Reporters Luke Brocki and Sarah Berman follow the threads tying various local businesses together, knitting a strong and vibrant economy. Along the way they probe what makes local businesses sustainable and what can be done to encourage strong local economies.
In This Series
Beautiful Relationships: How Five Local Enterprises Thrive Together
Regional roots link coffee beans to greener fuel to sprouting lawns. First in an occasional series.
Beautiful Relationships: Making Local Biz Fizz
This recipe blends office supplies, bread-toting tricycles, eco-boxes and chefs in training. Second in a series.
Beautiful Relationships: How to Make a Local Biz Salad
Ingredients: rooftop farm, online grocer, tricycle couriers, swank eateries, supermarkets. Sprinkle with local lending. Third in a series.
Beautiful Relationships: Sweet Cooperation Helps Local Biz Thrive
A quest for East Van treats links creameries, breweries and manufacturers. Fourth in a series.
Beautiful Relationships: Vancouver's Tight Knit Garment Industry
Small, creative, stitched together: exploring fashion's local supply chain. Fifth in a series.
Beautiful Relationships: Crafty Alliances Brew Local Biz Success
Vancouver brewers and distillers benefit from a sharing spirit. Part of a series.
Beautiful Relationships: Local Biz Sees the Upside of Dung
For Cowpower, green and local energy is only a field away.
Beautiful Relationships: On Record Store Day, a Local Industry Amplified
Seven years in, bands and vinyl shops have found their groove. Part of a series.