Julie Sullivan Brace is accustomed to wearing many hats. After 46 years as a highly successful art director and graphic designer, including 35 years in Flagstaff, she is slowly and joyfully easing into retirement from her Shine Creative Industries design and marketing firm, as she builds a new … [Read more...] about Meandering with Music
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BOLD Mission: Debra Boblitt Coaches Leaders to Courageously Pursue Their Calling
For those ready to make a BOLD move in their career and life, Arizona-based Business Coach Debra Boblitt offers a four-point strategy in her book, BOLD Mission Courageously Pursue Your Calling. From overcoming fear to owning your values and embracing your passion, Debra explains how to realize your … [Read more...] about BOLD Mission: Debra Boblitt Coaches Leaders to Courageously Pursue Their Calling
Coffee Inn Thriving Downtown
It could be the vegan sourdough bread, organic peanut-butter pie, gluten-free coconut magic bars, scratch-made butternut squash soup, fresh fruit smoothies or any sandwich served on a croissant, but Anastassiya McPherson believes it’s more than any one favorite menu item that keeps the Coffee Inn … [Read more...] about Coffee Inn Thriving Downtown
Puzzle Rides Turns Sightseers into Wild West Crime Solvers and Pirates
What began as a golf cart taxi service that merely broke even has evolved into an award-winning and profitable guided tour adventure that invites Wild West bank robbers, pirates and ghosts along for the journey. And this has Puzzle Rides founder Katie Dufort thrilled. On Friday, Aug. 2, Dufort won … [Read more...] about Puzzle Rides Turns Sightseers into Wild West Crime Solvers and Pirates
County Agency Helps Laid-Off Workers Find Jobs
A Coconino County workforce agency is busy assisting dozens of local workers laid off this summer because of a plant shutdown and retail business closures. The largest job loss was at Schuff Steel, which displaced 63 employees when it closed its fabrication plant Aug. 31 in Bellemont, west of … [Read more...] about County Agency Helps Laid-Off Workers Find Jobs
BOLD Mission: Debra Boblitt Coaches Leaders to Courageously Pursue Their Calling
Debra Boblitt knows what it takes to completely halt a journey on one career path and make a massive course adjustment. She did just that, after years of teaching and earning additional degrees in education. She even cashed out her retirement fund to follow her dream and launch her own business. … [Read more...] about BOLD Mission: Debra Boblitt Coaches Leaders to Courageously Pursue Their Calling
Jim Garretson is Remembered for Creating a Community of Health, Fitness
Before relocating to Flagstaff from Telluride, Colorado, in 1978, Jim Garretson had carefully researched the best place in the Southwest to establish an athletic club. His desire to start an athletic club was driven by his passion for all sports and his goal to promote wellness and healthy … [Read more...] about Jim Garretson is Remembered for Creating a Community of Health, Fitness
Natural Skin-Care Products Safe Enough to Eat
Some say that if your beauty products aren’t safe enough to eat, they may not be that good to put on your body. With Garden of Eden Organics (GEO), owner Amelia Danoff says this is not a concern with her products. Now living in Sedona, this Boston-born and raised 25-year-old is taking skin care and … [Read more...] about Natural Skin-Care Products Safe Enough to Eat
Historic Camp Gets Facelift
An antique wood-burning stove sits on one side of the original kitchen in the historic Wilson Lodge at Camp Colton, Flagstaff’s environmental camp for young people in Hart Prairie, surrounded by the Coconino National Forest. The “Home Comfort” wrought iron range, manufactured in St. Louis in … [Read more...] about Historic Camp Gets Facelift
Rock Your Bath
What began as a dream in the midst of a global pandemic has meta-morphed into business success for Sheon Paige, a Phoenix-area entrepreneur who turned her passion for creativity, relaxation and the Arizona landscape into bath bomb geodes. Paige, who launched Smell ‘N Bomb in July 2020, had been … [Read more...] about Rock Your Bath
