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CANNABIS LICENSE PROCESS IN FINAL STAGES

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SEVEN HOPEFULS IN INTERVIEWS, ONE APPEALS ITS DISQUALIFICATION By Christian Kallen

Se ven applicants for Healdsburg’s two allowed cannabis business licenses appeared in private interviews with city staff last Thursday, while an eighth appealed their disqualification in the application process. Late last month, the city’s cannabis team announced the results of the application process itself, with scores given reflecting the completeness of the applications. Most of the applicants received 100% scores. These were, with the address of their proposed dispensary location: Flora Terra, 498 Moore Lane; Jane, 44D Mill St.; Kure Wellness, 434 Hudson St.; Off the Charts, 129-133 Healdsburg Ave.; and Thi Wellness, 51 Front St. Two businesses had less-than-perfect scores: Mercy Wellness, of 20 Dry Creek Road, with 95.42%; and Solful, of 465 Healdsburg Ave., with 98.75%. An eighth application was scored “disqualified” by the city process. On Oct. 12, all seven completed applicants were interviewed separately by a city team reviewing their applications. The interviews lasted less than an hour each and were conducted by Community Development Director Scott Duiven, Finance Director Katie Edgar and Police Chief Matt Jenkins. Andrew Sturmfels, the city’s assistant city manager, said he served as “proctor” for the interviews but did not score the applicants. ➝ Cannabis, 2

WOMEN IN BUSINESS The 2022 panel held at Little Saint included Elizabeth Gore, founder of Hello Alice; Melissa Yanc from Quail & Condor and Troubadour; Carol Beattie from Healdsburg Forever; Alice Sutro from SUTRO Wine; and Bridget Doherty from Encore Events Rentals.

Chamber Spotlights Women in Business ‘BRANDING AND BUBBLES’ DISCUSSION FOLLOWED BY FREE VENDORS MARKET Staff Report

Though a month late for American Business Women’s Day on Sept. 22, the Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce is making up for missed time with a “unique and empowering event” at Coyote Sonoma on Tuesday, Oct. 24. The two-part program begins with a Women in Business panel called Branding and Bubbles, designed to provide ideas and best practices to elevate the Healdsburg brand through local womenowned businesses. The panel consists of Emily Martin, founder of an eponymous communications and events business; Julia Rothberg of Medlock Ames and founder of Odyssey Wine Academy, a women-run wine school based in Healdsburg; Jennifer Chiesa, the public-relations director for

Montage Healdsburg; and Emma K. Morris, a food and lifestyle photographer. They will discuss key business decisions and opportunities for women, covering such topics as personal branding, brand management, pitching a brand to media and Morris’ specialty, “The Art of Branding Through Photography.” A previous womenin-business event by the Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce was held at Little Saint in 2022 on general topics including being a business owner, achieving a work-life balance and being a business leader in Healdsburg. The keynote speaker was Elizabeth Gore, co-founder of Hello Alice, an online platform for entrepreneurs. “Our Branding & Bubbles Women in Business event is an opportunity to learn from leaders in our community who are paving the way to success within their industry,” said Tallia Hart, the CEO of the Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau. “By bringing together these industry

PHOTOGRAPHER Emma K. Morris is a food and lifestyle photographer with clients

including ‘Bon Appetit’ and Whole Foods. She will be a panelist at the Oct. 24 Branding and Bubbles event from the Healdsburg Chamber. leaders during the panel and then showcasing local vendors during the market, we’re not just creating an event, we’re crafting an experience that serves as a valuable opportunity for the community to get to know the strong women leaders in Healdsburg.” Although Branding and Bubbles is a sold-out event,

THE ALL-TOOBRIEF RUN OF ‘ASHER LEV’ CHAIM POTOK COMING-OFAGE STORY ON THE 222 STAGE By Harry Duke

Photo by Paul Mahder

SAY MY NAME Jeremy Kahn is the title character in ‘My Name Is Asher Lev,’ playing for one more weekend on The 222 stage in Healdsburg.

In the 10-or-so years I’ve been doing theater journalism, I’ve probably seen close to one thousand shows, with about onethird of them being productions of Mamma Mia!—though The Addams Family Musical is rapidly approaching that number. Lately, the repetitive nature of theater

the panel is followed by a free, open-to-all Shop Local market, also held at Coyote Sonoma. Members of the Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce are expected to be primary participants. A drawing for prizes will be held at the market; prizes include dinner for four at Montage, a

wine-and-chocolate pairing, gift certificates and more. The drawing will be held at 6:45pm.

programming has been getting to me. I have found it difficult to work up enthusiasm to attend the umpteenth production of a classic Broadway musical or a director’s latest reimagining of Shakespeare. “It’s Romeo and Juliet, but the families run rival cheesesteak shops in Philadelphia!” I suppose it’s a hazard of the trade, but while many of the productions are quite good and serve their audiences well, I still often leave the theater with a feeling of “been there, seen that.” My enthusiasm returns when I get the opportunity to see something I’ve never seen before; even more so when it’s something extraordinary. Which brings me to My Name Is Asher Lev. The 222 is a performing arts center housed in the Paul Mahder Gallery

in Healdsburg, where Bay Area theater-icon Aldo Billingslea has taken on the responsibility of programming live, professional theater. Earlier this year The 222 hosted a production of Chapatti, by the Rogue Theater Company of Ashland, Oregon. For their first in-house production, Billingslea chose My Name Is Asher Lev, a show he has apparently been trying to mount for some time since its last local production in 2009 by the Marin Theater Company. Aaron Posner’s adaptation of Chaim Potok’s 1972 novel is a 90-minute journey through the life of a Hasidic Jew gifted with a talent for art. Asher Lev (Jeremy Kahn) has a talent that is looked down on by his faith, as it seems to serve no purpose in the service of God—so much

More information on Branding and Bubbles is available at https:// tinyurl.com/4t8k42mu. Coyote Sonoma is located at 44-F Mill St., Healdsburg.

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