Tony Vanilla

Coming up... My very great friend, Tony Vanilla.

Coming up... My very great friend, Tony Vanilla.

He owns a wood shop in northwest Portland.

He owns a wood shop in northwest Portland.

There's a ton of uncertainty after the whole fire, you know, with...

There's a ton of uncertainty after the whole fire, you know, with...

whether we were gonna get insurance payouts, if we were gonna be held liable for anything and get sued to death, or if we were even gonna be able to continue.

whether we were gonna get insurance payouts, if we were gonna be held liable for anything and get sued to death, or if we were even gonna be able to continue.

We probably lost a quarter million dollars worth of stuff in the fire.

We probably lost a quarter million dollars worth of stuff in the fire.

We got a whopping $75,000 from the insurance company, which covered about a quarter of what we needed to really come back.

We got a whopping $75,000 from the insurance company, which covered about a quarter of what we needed to really come back.

So we had to kind of think on our feet to figure out a strategy that would be way less capital intensive, but still produce a quality product at the level we needed it to be produced.

So we had to kind of think on our feet to figure out a strategy that would be way less capital intensive, but still produce a quality product at the level we needed it to be produced.

So around the end of October is when we started working with some local manufacturers to help produce the product.

So around the end of October is when we started working with some local manufacturers to help produce the product.

My very great friend, Tony Vanilla, he owns a wood shop in northwest Portland, and he was the first one to call me and say, yo, let's get this done.

My very great friend, Tony Vanilla, he owns a wood shop in northwest Portland, and he was the first one to call me and say, yo, let's get this done.

And then the other one I found through my wood supplier, Emerson Hardwoods, I just kind of called my rep and was like,

And then the other one I found through my wood supplier, Emerson Hardwoods, I just kind of called my rep and was like,