We were so lucky that Rafe Banks, the hotel manager at The Hacienda Hotel and Danny Banks, the Food and Beverage Manager for Sasha's on the Park, were able to visit with us today. In addition, of course, our own Dylan Gamez, the Marketing and Public Relations Manager for The Hacienda Hotel and The Lakeside Inn in Mount Dora, shared her experiences with The Hacienda and Sasha's. Listeners, you will totally enjoy hearing about all the wonderful things available at the hotel and restaurant and what an important role it plays in Downtown New Port Richey!

As always, we record our podcasts at Mullins' Studio in Downtown New Port Richey. We want to thank Noah Hekhuis for his patience and for sharing his expertise with us to present these podcasts to our listeners.

Noah owns the West Pasco Korean Martial Arts https://www.westpascokma.com/ which is located in West Pasco area and his family owns the Oasis Coffee Spot http://www.oasiscoffeespot.com/
located in New Port Richey.

Wayne Scott, owner of Neat Coffee joined us today and shared his journey to the Downtown New Port Richey business community. Specialty coffees and tea are not the only things on the menu, Neat Coffee offers wonderful networking opportunities and you can find many interesting events there as well, making full use of the partitioned spaces. Wayne shared the other professional hats he wears as well. Listen to how Wayne gives back to the community in so many ways. Start your day with Neat Coffee and then cruise around the town. Access https://www.neatcoffeebar.com/ more information about Neat Coffee Bar:

As always, we record our podcasts at Mullins' Studio in Downtown New Port Richey. We want to thank Noah Hekhuis for his patience and for sharing his expertise with us to present these podcasts to our listeners.

Noah owns the West Pasco Korean Martial Arts https://www.westpascokma.com/ which is located in West Pasco area and his family owns the Oasis Coffee Spot http://www.oasiscoffeespot.com/
located in New Port Richey.

We were so thrilled that Tracy Rizer, owner of J & H Consignment, was able to join us to share how she became involved in our wonderful Downtown New Port Richey business community. Tracy shared that the store was named after her two daughters and that J & H Consignment is a women's only clothing store which only accepts name brand merchandise. It was very interesting to learn how many consignment partners she now has as well as how consignment works in her store. She shared some upcoming "deal days" as well. You will get to hear how Tracy gives back to our community in so many ways! Thank you Tracy!

As always, we record our podcasts at Mullins' Studio in Downtown New Port Richey. We want to thank Noah Hekhuis for his patience and for sharing his expertise with us to present these podcasts to our listeners.

Noah owns the West Pasco Korean Martial Arts https://www.westpascokma.com/ which is located in West Pasco area and his family owns the Oasis Coffee Spot http://www.oasiscoffeespot.com/
located in New Port Richey.

We were lucky that Tomas Monzon was able to stop by to share how he ended up in our wonderful town and to educate us about the West Pasco Historical Society and all they have to offer! Tomas, who is also the Programming Specialist at the New Port Richey Library, filled us in on some of the more popular continuous and upcoming events. Thank you Tomas for NOT providing a quiz after your interview.

As always, we record our podcasts at Mullins' Studio in Downtown New Port Richey. We want to thank Noah Hekhuis for his patience and for sharing his expertise with us to present these podcasts to our listeners.

Noah owns the West Pasco Korean Martial Arts https://www.westpascokma.com/ which is located in West Pasco area and his family owns the Oasis Coffee Spot http://www.oasiscoffeespot.com/
located in New Port Richey.

We were lucky to have Sailwinds Realty in Downtown New Port Richey as a sponsor of this podcast. We greatly appreciate Sailwinds Realty's continued sponsorship and support of NPR Main Street, Inc.

Cindy and Lou Partazana, owners of Family Benefit Services in Downtown New Port Richey, carved out some time to meet with us today and we are so happy they did. They both shared many interesting stories about themselves, their experiences in New Port Richey, and what services they offer. It was wonderful to hear about their commitment to the community and how they go above and beyond to help those who need their guidance. If you have questions about insurance and benefits, they are the people to visit. They said that "once they work with you, you become family to them!"

As always, we record our podcasts at Mullins' Studio in Downtown New Port Richey. We want to thank Noah Hekhuis for his patience and for sharing his expertise with us to present these podcasts to our listeners.

Noah owns the West Pasco Korean Martial Arts https://www.westpascokma.com/ which is located in West Pasco area and his family owns the Oasis Coffee Spot http://www.oasiscoffeespot.com/
located in New Port Richey.

We were lucky to have Sailwinds Realty in Downtown New Port Richey as a sponsor of this podcast. We greatly appreciate Sailwinds Realty's continued sponsorship and support of NPR Main Street, Inc.

We were so lucky to have Jeff Wright, owner of Wright's Natural Market and Cafe in Downtown New Port Richey. Wright's Natural Market and Cafe has grown over the years requiring larger square footage which they found in their latest location in our lovely Downtown. Jeff shares many interesting facts about his journey and the Market and Cafe.

As always, we record our podcasts at Mullins' Studio in Downtown New Port Richey. We want to thank Noah Hekhuis for his patience and for sharing his expertise with us to present these podcasts to our listeners.

Noah owns the West Pasco Korean Martial Arts https://www.westpascokma.com/ which is located in West Pasco area and his family owns the Oasis Coffee Spot http://www.oasiscoffeespot.com/
located in New Port Richey.

We were lucky to have Sailwinds Realty in Downtown New Port Richey as a sponsor of this podcast. We greatly appreciate Sailwinds Realty's continued sponsorship and support of NPR Main Street, Inc.

What a joy it was to get to know Ashley Stevenson, owner of Three Quartz Moon in Downtown New Port Richey. We thoroughly enjoyed getting to hear about Ashley's journey and all she has going on. She has a great future vision as well for Three Quartz Moon. Ashley is also a valued member of the NPR Main Street organization! If you haven't been to her business yet, we encourage you to go and become educated in all things Metaphysical!

As always, we record our podcasts at Mullins' Studio in Downtown New Port Richey. We want to thank Noah Hekhuis for his patience and for sharing his expertise with us to present these podcasts to our listeners.

Noah owns the West Pasco Korean Martial Arts https://www.westpascokma.com/ which is located in West Pasco area and his family owns the Oasis Coffee Spot http://www.oasiscoffeespot.com/
located in New Port Richey.

We were lucky to have Sailwinds Realty in Downtown New Port Richey as a sponsor of this podcast. We greatly appreciate Sailwinds Realty's continued sponsorship and support of NPR Main Street, Inc.

We were lucky to get to know more about Tina Leiser, owner of Ocean Skin Oasis in Downtown New Port Richey! Tina shared some background information about herself and the services she offers. Tina is a truly invested partner in the downtown business community! Tina is a passtionate volunteer with NPR Main Street organization! Tina's place of business is such a serene place. Go check it out.

As always, we record our podcasts at Mullins' Studio in Downtown New Port Richey. We want to thank Noah Hekhuis for his patience and for sharing his expertise with us to present these podcasts to our listeners.

Noah owns the West Pasco Korean Martial Arts https://www.westpascokma.com/ which is located in West Pasco area and his family owns the Oasis Coffee Spot http://www.oasiscoffeespot.com/
located in New Port Richey.

We were lucky to have Sailwinds Realty in Downtown New Port Richey as a sponsor of this podcast. We greatly appreciate Sailwinds Realty's continued sponsorship and support of NPR Main Street, Inc.

Kelly Hackman joined us today to fill us in on her background and all three businesses in which she is involved. We thoroughly enjoyed Kelly's story of her background and how she became involved in each of the three businesses. We think you will be as enthralled with her story as we were. We appreciate her taking the time to spend with us. Please visit The White Heron Tea Room and Gift Stop, Coastline Salt Room, and Cotee River Brewing and let them know you heard her story.


This podcast was recorded at Mullins Music in Downtown New Port Richey. We would like to thank Noah Hekhuis for helping us with this podcast.

We learned so much from our two wonderful guests from the New Port Richey Library on Main in Downtown New Port Richey today. Our guests were Andrea Figart, the Library Director and Jessica Meredith, Youth Education Librarian. They both did a fantastic job of highlighting past, present, and future events and happenings at the library. Listen in to learn more about both of them, how the library has evolved, and what is coming up. They have some very interesting stories about some features of the building. We would also like to mention the Friends of the Library who are tirelessly devoted to the library.


This podcast was recorded at Mullins Music in Downtown New Port Richey. We would like to thank Noah Hekhuis for helping us with this podcast.