I am happy to have Ginger Wireman on the show this month. Ginger is a community member who volunteers for local green and arts causes and educates the public about Hanford cleanup. Hanford is where the Tri-Cities we know today got its start, and I appreciated learning more about it. We also get into her background — what brought her to Tri-Cities and her time here.

Ginger is also running for Richland’s City Council, Position 4, so we talk a bit about her ideas for the Tri-Cities and what she would like to accomplish via that position. I very much enjoyed this interview, and I hope you do too!

Ginger Wireman

* Campaign Information: gingerwireman4richland.info

* Campaign Facebook Page: facebook.com/VoteGinger4Richland

Hanford

* Hanford Website: www.hanford.gov

* Department of Ecology: www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/nwp

* Hanford Challenge: hanfordchallenge.org

* Columbia River Keeper: columbiariverkeeper.org

* Heart of the American Northwest: hanfordcleanup.org

* Voices of the Manhattan Project: manhattanprojectvoices.org

* PNNL-Hanford Online ENvironmental Information eXchange: phoenix.pnnl.gov

* Manhattan Project B Reactor Tour:manhattanprojectbreactor.hanford.gov

Vote in the Primary Elections (August 1)

* Benton County Elections: bentonelections.com

* Franklin County Elections: wei.sos.wa.gov/county/franklin

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In this special episode, event organizers, Ty Mulholland and Jess Stangeland, give you a behind the scenes look at three Tri-Cities events: TriConf, Subplot: A Storytelling Event, and TEDxRichland. All three events give you a chance to connect with and be inspired by your fellow Tri-Citizens. Attend one or all three and be sure to come up and say hi to me if you do!

Check out the events and RSVP:

TriConf | July 19, 21-22 | Richland Public Library | triconf.net

Subplot: A Storytelling Event | August | TBD | facebook.com/fusespc

TEDxRichland | September 16 | the Uptown Theater, Richland | tedxrichland.com

Ty Mulholland is the President of Wildland and a co-founder of Fuse SPC.

Jess Stangeland is the Community Manager at Fuse SPC. She also serves on the boards of the Tri-Cities Regional Chamber of Commerce and Leadership Tri-Cities.

Thanks for listening. If you enjoyed the podcast, please subscribe on iTunes or other podcast directory and leave a review. And I’d love to hear from you! You can follow and contact the podcast here. This was a special episode, but I’ll have a new full episode for you the third Monday of every month.

I’m excited to have Erik Ralston on the show this month. He is the chief architect and team lead at LiveTiles’ Tri-Cities branch. LiveTiles is an international company that creates customizable online workspaces for teams.  He is also one of the co-founders of Fuse Co-Working Space in Richland — where I’m currently recording in their podcast booth. As well as a co-founder of Tri-Cities Launch, a program of classes and experiences to learn how to quickly and legitimately create a startup business. He is an enthusiastic Tri-Cities advocate, and I’m sure you’ll enjoy the chat.

Check out Erik’s ventures here: LiveTiles, Fuse SPC, Tri-Cities Launch, TriConf. (This year’s TriConf happens July 21-22, 2017).

You can also follow Erik on his website at Erik-Ralston.com and his blog, .Append(), at Erik-Ralston.com/blog. You can also find him on twitter @ErikRalston.

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In this special episode, Tri-Citizens brings you the audio from Fuse’s first in a new live event series, Fireside Chats. These quarterly events are hosted at Fuse SPC, a coworking space in Richland, WA.  

I first interviewed Vanessa Cozza and Ron Boninger, two of the event’s organizers. They talked to me about the new series, how it got started, and what they hope comes from it.

Then you’ll hear the audio from the live event where Tyler Soldat interviewed Emerald of Siam’s Dara Quinn. She talks about her family, how Emerald of Siam got started and what they’ve been doing there since then.

RSVP for the next Fireside Chat event on Fuse’s Facebook page. Visit Fuse’s website and follow them on Twitter.

You can find The Emerald of Siam at www.emeraldofsiam.com, on Facebook, and you can contact them at [email protected].

Ron Boninger is Founder and Owner of Stillmore, LLC;  CEO of Carbitex, Inc.; and on the Board and Executive Committee of Fuse, SPC. He is also on the Board of the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of the Chambers Regional Affairs Committee.

Vanessa Cozza is a Clinical Assistant Professor of English, as well as the Liberal Arts Internship Coordinator, at Washington State University, Tri-Cities.

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It’s our first ever episode! My first guest is David Spaulding of Wheelhouse, the first community bike shop in Tri-Cities. We talked about how he developed his love of bikes, what brought him to Tri-Cities, how he got started with his first bike shop, Liberation Bike Shop, and what his plans are for Tri-Cities and Wheelhouse.

Visit Wheelhouse’s website and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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Welcome to Tri-Citizens! In this episode, I introduce myself and tell you why I’m excited to go on this journey. I also introduce and gush a bit about our Tri-Cities, WA.

I included a few facts from the sources below. Those from Wikipedia are further backed by other sources, which you will find on their respective pages.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Northwest_National_Laboratory

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanford_Site

* http://www.agclassroom.org/WA/pub/ag_school/12_1.pdf

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy-Columbia_Basin_Irrigation_District#Statistics  

Did you catch yourself tapping your toes to the intro and outro music? Chase Craig is a local musician who plays at venues around the area.  You can follow him on Facebook and find his music on ReverbNation. You can purchase his first album, Waterside, here. He is currently working on a new album, Vintage Soul, so be sure to look out for that.

Thanks for listening. If you enjoyed the podcast, please subscribe on Apple Podcast or other podcast directory and leave a review. And I’d love to hear from you! You can follow and contact the podcast here. I’ll have a new episode for you every month.

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