Built here.
Interviews with the owners — and the veterans among them — who decided to plant their flag on this coast. The places that opened before the boom and the ones quietly opening now.
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How Jamie Mammarelli Built Barkyard and Tap in Southwest Florida
Meet Jamie Mammarelli, Army veteran and founder of Barkyard and Tap, and learn how she is building Southwest Florida’s first dog-friendly social…
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Therapist & Sage & Lore founder, Petra Wilkes, believes people and organizations change when they reconnect with the values and stories guiding their lives.
Petra Wilkes of Sage & Lore shares how military service, therapy, storytelling, and values-based leadership shaped her work in Southwest Florida.
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