/westseattlevibes/ Email at: WestSeattleVibes@gmail.com Lika-Love FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/Likalovefashion/ Business & Non-profit shoutouts: Lika Love (Malika Siddiq’s business): https://likalove.com The Nook: https://www.thenookseattle.com West Side Baby: http://westsidebaby.org Past episode interview with Nancy Woodland of West Side…

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Ep. 049 – Danielle Holstein, Owner of Holstein Studios

Ep. 049 – Danielle Holstein, Owner of Holstein Studios

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This week’s guest is Danielle Holstein, Owner of Holstein Studios. Holstein Studios is a commercial photography and videography visual marketing agency. Their focus is brands and businesses and tell their stories and help them come to life, specifically in the food and beverage space. Episode Links & Resources: Guest’s Website: https://www.holsteinstudios.com Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HolsteinStudios/ Learn more about Christian, Sea-Town Real Estate and more at: www.Sea-Town.com Ways to Subscribe to The Sea-Town Podcast: “Like” the Sea-Town Podcast FaceBook Page HERE Click here to subscribe…

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Ep. 041 – Clay Eals, Executive Director of the Southwest Historic Society

Ep. 041 – Clay Eals, Executive Director of the Southwest Historic Society

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This week’s guest is Clay Eals, up until summer of 2017, Clay was the Executive Director of the SouthWest Seattle Historical Society, headquartered out of the Log House Museum on Alki. Highlights From This Episode: Clay Eals has been involved in the Southwest Seattle Historic Society since it was created in 1984 and in 2013, became it’s first Executive Director. Up until that point, it was entirely run by unpaid volunteers. The purpose of his role as the Executive Director is…

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Ep. 040 – Tracy Record, Co-founder of the West Seattle Blog

Ep. 040 – Tracy Record, Co-founder of the West Seattle Blog

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This week’s guest is Tracy Record, Co-founder and operator of the West Seattle Blog, West Seattle’s go-to news outlet. With husband, Patrick Sand, together they have run the West Seattle Blog full time for the last 10+ years (since 2006). Highlights From This Episode: The West Seattle Blog was launched in December of 2005 by Tracy Record as a personal project to have a place to write about West Seattle. The turning point was the famous December 2006 windstorm, which knocked out…

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Ep. 039 – Greg Bennick, Public Speaker & Director of One Hundred For Haiti (A Seattle Non-Profit)

Ep. 039 – Greg Bennick, Public Speaker & Director of One Hundred For Haiti (A Seattle Non-Profit)

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This week’s guest is Greg Bennick, a public speaker and Executive Director for the Seattle based non-profit, One Hundred for Haiti. Greg got started as an entertainer in his early teens and has been doing public speaking, communicating ideas and engaging with audiences (as a musician in touring bands & as a speaker) ever since. Highlights From This Episode: Greg started performing around 13 years old and quickly discovered that people pay far more attention to ideas when they are entertained….

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EP 37 – Melissa Forziat, Owner of Melissa Forziat Events

EP 37 – Melissa Forziat, Owner of Melissa Forziat Events

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This week’s guest is Melissa Forziat, Owner of Melissa Forziat Events. She also helps a lot of small businesses with their marketing needs. Everything from free resources like her ebook to help them get started to marketing consulting and coaching. Highlights From This Episode: Melissa didn’t start off planning to create her own small business… She grew up competing in gymnastics but after she was done being able to compete, she wanted to be able to stay connected to the gymnastics…

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Ep. 028 – Ventures – Beto Yarce

Ep. 028 – Ventures – Beto Yarce

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This week’s guest is Beto Yarce, the Executive Director of the Seattle non-profit, Ventures. Ventures helps low income entrepreneurs start their own businesses, through micro-loans, training, mentorship, incubators and on-going support. They empower aspiring entrepreneurs with limited resources and unlimited potential to improve their lives through small business ownership. Highlights From This Episode: Ventures helps low income entrepreneurs start their own businesses. Ventures was founded in 1995 by Peter Rose after visiting Bangladesh and started it as a micro-loan program for underserved communities: People of…

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Ep. 009 – David Chambers of West Coast Entertainment – The Sea-Town Podcast

Ep. 009 – David Chambers of West Coast Entertainment – The Sea-Town Podcast

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Today’s Guest is David Chambers from West Coast Entertainment, in West Seattle. David runs the day-to-day operations of WC Entertainment and embodies the businesses values and culture of investing in their employees to ultimately help them have great lives. West Coast Entertainment is an events planning company that can do anything but specializes in mock casino parties, full-service event planning, high school graduation parties, corporate events and does Segway tours. West Coast Entertainment – Casino Parties | Event Planning | High School &…

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