Over 23 years, a lot of good has come from Straight from DeHart, a weekly column by Maxine Dehart.

In this episode of Cseking In with Maxine DeHart, she shares many community stories including one grateful entrepreneur who told her "Mrs. DeHart, you gave me my start."

To uncover the passion behind why Maxine DeHart is the pulse that keeps Kelowna's heart beating, listen to this episode of Cseking In.

At 27, Luke Menkes was in no rush to become the man he grew up to be. But that all changed when his dad told him he was diagnosed with terminal cancer and that he needed to take over the real estate business, which included a potential $30 million dollar project in the Cayman Islands.

Just like that, it was time to grow up, move to the Caymans and finish what his dad started. But then a big one-two punch hit and they don't get any bigger than a hurricane that rips the roof off the development and the world financial crisis of 2008.

In this episode, Lucas Griffin, president of Secure-Rite Mobile Storage, shares a 15-year journey that includes humble beginnings and how his parents prolonged their one and only financial goal in life, to be mortgage-free, to invest in their son's vision.

Listen to this inspiring story of entrepreneurship.

In this episode, you can hear the passion and hard work through the microphone of local business owner Andre Blanleil, of Andre's Electronic Experts.

Andre began to gain experience working with electronics alongside his father who founded Andre's Electronics in the 1960s, a TV repair and service shop. As the business grew, so did Andre's goals and accomplishments. His vision to make Kelowna a better place led him into the role of the past City of Kelowna Councillor and was recently awarded Kelowna Chamber of Commerce, Business Leader of the year. Andre speaks highly of his employees who he treats like family and the level of customer service that makes Andre's Electronics a success even through a pandemic.

Andre's passion for his family, the business and communities he operates in, and local sports is an amazing example of leadership for the places we call home.

In this edition of Cseking In, Nikki is joined by Ron Cannan, Former Canadian Member of Parliament to discuss volunteering, community, the Child Advocacy Centre of Kelowna and more.

In this episode, Steve Harvey, CEO and founder of Business Finders Canada, speaks about how he turned his business into a national franchise.

In this episode, we feature Mark West, founder of Epic Real Estate Solutions. Mark touches on the exciting redevelopments and affordable housing coming to life within our growing community.

In this episode, we feature Crispin Butterfield from Urban Theory Interior Design. She speaks about her love of interior design has transformed into her new passion for mentorship and connecting multiple disciplines in the creative arts.

In this episode, we hear from Dustin Serviss of Serviss Wealth Management as he takes us through what it takes to grow a business with peace of mind.

In this episode, the President of Parke Pacific Projects, Stewart Parke discusses how critical core values are in business.