“I always wanted to own a bookstore,” says Patti Pattee, owner of Watermark Book Company. Now Watermark is an integral part of downtown Anacortes, and she hopes that it always will be.
"You can keep yourself healthy by eating well," says Mary Revello of Wild Thyme. The Anacortes resident and personal chef practices what she preaches, but she also prepares healthy and delicious meals for others in their homes.
“Everyone who is sick has a part of them that’s not sick,” says Blake Thomson, “and I try to find it.” The Anacortes resident volunteers as a hospital caring clown, DR StumbleMore.
Dave Crumbo, co-owner of Trestle Coffee Company on March Point Road, sees his business as both a local and international social venture. It’s a comfortable place to sit and drink a superb latté, but it also helps children around the world.
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