Ellen Reich started her company Three Stone Steps in 2006 after being frustrated about not being able to find fairly made, attractive and functional accessories from foreign countries. Her passion for social justice prompted her to try to provide these kinds of items to the community while keeping their source in mind. Originally Reich was [...]
This week I interviewed Michael Clark of Common Seed, a T-shirt company based out of Hamilton, a community adjacent to Lauraville, and his partner operates out of his own shop in Oakland, Ca. Michael attends the Tuesday Market Connection in Lauraville every week as a vendor and really enjoys the market and the Lauraville community. [...]
This week I found the blog of John Laur, a Lauraville resident who recently started working with the Lauraville Improvement Association and recently visited the Tuesday Market Connection and wrote a blog about his experiences with some accompanying pictures. The blog itself focuses on John and his girlfriend Bobbie and their experiences in Lauraville. After [...]
This week I interviewed Danielle Weissman, a local hula hoop maker that demonstrates, sells and allows trials of her hula hoops at the Lauraville Tuesday Market Connection. She just got into making them about a month ago, and has been hooping for about six months now. Hula hooping is definitely a hit at the Tuesday [...]