Saturday, October 15, 2016

Lake Worth business owner Jennifer Reed interviewed by a business reporter at the Post

Worth another look. . .

This article by Jennifer Sorentrue was a real treat (pardon the pun) in The Palm Beach Post. She interviewed Jennifer Reed, owner of The Sugar Monkey located at 2402 North Dixie Hwy here in Lake Worth. An excerpt from the article:

     Reed worked as executive pastry chef for chef Daniel Boulud at Café Boulud in Palm Beach before starting the business about 10 years ago.
     For seven years, Reed ran the shop from a building in West Palm Beach, but she moved the operation to a storefront in Lake Worth last year. The move was designed to put more emphasis on the bakery’s retail operation.
     Reed is known for blending classic French strokes and Midwestern flair into her confections.

Here are two excerpts from the Q&A:

What do you see ahead for Palm Beach County? I am so excited about where we are headed with the food scene. The bar just keeps getting raised by all these awesome local chefs. What’s happening along Dixie Highway is insane, and to be a part of it is super exciting. [emphasis added]
How your business has changed: We recently moved into a new space on Dixie Highway that allows us to focus on retail with grab and go items whereas before we only did preorders.
This positive business news comes on the heels of Kevin Thompson's recent nonsense about our City of Lake Worth being just "music and booze". Thompson is the Post's beat reporter for this City and he knows full well there is open hostility by some towards the business community here. Feeding into that negativity isn't the job of a reporter and only benefits a few malcontents and their anti-business agenda.

Over and over again on this blog posed this question, "Why won't commissioners Ryan Maier and Chris McVoy walk the walk" with business owner Michelle Sylvester? If you recall she caused quite the stir in Lake Worth when she confronted Maier and McVoy during public comment at a City Commission meeting (see video below).

However, we learned from Sylvester who did "walk the walk": Mayor Pam Triolo, Vice Mayor Scott Maxwell, Commissioner Andy Amoroso, City Manager Michael Bornstein, and PBSO Cpt. Todd Baer. Wouldn't this be an interesting business story for Thompson to write about? Why won't Maier and McVoy "walk the walk"? If they have a problem with our business community shouldn't we know about it?

More importantly why don't they understand how much our business community, and future businesses, contribute to our future success not just Downtown but all up and down roads like Dixie Hwy. as well?

Enjoy the video: