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If you have driven on Jonathon Carver Parkway South of Hwy 212 in the past few months, you know Carver is experiencing a building boom.  A new elementary school, a brand new Kwik Trip and several hundred new homes all seemed to have popped up over night.  The small downtown is also having a resurgence…

Lesley Wyman’s day job is with Eastern Carver County School District, she specifically works at The Integrated Arts Academy in the district building.  What we got to talk about on this episode was about an ad-hoc, grass roots, start up that came about during the early days of Covid-19 pandemic for the purpose of providing…

Kendra Olson is THE Carver County elections expert. She explains how voting, vote counting and the sanctity of the voting process is handled and secured in Carver County and in Minnesota in general. Given the conflicting information bouncing around on the news and within social media, it seemed like a good idea to get straight…

This episode is a lot closer to my day job than others and Missy Florek is a terrific home stager and frankly a little bit of a cross between a home style maven and a crazy bargain shopper. I’m always amazed at what she can do on sometimes minimal budgets. This is a nice visit…

John Fahey and his family are well known on the western part of Carver County. Community involvement was something he literally grew up with as a young boy and he has continued to serve residents of Norwood Young America his whole life. John and his wife Janet are fixtures around Carver County and their hands…

Dan Keyport is a world traveler, community advocate, husband, father and owner of Carver County’s coolest wine shop located in the Historic Chaska Depot. Dan talks about entrepreneurship, pivoting business models during a pandemic and the benefits of community involvement. He also speaks briefly about his goal of visiting 100 countries. The web site fornthe…

Even here in Carver County there are people losing their housing who need a place to stay and who need food and basic necessities. His House Ministry has locations in Excelsior and in downtown Chaska. Martha Brannon is the director and people may recognize her big smile as she’s running around in a white Ford…

I wanted to reflect on season 1 and the remarkable guests who were kind enough to spend a little time sharing their little or sometimes bigger corner in Carver County. I also wanted to share what I’ve been doing to improve myself during Covid-19 on what I called “my remodel project”. Thank you for checking…

You’ve probably seen the “You Matter” signs around town. I invite you to meet the Matt behind the sign. Chaska resident and bundle of energy Matt Udermann talks about his thoughts on community, a sense of civic duty and his vision for our growing region. Matt has a lot of ideas and this is one…

Lifetime Fitness personal trainer Corey Grenz and I riff about staying sain, fit and balanced during a quarantine and what he likes to read to stay on top of recent fitness trends. He also offers some breathing exercises to monitor how well you are pacing. He is available for personal consultations to help you cope…