admin

Welcome to Season 5. I wanted to thank everyone who has been a guest, a listener, a talent scout, a encouraging voice and of course a few critics. You all matter to me and I’m grateful. Also, I wanted to share a little thing we did for my son to establish a credit rating before…

Denis Halleron knows the car business after a lifetime of experience owning, operating multiple service shops and working for various dealers and he shares that wealth of experience with me on this episode.  What’s going on with cars these days?  Why are lots so empty? What do people mean when they say; “Global supply chain”?…

Ryan Siebert has been Chief of Police for a couple of years now and he has settled in nicely even though arguably there has never been a more challenging time to be in law enforcement.  We discuss the right reasons for becoming a public servant and how sometimes, for whatever reason, people lose that desire…

We are going to talk about transportation. Okay, don’t check out on this episode because this was a really interesting talk about the complexities of building and maintaining the critical transportation requirements of the state’s fastest growing county.  We had a real expert and we were able to get into the weeds a little bit…

Khai Tran is a busy man. (Especially for a guy who is supposedly retired.) He is the Executive Director of the Community Foundation for Carver County. He is also the founder and board chair for A Better Society organization. Khai helps explain what a Community Foundation does and what it makes sense for charitable giving…

Charlotte Zielin is Mental Health Coach who takes her clients beyond therapy. Her method involves not just dealing with the issues around the source of the trauma but going beyond with a strategy to equip her clients with the tools and distinctions to function at their best going forward. We discuss the way those things…

My guest this episode is Sue Schmidt.  Sue is with New Beginnings and it is one of those places you’ve maybe noticed out of the corner of your eye and you maybe thought it must just be another day care place.  It is far more than that and we are fortunate to have the facility…

Pastor Greg Snow has been the pastor at St Johns in Chaska since coming out of the seminary, first as a Vickers and then as Pastor. He is heavily involved in community outreach programs and was one of the original leaders that were involve with starting Love Inc here in Carver County. St Johns is…

Tina Stofferahn of MRCI discusses the many services they offer for people in the community with special needs get trained, develop interpersonal skills, find employment, and continually get educated about a myriad of things. They do amazing work. I have several friends who have family members as clients of MRCI and the work they do…

Cory Whitmer- Mustard Seed Landscape and Garden Center gives some great tips for those of us without a green thumb that we can implement to have a better looking and healthier yard. Cory knows his stuff and has seen enough mistakes to cut right to the solutions for easy to use ideas. Cory is a…