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A show about our local community in Northern Brazoria County. Dorian Strickland interviews local business leaders, politicians and members of the community about their life, their work, and how they create community.
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This week Dorian & Jake sit down with the owner of LoveHandle Phone Grips, Mike Watts. Mike talks about what it takes to survive in the world of entrepreneurship. Creating Community with Dorian and Jake is produced by 1820 Marketing and hosted by Dorian Strickland and Jake Starkey. Once again, we'd like to thank our sponsors of the show, the Alvin-Manvel Area Chamber of Commerce and sponsor Emergence Functional Nutrition. A special thank you to Mike for allowing us to record at the LoveHandle studio room facility. If you'd like to contact Mike Watts or LoveHandle you can find them on Facebook.
Cary Perrin of the Alvin Manvel Area Chamber of Commerce sits down with Dorian and Jake to look at the next couple of months in the chamber world. From the annual banquet to how the chamber helps local business grow and thrive, this is a fun conversation you won't want to miss. Learn more about the Chamber at alvinmanvelchamber.org. Also learn more about our sponsor, Emergence Functional Nutrition at efn.fit.
Merry Christmas, we hope you enjoy the holidays.
In this episode of the podcast we go into the archives for one of our favorite episodes. On this episode of Creating Community with Dorian and Jake Dorian and Jake interview Monica Flores, of Money Management by Monica and she discusses her focus on the "Sandwich Generation" and her life and financial coaching for multigenerational families. Find learn more about Monica: Facebook - monica.flores.12576 Money Management Facebook - mmbymonica Money Management Website - MoneyManagementByMonica.com Thank you to the Alvin Manvel Area Chamber of Commerce for allowing us to record this episode from your offices. To learn more about the Chamber visit alvinmanvelchamber.org.
Nick Droege, co-owner of Texas Tail Distillery, joins us on the podcast to discuss launching a distillery, working through a pandemic, and difficult decisions while trying to succeed. Creating Community with Dorian and Jake is produced by 1820 Marketing and hosted by Dorian Strickland and Jake Starkey. Listen to past episodes at 1820marketing.com/podcast. Web: texastaildistillery.com Facebook: fb.com/texastaildistillery Instagram: instagram.com/texastaildistillery Twitter: twitter.com/txtaildistill
Marina Soliz joins Dorian and Jake on the podcast to discuss guerilla marketing, songwriting, and performing her new EP at an album release party. Follow and learn more about her on Facebook and Instagram. Creating Community with Dorian and Jake is produced by 1820 Once again, we'd like to thank the Alvin-Manvel Area Chamber of Commerce.
Alvin ISD Officer Sam Davis joins Dorian and Jake to discuss his path from England to Bermuda to Alvin. His path was never boring and made for a great conversation.
Koby Rowton joins us on this episode, he was a week away from performing at the Alvin Music Festival and he discusses songwriting, his start, and recording his new album. Creating Community with Dorian and Jake is produced by 1820 Marketing and sponsored by Texas Sno Fruit and the Alvin Manvel Area Chamber of Commerce.
In this episode Dorian and Jake are joined by Jim Bennett. Since October of 2012 Jim's been a full-time adventure traveler. That's when he abandoned the drab, cubicle-based life of corporate America, relocated to Nepal, and began a process of direct, personal engagement with the world which he hopes will last the rest of his life. It was a great conversation and we enjoyed getting to sit down with him before his next adventure. Creating Community with Dorian and Jake is produced by 1820 Marketing and sponsored by Texas Sno Fruit and the Alvin-Manvel Area Chamber of Commerce.
Melissa Washington joins Dorian and Jake to discuss her work, self care, and the importance of being able to relate to people from all walks of life. 1820 Marketing is the producer of this podcast, for more information visit 1820marketing.com.
In this episode Dorian and Jake sit down and talk with Jenna Haviland Alesna, the Executive Director of the United Way, and discusses the United Way and it's many resources and how you can help. This episode is sponsored by Texas Sno Fruit and the Alvin-Manvel Area Chamber of Commerce. Creating Community with Dorian and Jake is produced by 1820 Marketing. For more information on marketing your business visit 1820Marketing.com
Ben Homan, an RN at Shriners Hospital, sits down with Dorian and Jake to discuss his path to becoming a Registered Nurse, his time in the military, and how he relaxes by studying for his Masters Degree. This episode is sponsored by Texas Sno Fruit and the Alvin Manvel Area Chamber of Commerce. Creating Community with Dorian and Jake is produced by 1820 Marketing.
VJ Nandlal, of Grace Pizza and Shakes, joins Dorian and Jake on this episode to talk about opening a restaurant, an accident that changed his life, and more. Creating Community with Dorian and Jake is sponsored by the Alvin Manvel Area Chamber of Commerce and Texas Sno Fruit. This episode is produced by 1820 Marketing. For more information on marketing your business visit 1820marketing.com.
We're excited to kick off Season 2 of Creating Community with Dorian and Jake - in this episode the tables have turned though. Dorian and Jake are joined by Jamie Scaffidi and Cary Perrin of the Alvin Manvel Area Chamber of Commerce and answer questions about how they started, the importance of marketing, creating a culture that sticks and more. This episode is sponsored by Texas Sno Fruit and the Alvin-Manvel Area Chamber of Commerce and produced by 1820 Marketing. Learn more at 1820Marketing.com/podcast.
Our last Best of before Season 2 kicks off, this episode's a little different. Bryan Chaffin reflects on his life as a teacher, husband and adoptive father. His faith took him and his wife to Uganda for adoption and led to not only adoption but numerous miracles along the way. We loved the opportunity to have him on the podcast and we hope you love his story as much as we did! 1820 Marketing produced Creating Community with Dorian and Jake and you can find more episodes at 1820marketing.com/podcast.
Joe Perez joins Dorian and Jake to discuss marketing, his show Texas Chronicles, and why it's important that the show be a blessing and not an advertisement. Stay up to date with Texas Chronicles: Texas Chronicles on Facebook Texas Chronicles on Instagram Texas Chronicles on Twitter Texas Chronicles Website And you can find previous episodes of Creating Community on your favorite podcast player or at 1820marketing.com/podcast.
In this Best of episode of Creating Community, we are speaking with Christina Strickland, the owner and operator of Texas Sno Fruit, a local Shave Ice food truck, located in the heart of Downtown Alvin. We talk about starting a business in the wake of a pandemic and how to survive and even thrive.
On this Best Of episode we sit down with Judge Matt Sebesta as he discusses what lead to him becoming the County Judge, his time running the county, and the importance of volunteerism. We wanted to run this episode again because we believe it was a great episode and it premiered the week of the winter storm so it got lost in the events of that week. 1820 Marketing is the producer of this podcast, find out more about them at 1820marketing.com. Special thanks to the Alvin Manvel Area Chamber of Commerce for allowing us to use your facility to record this podcast. Find out more about the Chamber here.
In this "best of..." episode of Creating Community, we are speaking with Aimee Shelton. Aimee is the owner of Emergence Functional Nutrition, a nutrition practice focusing on preventable lifestyle diseases. In this episode, Aimee mentioned a book titled Changing for Good, by James O. Prochaska. If you click on this link, you'll be taken to Amazon where you can purchase the book directly.
Dr. Christal Albrecht joins Dorian and Jake to reflect on her career, the importance of education and more. It was a pleasure to sit down with her as she wraps up her tenure as president of Alvin Community College. To learn more about Alvin Community College visit alvincollege.edu. To learn more about 1820 Marketing visit 1820marketing.com.
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