Locally Grown in Arizona

Interview with Charley Freericks of Catellus Development Corporation about Novus Innovation Corridor - a partnership between Arizona State University and Catellus.

About the restaurant culture and atmosphere, about community and support, about expanding and thriving in uncertain times, steak, potatoes and modern Asian food and much more

Jonathan Kraft used to perform with exotic animals in Las Vegas. Now he rehabilitates animals in Arizona-based animal sanctuary called Keepers Of The Wild

Locally Grown in Arizona’s Regina Revazova speaks with Daria Orozco, workforce expert and career coach. Daria owns and operates a franchise of Express Employment Professionals. We sat down to talk employment, the state of our local economy and what to expect.

I remember once being targeted by a social media campaign for IV Hydration Therapy advertisement. So one day this very interactive video shows up on my social feed and it stated something like, hey, do you live in Arizona and have a bit of a hangover after on weekends time to time? We can actually show up at your home and do our magic to help you to be as good as new! So that was really interesting to me for a few reasons: number one is it was irrelevant. Number two, I thought, wait a sec, there are medical services, besides ambulances and caregivers, that actually GO to people’s homes to do the work?Then COVID19 happens. I’ve been been tested several times since March of last year and by now, probably majority of us know what it is: you’re at this random parking lot, in a line of cars. The services are performed right inside your car by people that come out of white tents. So that really sort of normalized the existence of mobile medical services for me: they go to variety of places to do variety of services. I finally got it.Welcome to Locally Grown in Arizona, I’m your host, Regina Revazova. I have someone in the studio that knows a lot about mobile services like that. Her name is Kaila Ford, she’s with Unique Lab Services. The company provides mobile blood draw, it’s growing fast - they began doing business here in Arizona but they’re soon to outgrow our state. Kaila is a practice manager at the Unique Lab Services but she started as a phlebotomist - she used to go to people’s homes to do the blood work.

Dynamic Water Technologies COO Michael Boyko explains why we should be more mindful of water usage, what technologies are readily available to save water and why we’re not adapting them fast enough. Listen Here

Michael Zalle, the CEO of the YellowBird, discusses the concept behind YellowBird, how it came to be, what problems it solves, how it works, health and safety in the age of COVID and more.

We have a charity here in Arizona that helps moms battling cancer. It’s a special kind of organization that creates a community and a support network for mothers that really need it. We sat down with the founder, Lauren Daniels to talk all about the Happily Ever After League, or HEAL. If you know anyone who might benefit from these services, direct them to this place https://www.happilyeverafterleague.org/

When Lorraine’s daughter, Amanda, barely twelve, passed away after fighting two cancers, Lorraine founded a nonprofit, Amanda Hope Rainbow Angels. Lorraine says Amanda had these dreams - things she saw missing while going through treatments.. things she wanted other kids in her situation to have. For example, Amanda dreamed that one day she would design a fun clothing line for kids that go through chemo treatments.

1MISSION builds homes for people in extreme poverty, mainly in Mexico. And people that are living in these houses - they don’t just help building them, they also need to “earn it.” To talk more about it I sat down with David Strathman, partnership director, 1MISSION By courtesy of 1Mission *This podcast is an independent production of Open Conversation. We strive to tell stories of our community and do not charge anything to appear at our show. Got a powerful Arizona-based narrative to share? Let’s talk!