The Life in Business: Upper Cervical Health Center of America
“I have always been told that you should open your own practice where you want to live the rest of your life,” says Joe Breuwet, DC, owner of Kona’s Upper Cervical Health Center of America. “From the first moment I…
The Life in Business: South Kona Green Market
“People tell me they get more hugs here than anywhere,” says Tim Bruno, the visionary entrepreneur behind the South Kona Green Market, the Sunday gathering place that has been embraced whole-heartedly by the community. When Bruno moved with his wife…
The Life in Business: Dr. John Stover
Dr. John D. Stover, D.D.S., M.D., Ph.D., came to the Big Island in 2001, bringing with him the knowledge gained from 20 years of medical schooling. Hailing from Louisiana and North Carolina, where he achieved doctorates in medicine, dentistry and…
The Life in Business: Trudy’s Island Arts
Trudy Farley entered the business of representing Hawai‘i Island artists while helping a friend who was battling cancer. She and her friend, Katrina Bellak, first began in a kiosk behind the Wyland Gallery. Soon after, they moved to Ali‘i Gardens…
The Life in Business: Dolphin Journeys
Dolphin Journeys has been a real journey for owner, Captain Nancy Sweatt. If she hadn’t been hit with a Mack truck with 50,000 pounds of rock in it, she says, she might not be where she is today. A life-altering…
The Life in Business: Alakea Healing Center
A decision by the Veterans Administration to cut off funding to a program that was helping some Vietnam veterans moved Family Nurse Practitioner Nancy Emery to take matters into her own hands. While training at the Upledger Institute, she learned…
The Life in Business: Dr. Joan Greco
“I’m a dental phobic like most of my patients are, I empathize with them,” says Joan Greco, DDS, OMS. It is not just her professional experience, but her experience as a patient that guides her treatment style. An oral and…
The Life in Business: Kona Stories
If Brenda Eng was ever asked what her “dream job” would have been, it would have been to own a bookstore. “I just started talking about it like it was real” states Brenda. “I would go to independent bookstores and…
The Advantage of Being Green: More Businesses are Realizing it IS Easy Being Green
By Michael Kramer, AIF® Our fragile island lifeline is, thankfully, waking people up to how we can survive here beyond the longstanding traditions of tourism and export agriculture. As consciousness shifts towards how we feed, shelter, clothe, work, and play…
The Life in Business
Glimpses into the stories behind a few of our ads Kona Stories: If Brenda Eng was ever asked what her “dream job” would have been, it would have been to own a bookstore. “I just started talking about it like…
