My how time flies when you don’t have to worry about driving to Medford to buy appliances and mattresses. It was a mere ten years ago (September 2010) that Joel and Jenny Jessee opened Ashland Appliance & Mattress at 1401 Siskiyou Blvd (right above Papa Murphy’s). Joel has deep roots in the valley.

Acupuncturist Jody Herriott (with her practice located at 180 Clear Creek Drive) is celebrating twenty years in business in Ashland this month. She moved here in 2000 after graduating from Southwest Acupuncture School in Santa Fe, NM.

Willie Gingg knows trees. He grew up on an orchard, worked in the logging business, and now for the past 15 years has owned and operated Southern Oregon Tree Care, LLC.

Starting out as a one-man crew in 2005, today Willie is the only ISA Board Certified Master Arborist in Oregon south of the Portland area.

It was a fun day on September 28, 2018, when Agave, 5 Granite Street, was featured on Guy Fieri’s Food Network show, “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.” Fieri showed up with his TV crew and entertained staff and customers with his usual comedic flair, helping to put Agave on the Ashland culinary map.

For Shane Bloodworth, resurrecting the old American Trails Gallery store was something that had been on his mind for a long time. He arrived in Ashland from Texas in 1997 to visit his mom and liked it so much he decided to stay. He was also a fan of indigenous art.