By Jenelle Etzel, September 11, 2023
Jenelle is joined by Society Hotel founder Jessie Burke as they discuss Jessie’s unique path from being on the US Olympic fencing team to attending Penn State to becoming one of the most knowledgable & hard working citizens & business owners in Portland who was instrumental in keeping Old Town alive throughout the Pandemic and beyond.
Topics of conversation….
– How Jessie worked herself out of poverty through fencing
– The 96 Olympics
– Winning without really winning
– Starting Posies Bakery & threatening to fire my mother
– Running a hotel is really a linen maintenance department
– Navigating the pandemic when nobody was traveling
– Not fearing conflict
– Instating her 90 day plan for Old Town and where it was born
– Central City Task force
– A Lot of confusion for people about who is responsible for what
– What she would tell every Portlander if she could
– What Jessie sees as the next part of the city to take off
Books discussed in this episode:
Patrick Lencioni- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Arthur Brooks – Love Your Enemies
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