Hanna Cashen with Family Building Blocks works in the North Santiam Valley on Community and Family Outreach to connect parents with supportive resources to overcome adversity stressful life events to ensure young children have a healthy environment, deep bonds to their parents and a great start in life.

Tirzah Hawkins of Stayton Vital Health speaks on her journey to better health, owning two wellness-focused businesses, her passion for holistic health and her experience writing and self-publishing her first book Overcoming Autoimmune.

This week's episode features Steve Poisson, President of Revitalize Downtown Stayton. The nonprofit group works to reinvigorate Stayton's Historic Downtown main street with beautification projects, hosting family-fun events, and supporting business growth. Learn more at https://downtownstayton.org/

Episode number two features show producer Michael Calcagno. His conversation with show host Nicole provided a brief introduction on Michael’s background, working in television news, starting his own company, why his family moved to the area and more!

The kick-off episode of Santiam Local features show host Nicole Miller. She discusses her journey from studying public relations in college to life in Gates to becoming engaged with her community and why she wants to launch a hyperlocal podcast to serve the region.