{"id":827,"date":"2016-02-03T09:36:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T18:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/?p=827"},"modified":"2021-06-23T13:32:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T21:32:39","slug":"informania-explores-longboarding-starting-a-business-and-literacy-advocacy-with-907boards-owner-casey-conner-age-16-88-1fm-kruaradio-org","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/2016\/02\/03\/informania-explores-longboarding-starting-a-business-and-literacy-advocacy-with-907boards-owner-casey-conner-age-16-88-1fm-kruaradio-org\/","title":{"rendered":"Informania explores longboarding, starting a business, and literacy advocacy with 907Boards owner, Casey Conner, age 16. 88.1FM, kruaradio.org"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, February 3, from 9am-10am, Informania host Deb the Librarian interviewed Casey Conner (age 16), and 907Boards co-owner (and Casey’s Mom), Lisa Conner, about Casey’s longboard business, 907Boards<\/a>. Casey first developed interest in creating longboards while a middle school student at Hanshew in an afternoon wood shop program. \u00a0For seven months now, he has been running his own longboard store in Anchorage, near Dimond and Old Seward (between Papa John’s and the Pink Elephant Car Wash). \u00a0On this Informania show, Casey and Lisa discuss the steps they took to establish Casey’s\u00a0business of designing and making longboards and opening a store. \u00a0They have also expanded services to include longboard lessons, field trips, and birthday parties (they have a half pipe in the back of the store!). \u00a0\u00a0Casey\u00a0welcomes opportunities to be a\u00a0guest speaker at schools, and invites field trips to his business.<\/p>\n

Longboarding<\/p>\n

In addition to sharing about business development, Casey provides education about longboarding, differences between a\u00a0longboard and skateboard, and talkes about the longboarding community events he organizes. \u00a0Casey welcomes opportunities to\u00a0teach people of all ages how to longboard. \u00a0Safety equipment is a must!!!<\/p>\n

Check out this article about 907Boards: \u00a0http:\/\/www.concretewavemagazine.com\/page\/3\/<\/a><\/p>\n

LB4C<\/p>\n

Casey and Lisa are passionate about helping students that learn differently develop literacy. \u00a0They are advocating for this through Longboards for Change, LB4C<\/strong>. \u00a0They believe all people have the right to a good education, and strive\u00a0to promote literacy for all. \u00a0Lisa and Casey want to bring awareness to literacy services, and help parents easily find the resources they need to help children struggling with dyslexia and other learning challenges. \u00a0Longboarding provides a healthy way to engage students and draw attention to this important cause. \u00a0Way to go, 907Boards!<\/p>\n

You can call 907Boards at 907-242-0166, or check them out at 907Boards.com <\/a>or on Facebook. \u00a0Their store on Old Seward is open 12pm-6pm, 7 days per week.<\/p>\n

This Informania show will be replayed on Thursday, Feb. 4 at 5pm. \u00a0Listen and be informed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, February 3, from 9am-10am, Informania host Deb the Librarian interviewed Casey Conner (age 16), and 907Boards co-owner (and Casey’s Mom), Lisa Conner, about Casey’s longboard business, 907Boards. Casey first developed interest in creating longboards while a middle school student at Hanshew in an afternoon wood shop program. \u00a0For seven months now, he has … Continue reading “Informania explores longboarding, starting a business, and literacy advocacy with 907Boards owner, Casey Conner, age 16. 88.1FM, kruaradio.org”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5294],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-informania-interviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":958,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827\/revisions\/958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}