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As a local and family operated online business, it is important for us to give our customers variety and quality in our products. That is why we work with several farms to bring you foods and ingredients you may not find at your local store. let us be your go-to online bulk foods store

HANDCRAFTED.

NATURAL WOOD CREATIONS.

We here at Burl Wood Dreams would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our patrons. We so appreciate your business and trust in our little rustic home décor store. Built with such passion, all of our one-ofa-kind artistic and functional handcrafted pieces are created from extreme character natural edge burls in a variety of wood. All of our artists, as well as ourselves, love to make heirloom-quality pieces to enhance the beauty of your amazing home.

As always, we want to extend our sincere appreciation to all of our veterans, for without you we would never get to enjoy the freedoms we have on a daily basis. So, if you have visited our store, thank you so very much; if you haven’t had the opportunity, then we invite you to come in and enjoy the works of all our fantastic artists, who always create with such passion and heart. We are so fortunate to display their beautiful works for your enjoyment.

Our inventory is everchanging, so if you want to put your own twist on things or need that special piece to fit a specific area, please ask us about the possibility of a custom build.

We look forward to serving all of our customers, both local and abroad, now and in the future.

Again, thank you so very much.

Corey, Kimberly, Zephania and Aiden

MARKETING DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

Allyia Briggs | 208.620.5444 allyia@like-media.com

MARKETING EXECUTIVE

Haleigh Ackling | 208.620.5360 haleigh@like-media.com

MARKETING COORDINATOR

Kamy Jones | marketing@like-media.com

EDITORIAL EDITOR

Jillian Chandler | jillian@like-media.com

DESIGN

CREATIVE DIRECTOR | Maddie Horton

DESIGN DIRECTOR | Darbey Russo

SENIOR DESIGNER | Kennedy Pew

GRAPHIC DESIGNER | Sam Stoke

GRAPHIC DESIGNER | Elissa Still

DIGITAL CREATIVE DIRECTOR | Whitney Lebsock

ACCOUNTING/ OPERATIONS

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS | Rachel Figgins

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | Steve Russo

MANAGING PARTNER | Kim Russo

Contributors

Damen Rodriguez, Nedra Kanavel

Photography

Photographers: Adair Media Group pg. 1, 14, 16

Jason Duchow Photography pg. 36

Courtesy Photos: Tia Worzala pg. 20, 21, Sandpoint Renaissance Faire pg. 16, 36, The Bonner County Historical Society & Museum pg. 38

12 FINANCIAL FOCUS

Four ways to use cash wisely

14 Q&A

Anita Pew: Visionary behind Sandpoint’s beloved Renaissance Faire

18 CARING IS SHARING

An in-depth look at the 7B and 9B Crop-Swap

22

Calendar of great local events,

About The Cover

2023 MARKS THE FIFTH ANNUAL SANDPOINT RENAISSANCE FAIRE (JUNE 10 AND 11). And to honor the occasion, we’re featuring the woman behind the event, Anita Pew, on this month’s cover of Go Sandpoint Magazine and in our Q&A article on page 14. Read more about Anita, her inspiration behind creating the Sandpoint RenFaire, the people, the work, the fun it entails. As Anita says, “Prepare thyself for merriment!”

Cover Photo by Adair Media Group.