When Dustin Myers was presented with the opportunity to become a manager partner of Climate City Brewing Company (509 SW G Street) in early 2020, little did he know that a worldwide pandemic was just months away.

The model that Nectar Markets uses to produce and sell cannabis is exactly what the voters thought they’d be getting when the approved the legalization of cannabis in 2015. According to owner Jeremy Pratt, “Nectar has roots in Southern Oregon and we wanted to be able to provide the city of Grants Pass with quality cannabis products, leading us to enter the market with it being one of our first locations in Southern Oregon.”

It was July 1986, and I parked my car on NE Sixth Street ready to sell ads for the Sneak Preview, a newspaper that I hoped would take Grants Pass by storm. The very first place I entered was Carl’s Jr., located at the corner of Sixth and Hillcrest. The owners, Dave and Doneta Thomason, were both there working the business, which was their first franchise.

As a trained dental hygienist, Matt Tripp was doing mobile dental cleanings in the adult foster care community eight years ago when he saw a need for affordable dentures among the fixed income population.

When it comes to dentists, the newest addition to Grants Pass is Dr. Brenden Scott, DMD, who recently took ownership of Anderson Dental, located at 570 NE E Street.