So far, so good.
                   Wow! How great is that??  Our First check! Not huge, but it was a start. Our FIRST Check! We were vendors at  the Pride of Dakota Wholesale Show in April....
View ArticleThe Power of Branding
 This logo is immediately recognizable!     Branding your business is so incredibly important. It literally can make or break you.  Some are instantly recognizable, like the Nike Swoosh....
View ArticleOpportunity Abounds in Hazen, North Dakota!
                             Talk about a town that’s going somewhere!      Hazen, North Dakota is the place to be if you want to do business in a friendly,...
View ArticleHazen’s gonna miss the boat on this one!
And they’re not even fishing! I was in Hazen several weeks ago on business and had the opportunity to spend an afternoon with Duke Rosendhal, head of Economic Development....
View ArticleTaking some heat…..
And I don’t mean from the temperature outside! Let’s talk about small town politics today. Yea, yea,yea. I know….never talk about politics or...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Businessman is….
A Farmer! You may think a farmer just goes out and sits in the tractor all day. That is so not all there is to it! From the time he or she gets up, until the moment they go...
View ArticleProgress is in North Dakota!!
Progress is defined by Websters as :” A forward or onward movement, -A betterment “. I think it is more about taking that first step towards your dreams or goals. They say all you have to do is change...
View ArticleOur our small towns killing themselves?
Often I think so. Yes, I KNOW that the Northwestern part of the state is growing by leaps and bounds. That isn’t all there is to North Dakota! Turtle Lake So many of our towns lie quiet and on the...
View ArticleND needs a MOBILE Ambassador!
Wouldn’t that be great?! Think about all the wonderful things she/he could do…. They could go around to the local communities and compile a list of useable buildings, businesses the towns would like to...
View ArticleIt’s time!
Time for me to start blogging about what matters to me. Ways to make a difference. ..My farm…. My crazy life….Just stuff. I know I’ve been ‘gone’ a long time! But that will all change now.
View ArticleStill paying the piper…A story about suicide prevention…
I now know WHY people don’t get involved. Especially in a small town. This has been weighing on my mind for a while now. Without naming names…I will try to tell the story. Let me preface this by...
View ArticleBetter the Devil you know~ Small town politics
“Better the Devil you know, than the devil you don’t know” Isn’t that how the saying goes? In this case it’s Better the Devil you want….”. Washburn, ND is getting a Family Dollar Store. Family Dollar...
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