Granite Goodness

Steve Turner is the Founder at Bring Back the Trades.

Shana Brunye is the Chief Operations Officer at Bring Back the Trades.

The mission of Bring Back the Trades is: “To empower the next generation of skilled tradespeople by advocating for rewarding trade careers, educating parents, facilitating mentorships with professionals, and providing scholarships. Through collaboration, we elevate awareness, respect, and opportunities in the trades. We work to inspire a world where skilled trades are celebrated, valued, and pursued as essential and impactful careers.”

Links & Notes

Bring Back the Trades

This episode was recorded at the offices of Bring Back the Trades in Rye, NH.

Music by Sneaky Miles

Instagram

@bringbackthetrades

@granitegoodness

Tom Irwin is a Vice President and New Hampshire Advocacy Center Director at the Conservation Law Foundation, where he directs CLF’s work in New Hampshire.

Conservation Law Foundation

MIT study on premature deaths from air pollution

This episode was recorded at Treeline Outfitters in Portsmouth, NH

Instagram:

@conservationlawfoundation

@treeline_outfitters

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Shemariah Blum-Evitts is the Executive Director of Land For Good.

Rachel Brice is a Program and Development Manager at Land For Good.

Land For Good’s mission is “…to expand secure farmland access, tenure, and transfer. We connect, assist, and engage farmers, landowners, service providers, communities, and policymakers to grow equitable farming opportunity and sustainably keep land in agriculture. We work across scales, from individual support to federal policy, to improve how farmers get onto, hold, and transfer farms.”

Land For Good

This episode was recorded at the Hannah Grimes Center for Entrepreneurship in Keene, NH

Music by the band Sneaky Miles

*For anyone watching, sorry if the lightning isn’t great- this was my first time at The Hannah Grimes Center and I didn’t realize how quickly the sunset would impact things! Thank you to Shema and Rachel for being accommodating and patient with me.

Alex Nunn is the Manager at the Port City Makerspace.

J.L. Stevens is the Director of Engagement at the Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth.

Port City Makerspace

Please watch this video of a trebuchet built at the Makerspace

Chamber Collaborative

This episode was recorded at Treeline Outfitters in Portsmouth, NH

Music by Sneaky Miles

Instagram

@portcitymakerspace

@portschamber

Nadja Fromm is the founder of Fromm Consulting where she utilises her 20 years in the business world to help entrepreneurs turn their ideas into reality.

Fromm Consulting

This episode was recorded in Treeline Outfitters in Portsmouth, NH

Music provided by Sneaky Miles

Instagram

@frommconsulting

@treeline_outfitters

@granitegoodness

Jennifer Moore (JAM) is the creator of Project Upcycle, a sustainable fashion design competition featuring emerging designers in New England. She also started Portswap, an annual clothing swap event in Portsmouth. Jenn was a speaker at Tedx Portsmouth 2023.

Project Upcycle

Jenn’s Tedx Portsmouth Talk

This episode was recorded in Treeline Outfitters in Portsmouth, NH

Music provided by Sneaky Miles

Instagram

@recovergirl360

@tedxportsmouth

@treeline_outfitters

@granitegoodness

Matt Gallant is Senior Manager of Business Development at New Hampshire Housing, where he focuses on making homeownership accessible across New Hampshire, helping families and individuals navigate the housing market. He also hosts the Making Homeownership Happen podcast.

New Hampshire Housing

Making Homeownership Happen Podcast

Matt’s Holiday Playlist (it’s actually great)

This episode was recorded in Treeline Outfitters in Portsmouth, NH.

Music provided by Sneaky Miles

Instagram

@newhampshirehousing

@treeline_outfitters

@granitegoodness

On episode 32 of Granite Goodness, Andy chats with genuine writer-in-the-woods Caroline Tremblay about wood chopping, Hallmark movies, the Radically Rural summit in Keene, and a bunch of other stuff.

Caroline Tremblay is the creator and content director of Owl & Pen LLC and TheMonadnocker.com, where she covers culture, events, and all things that make the Monadnock area of NH special.

TheMonadnocker

Daily Yonder

Here is a link to the article where Andy first discovered Caroline’s work, where she covered a local stream restoration project highlighting the power of teamwork in achieving lasting environmental impact. This article was part of Caroline’s involvement in Radically Rural.

Radically Rural is a grassroots movement founded in Keene, NH, that aims to amplify collective rural impact by connecting folks with each other and with ideas. Radically Rural started in 2018 as a partnership between the Hannah Grimes Center for Entrepreneurship and The Keene Sentinel.

This episode was recorded at the Hannah Grimes Center for Entrepreneurship in Keene, NH

Music provided by Sneaky Miles

Instagram

@themonadnocker

@radicallyrural

@hannahgrimescenter

@keene_sentinel

@granitegoodness

Eric Cacciatore is the creator and host of the Restaurant Unstoppable podcast, where he helps listeners understand how to become unstoppable in the restaurant business.

Restaurant Unstoppable

This episode was recorded in Treeline Outfitters

Music provided by Sneaky Miles

Instagram

@restaurantunstoppablepodcast

@treeline_outfitters

@granitegoodness

Charley Cummings is the Founder and CEO of Walden Mutual Bank, where he helps to enable anyone to “make positive, lasting change in our local food ecosystem

Links and notes

Walden Mutual Bank

Walden Local Meat

This episode was recorded at Walden Mutual Bank in Concord, NH

Music by Sneaky Miles