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Hosted by Elaine Bulawin · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 23 episodes
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Two-Lane Tucson is a podcast about the people behind Tucson’s local businesses. Each episode is a recorded conversation with founders and owners who built restaurants, shops, and companies that became part of the city.Interviews are recorded on location and focus on how these businesses started, survived, and grew in Tucson.
Elaine Bulawin hosts Two-Lane Tucson: Stories Behind Local Businesses, a business show with 23 episodes published.
What keeps a Tucson business alive when the margins are thin, the summers are brutal, and survival is never guaranteed? In this Season 3 finale of Two Lane Tucson, Elaine Bulawin reflects on the stories behind Arizona Ha
Most people in Tucson have probably had Maya Tea without realizing it. What started as homemade chai and a four-foot table at a farmer’s market grew into a company serving more than 2,500 restaurants and coffee shops acr
When chefs in Tucson wanted true farmers-market quality ingredients, the big distributors couldn’t deliver. Erik Stanford saw the problem firsthand while working in restaurant kitchens. In 2015, he started Pivot Produce
The The Loft Cinema has been part of Tucson’s film culture for more than 50 years. But it almost didn’t survive. In this episode of Two-Lane Tucson, Elaine sits down with Jeff Yanc, program director at the Loft, to talk
Restaurants open and close in Tucson every year. Margins are thin. Costs change constantly. And even long-standing places sometimes disappear. But Kingfisher has been part of Tucson’s dining scene since 1993. In this epi
Baja Café opened in Tucson in 2014 and quickly became one of the city’s busiest breakfast spots. In this episode, we talk about how the restaurant started, how the menu evolved, and what it takes to run a high-volume bre
Step inside one of Tucson’s most unusual businesses. Arizona Hatters has been shaping, repairing, and restoring hats since 1935. In a small shop filled wall-to-wall with felt and straw, hats aren’t just sold; they’re reb
After six conversations with Tucson businesses and nonprofits this season, a few themes kept appearing. How do you carry forward a company with decades of history? How do organizations grow without losing their culture?
If you’ve spent time in Tucson, you’ve probably seen one of the green “Be Kind” bells hanging somewhere in the community. What many people don’t know is the story behind them. Ben’s Bells began more than two decades ago
Pop Cycle has been part of Tucson’s Fourth Avenue scene since 2008. What started as a small studio and storefront for a few local makers has grown into a shop featuring work from more than 100 Tucson artists. In this epi
Tucson Botanical Gardens started as a small community garden tucked into a neighborhood in midtown Tucson. Today it’s one of the city’s most respected cultural institutions — a place where desert plants, art, education,
Beyond Bread began as a small bakery on Campbell Avenue with a short menu, no seating, and lines that regularly stretched out the door. Over the years it grew into one of Tucson’s most recognizable locally owned food ins
Truly Nolen has been serving Tucson for more than 80 years, but the story starts in the Great Depression — cleaning outhouses in Miami Beach and solving whatever problem showed up next. In this episode, Michelle Nolen sh
In this episode of Two-Lane Tucson, Christian Beltran, CEO of BB Hill Landscaping, shares what it really takes to lead and grow a commercial landscaping company in Tucson for more than two decades. Christian talks about
Season One of Two Lane Tucson brought together seven local business owners across different industries and stages of growth. From a therapeutic ranch to a mobile tire service, from a pie shop to a 30-year appliance compa
For more than 30 years, Chris Edwards has run Tucson Appliance Company in direct competition with big box retailers. In this episode, we talk about what’s changed in the appliance industry, the pressure of operating in a
In this episode of Two-Lane Tucson, I’m joined by Carter Dircks, owner of Tucson Mobile Tires, a locally owned business bringing tire service directly to customers across Tucson. Carter shares how his mobile tire busines
Sydney Adams, owner of Sydney’s Sweet Shoppe, shares what it actually takes to grow a small, specialty food business in Tucson. What started as learning her grandmother’s pie crust recipe turned into a standalone pie sho
What happens when a veteran is days away from starting a new job and their car breaks down? In this episode of Two-Lane Tucson, I sit down with Bernie Colonna, a Tucson native, U.S. Army veteran, and founder of Honor Cha
What does acupuncture really look like in practice—not just in theory? In this episode of Two-Lane Tucson, I sit down with Tucson acupuncturist Jessica Breton to talk about long-term, whole-body care. We cover how she fo
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Two-Lane Tucson: Stories Behind Local Businesses is hosted by Elaine Bulawin. The show is categorised under business (entrepreneurship) and has published 23 episodes.
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