Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local community member. PelotonLabs is a coworking space in the West End of Portland, Maine with a mission to connect and encourage people working on their own to manifest their visions without fear.
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Tom Nosal: We know how to make streets safe. Let’s do it!
Tom Nosal: We know how to make streets safe. Let’s do it! Every month Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Tom Nosal, a transportation engineer with Toole Design. Why aren’t our roads safe... Read more
Leona Oceania: You’re going to die. Why not die well? Preparation is key.
Leona Oceania: You’re going to die. Why not die well? Preparation is key. Every month Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Leona Oceania, the owner/operator of Die Well Death Education, wh... Read more
Paul Drinan: You have a right to feel safe on the road
Paul Drinan on Active Transportation Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Paul Drinan, Active Transportation Director for the Bicycle Coalition of Maine. What is... Read more
Caitlin Marshall: Channeling Climate Anxiety into Positive Change
Caitlin Marshall: Channeling climate anxiety into positive change locally with PCAT Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Caitlin Marshall, a volunteer with the Po... Read more
Susan LoGiudice: Free Trees for Residents to ReForest the City
Susan LoGiudice: Free Trees for Residents to ReForest the City Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Susan, a volunteer with the West End Neighborhood Association... Read more
Louis Giller: Mushrooms can detoxify our land
Louis Giller: Mushrooms can detoxify our land Every Month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Louis Giller, Customer Service Specialist and Educator at North Spore, which se... Read more
Myles Smith: Highways vs Smiling Hill Farm
Myles Smith: Highways vs Smiling Hill Farm Population growth is going to come, and we need to be proactive to make a place in which we want to live Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This mo... Read more
Seven Siegel talks about the Gorham Connector
Seven Siegel talks about the Gorham Connector Every Month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Seven Siegel (they/them), a Town Councilor in Gorham. How did you get i... Read more
Unsheltered Homelessness: A conversation with Jess Falero & Cullen Ryan
Jess Falero and Cullen Ryan: A conversation about unsheltered homelessness Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Jess Falero and Cullen Ryan. Jess has experie... Read more
Roberto Rodriguez on LD2003: To have change, we need to push against the norms.
Roberto Rodriguez on LD2003: To have change, we need to push against the norms. Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local community member. This month, Liz caught up with Portland City Councilor Roberto Rodriguez. At the D... Read more
Bringing the world – and this year, India! – to Maine through the Camden Conference
Betsy Mayberry & Vee Sheehan: Bringing the World – and this year, India! – to Maine through the Camden Conference Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews local community members. This month, Liz caught... Read more
Christine Grimando: ReCode is a generational opportunity to make real change
Christine Grimando: ReCode is a generational opportunity to make real change Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local community member. This month, Liz caught up with Christine Grimando, the director of Planning and Urban Devel... Read more
Zoe Miller: Bringing Joy & Relationships to Visioning a Walkable Allen’s Corner
Zoe Miller: Bringing Joy & Relationships to Visioning a Walkable Allen’s Corner Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local community member. This month, Liz caught up with Zoe Miller, a public health planning profession... Read more
Markos Miller on Franklin Street: ‘Don’t close yourself off to who your allies might be!’
Markos Miller on Franklin Street: ‘Don’t close yourself off to who your allies might be!‘ Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local community member. This month, Liz caught up with Markos Miller, an educator and foun... Read more
Chris Miller: Bringing a Carousel of Animals to Public Spaces
Chris Miller: Bringing a Carousel of Animals to Public Spaces Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local community member. This month, Liz caught up with Chris Miller, a public artist and sculptor who TempoArts recently selected... Read more
Kris Clark: Zootz Nightclub to Western Prom Summer Concerts
Kris Clark, From Zootz Nightclub to Western Prom Summer Concerts. Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local community member. This month, Liz caught up with Kris Clark, who is organizing the 3rd Annual Western Prom Sunset Concer... Read more
Liz Parsons & Roseanne Graef: Re-Forest the Forest City
Liz Parsons & Roseanne Graef: Re-forest the Forest City Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local community member. This month, Liz caught up with Liz Parsons and Rosanne Graef, members of the West End Neighborhood Associat... Read more
Avery Yale Kamila: Protecting Portland from Pesticides
Avery Yale Kamila: Protecting Portland from Pesticides Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local community member. This month, Liz caught up with Avery Yale Kamila, who is the co-founder of Portland Protectors, a grassroots grou... Read more
Vinny O’Malley: St. Dominic’s & the Irish Community of the West End
Vinny O’Malley: St. Dominic’s Church and the Irish Community of the West End Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local community member. This month, Liz caught up with Vinny O’Malley, a volunteer and founding member... Read more
Michelle Anderson: Every adult has career and life experience to inspire Maine’s kids
Michelle Anderson: Every adult has career and life experience to inspire Maine’s kids with Junior Achievement Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local community member. This month, Liz caught up with Michelle Anderson, th... Read more
Lucky Hollander: Finding families for unaccompanied youth immigrants
Lucky Hollander: Finding families for unaccompanied youth immigrants Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local community member. This month, Liz caught up with Lucky Hollander, a volunteer who is coordinating support for unaccom... Read more
Amanda Comeau: Speaking for Survivors of Sex Trafficking
Amanda Comeau: Speaking for Survivors of Sex Trafficking Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local community member. This month, Liz caught up with Amanda Comeau, the director of Survivors Speak USA, who serves on the Permanent... Read more
Amanda Panda & Rob Duquette: Music, Magic, and Kindness!
Amanda Panda & Rob Duquette: Music, Magic, and Kindness! Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local community member. This month, Liz caught up with Rob and Amanda Duquette, husband and wife musicians who teach, perform music... Read more
Winston Lumpkins: Making the city safe, easy and comfortable for everyone to travel
Winston Lumpkins: Making the city safe, easy, and comfortable for everyone to travel Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local Peloton or community member. This month, Liz caught up with Winston Lumpkins, the new chair of Portla... Read more
Todd Morse: Making Portland Livable
Todd Morse: Making Portland Livable Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local Peloton or community member. This month, Liz caught up with Todd Morse, the founder of Livable Portland, which is an online forum for people to share... Read more
Namory Keita: Celebrating Life with Music
Namory Keita: Celebrating Life with Music Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local Peloton or community member. This month, Liz caught up with Namory Keita, a Guinean master drummer who is one of eight traditional artists and e... Read more
Rachael Murphy: Inaugural EMERGE artist in residence at Running with Scissors
Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local Peloton or community member. This month, Liz caught up with Rachael Murphy the inaugural EMERGE artist in residence at Running with Scissors (RWS), a shared studio space in Portland Main... Read more
Todd Ontl: Helping forests adapt to climate change
Todd Ontl: Helping forests adapt to climate change Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local Peloton or community member. This month, Liz caught up with Todd Ontl, a Forester, Ecologist, and Climate Adaptation Specialist at the... Read more
Brad Ferris at Craft3: Using banking for public good
Brad Ferris at Craft3: Using banking for public good Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local community member. This month, Liz caught up with Brad Ferris of Craft3, a non-profit lender making loans to small businesses in the P... Read more
Ocean Swimming in Winter?!? Foul Weather Friends with Jeannette Strickland
Ocean Swimming in Winter?!? Foul Weather Friends with Jeannette Strickland Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local community member. This month, Liz caught up with Jeannette Strickland, longtime Portland Aquatics lifeguard and... Read more
Nel Donaldson: Using Recode to Implement Portland’s Vision
Nel Donaldson: Using Recode to Implement Portland’s Vision for a Green & Equitable Future Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local community member. This month, Liz caught up with Nel Donaldson, Director of Special Pro... Read more
Roberto Rodriguez: Hearing more voices in local government
Roberto Rodriguez: Hearing more voices in local government Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local community member. This month, Liz caught up with Roberto Rodriguez, who just got elected to the Portland City Council. Congratu... Read more
Tori Pelletier: This Is Everyone’s District 2
An interview with the city councilor-elect Victoria Pelletier Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local community member. For the December edition, Liz caught up with Tori Pelletier, who just got elected to the Portland City Cou... Read more
Marie Boneparth: Getting food to kids through the Locker Project
Marie Boneparth: Getting food to kids through the Locker Project Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local community member. This month, Liz caught up with Marie Boneparth, who is on the board of the Locker Project, a non-profit... Read more
Valerie Kelly: Volunteer with the Portland Charter Commission Research Team
Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local community member. This month, Liz caught up with Valerie Kelly, who is leading the League of Women Voters’ Portland Charter Commission Research Team. Her background includes 30 yea... Read more
Ebenezer Akakpo: Art that helps us live Interdependently
Ebenezer Akakpo: Art that helps us live interdependently Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local community member. This month, Liz caught up with Ebenezer Akakpo, an artist and entrepreneur who takes inspiration for jewelry an... Read more
Eric Kalala: Interview with entrepreneur/owner of Chez Castel
Eric Kalala: Interview with owner of Chez Castel Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local community member. This month, Liz caught up with Eric Kalala, the owner of Chez Castel, an African specialty food store. Before coming to... Read more
Adilah Muhammad: The Third Space and Maine’s Black Cultural Infrastructure
Adilah Muhammad: The Third Place Builds Maine’s Black Cultural Infrastructure Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Adilah Muhammad, a founder of the Third Place,... Read more
Kasandra Thach: Ending youth incarceration and making sure that everyone knows that they have leadership skills and power within them
Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Kasandra Thach, a core leader for Maine Youth Justice and the founder of the Butterfly Project, which works with the unhoused... Read more
Kate Sykes: Seeking diverse voices for a new city charter
Every Month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Kate Sykes, a community organizer with People First Portland about the city charter commission. What is the city charter comm... Read more
Emma Holder: Creating connection through fitness & community
Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Emma Holder: fitness teacher, massage therapist, community activist, and Parkside Neighborhood Association Presid... Read more
Katie Shorey: Starting Up Maine
Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Katie Shorey of Startup Maine and Live & Work in Maine. You have a lot of energy around startups and attracting people to... Read more
Julian Rowand: Cooperative Housing Builds Equitable Communities
Julian Rowand: Cooperative Housing Builds Equitable Communities Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month, to celebrate National Cooperative Month, Liz caught up with Julian Rowand of th... Read more
Viva & Andrew Zarro: Keeping the culture alive
Andrew Zarro & VivaKeeping the culture alive Every Month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Viva, the band leader and singer for Viva and the Reinforcements, and Andrew... Read more
Jess Falero and Cullen Ryan talk about homelessness
Jess Falero and Cullen Ryan talk about homelessness Every Month Peloton Labs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Jess Falero of People’s Housing Coalition and Cullen Ryan, the Executive... Read more
Patrick Kiruhura: Asking the right questions to feel connected
Part 2 of 2: Patrick Kiruhura on asking the right questions to feel connected to our neighbors Every Month Peloton Labs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for the West End News. This month is a continuation of Liz’s chat with Kiruhura Ba... Read more
Silver Linings: Local foods & time to experiment
Tara Treichel of SeaMade Every month Peloton Labs founder Liz Trice interviews a Peloton member for the West End News. This month Liz caught up with Tara Triechel, the owner of SeaMade, a Maine-based company that makes seaweed-based snacks. What’s ha... Read more
Stefanie Gill of IntWork
Stefanie Gill of IntWork Every Month Peloton Labs founder Liz Trice interviews a Peloton member for the West End News. This month Liz caught up with Stefanie Gill, the owner of IntWork, a Maine-based company that provides diversity staffing and outpl... Read more
Addy Smith-Reiman: Complete your City, Design your Neighborhood
Every Month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a Peloton member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Addy Smith-Reiman, the Executive Director of Portland Society for Architecture to discuss the complete city. What does the Port... Read more
PelotonPosts – Kym Dakin
Kym Dakin: Training groups to listen with the head, heart, and hands Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a Peloton member for the West End News. This month Liz caught up with Kym Dakin, a presentation coach and team experience design... Read more
