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that as well. Engaged in problem in constant problem solving. We're going to recycle. We're going to go back to Mayor Hollister to talk about engaging constant problem solving. Well, I was confronted with this knowledge that General Motors was leaving. Uh the Chamber uh of commerce
But yet you're not driving to go get a pack of cigarettes. Benjamin Hollis . And I actually did get in trouble, because I didn't answer to it, because I didn't know I had a first name.
little bit technical in the terminology, but there's a lot of infrastructure that depend on this particular setup that Mayor Hollister was able to frankly save for lancing and obviously we have other communities in Michigan that we can talk about if we can talk about what it meant not to have these plants there. So, lots of numbers, lots of fun stories and
This is Calera in Hollister. In Hollister, yeah. 12 miles outside of Hollister. And who else? There's a family that I profile in the book called the Bilbros.
I nearly fell out of my chair. Tim Hollister and I did not know each other well. The fact that this had made its way to him was news.
I am what I do." They're very empowering on an individual level, but you can see the kind of undercurrent. And Rachel Hollis says it out loud. She says it straight out.
Herman. I'm Alexandria Wailes. I'm Jillian Hollis . Meredith Fages. Saki Masuda. I'm Ximena Borges, and I'm the composer for Heidi Latsky's piece.
The thing about our universe, even though it was F'd up, there was poverty, crime, people killing each other in gang fights and all that, we were good. We trot up from Hollis to Adelphi University in Long Island.
campaign for the Lansancy and Greater Michigan community. And Ray served as the senior strategic and marketing adviser to Mayor David Hollister uh during his time. Uh, David Close, David correctly pronounced. Yes. uh, Professor McConnell endowed chair and chairperson of the department of supply chain
fantastic uphill battle that these guys faced. So back to the team just to define us a little bit. So Ray, obviously Mayor Hollister was the lead in trying to figure out a team to keep GM. He enlisted immediately Ray Taderson both as an architectural thing but
Mark Hogan indicated that he would consider lancing for the a plant. We were originally told he wouldn't have according to Mayor Hollister uh may not
But the Central Coast, which are with purchased fruit, I think I see them in most Safeways. This is Calera in Hollister. In Hollister, yeah. 12 miles outside of Hollister.
Of course not, I said, pull up a chair. I liked Tim Hollister. He had been in the associate class three years above me and seemed a little surprised to have woken up one day to discover himself occupying a huge corner office.
And it's not only just me and him. It's Dave Hollister from the group Blackstreet, an amazing solo artist who, I'm a huge fan of Dave, and another amazing artist in Brian Courtney Wilson, who I'm friends with already. I met him years ago.
People were doing it, but you've been able to do it and sustain it. It's Dave Hollister from the group Blackstreet.
And the reason why comic books were so important to me is a couple of reasons. Going to Catholic school in Hollis , Queens, the public school kids thought this. Oh, you got a uniform on.
changing workforce. Uh it was clear in this case we have a very big challenge in communicating uh to the environment. You had as as Dave Hollister talked about uh the challenge of uh the internal group that you shared information with. You have the community who wasn't quite sure of what's going on here. Uh you have General Motors who
His name is Pat Herbert. He's a fourth generation farmer in Hollister. And his CAS was the traditional model.
And his CAS was the traditional model. We had 50 members in Hollister who just got his box of food each week. And a couple years into his venture, I was in publishing, and I got kind of bored with doing the publishing business.
Then he looked at me and said, because this is always such a long day, you know? I nodded and felt grateful to Tim Hollister for having said this out loud. We sat in comfortable silence for a moment.
And it's just been so much fun getting to know him backstage here for a few minutes. So welcoming B. Dylan Hollis to come on up. B. DYLAN HOLLIS : Hello.
So welcoming B. Dylan Hollis to come on up. B. DYLAN HOLLIS : Hello. Hello, everybody. Thank you so much for that.
How did you come up with the idea for this book and this genre of writing? B. DYLAN HOLLIS : Well, if you folks aren't familiar, I bake through old cookbooks on social media, and I started finding them in antique stores, estate sales. I would pick them up and go through them and try to find really awful, or I call them my three W's, wild, wacky, and wonderful.
which is so cool that you can bring that to people. B. DYLAN HOLLIS : Precisely. And it's not so much me, but it's the fact that you had mentioned nostalgia.
So question, how do you find these super old ingredients that, I mean, who even sells creme de menthe anymore? B. DYLAN HOLLIS : I know. It's impossible. And when you do find it, now it's not dyed that awful blue.
Blue? It was green. B. DYLAN HOLLIS : That awful green. I would hope it's not blue.
That can't be at an estate sale? B. DYLAN HOLLIS : No, no. And that's why I don't venture into that territory.
I'm like, where are you finding this? B. DYLAN HOLLIS : That's a question for Max Miller, certainly. All right. Excellent. So give us an idea of where this started.
Tell us more about the birth of this. B. DYLAN HOLLIS : It was. You hit the nail on the head.
It was boredom. Man, when old Miss Rona came around in 2020, we had a lot of-- Miss Rona. B. DYLAN HOLLIS : That was what I called her. But we had a lot of time on our hands.
And you see pork cake and you say-- Oh. B. DYLAN HOLLIS : Yeah, yeah. I said, there's no way.
It doesn't sound good. B. DYLAN HOLLIS : There was a pound of ground pork in there. And I said, we've got to record this and show people that this actually exists.
Oh, that's so cool. B. DYLAN HOLLIS : It was, until the post office called me and said, Mr. Hollis , you've got 300 pounds of cookbooks here. Please come and pick them up.
Does not sound good. B. DYLAN HOLLIS : No. However, I thought it was literal.
name for buttermilk. Oh. B. DYLAN HOLLIS : Now, no wonder I didn't like that pie. I don't know why, but now I'm thinking of my dad, who used to love mincemeat pies, which I always thought was like a meat pie.
This is the one I love. B. DYLAN HOLLIS : Well, you have to be cognizant of where you are and to whom you're speaking. When you say-- you don't want to pick the incorrect favorite.
Which one is it? B. DYLAN HOLLIS : I tell you what, my favorite fruit are dates. Me too. B. DYLAN HOLLIS : Are you serious?
Oh my God, I totally do. B. DYLAN HOLLIS : This is phenomenal. I know. B. DYLAN HOLLIS : I mean, they're forgotten about.
Beans and dates and bananas, and it makes it actually really good ice cream. B. DYLAN HOLLIS : It's phenomenal. Random thing that we have in common.
Random thing that we have in common. B. DYLAN HOLLIS : I had no idea. This is incredible. Everybody's like, enough with the dates.
And did you have any idea it would be like this when you were just starting? B. DYLAN HOLLIS : I had no idea, truthfully. And not only did I learn how to bake when I was doing these things, but I learned how much recipes and food and nostalgia,
But I mean, those are two pretty heavy things. B. DYLAN HOLLIS : I think it was the foreigner's perspective. I was born and raised on the island of Bermuda in this British colony.
Do you ever have any challenges or is there ever any moment where it's not so rosy and sweet and all about bringing back great memories? B. DYLAN HOLLIS : Oh yeah. I got in trouble very recently because I did a recipe for pralines.
Oh. Sounds easy on calories. B. DYLAN HOLLIS : Oh, yeah. You're right. It's tater tots and cream of mushroom soup and just bargain beef.
Tell us more about her influence in this whole experience. B. DYLAN HOLLIS : Oh, I mean, I would be here for hours. What am I without my mother?
It's OK. It happens. B. DYLAN HOLLIS : She said keep going. You can do it.
Aw, that's phenomenal. I'm sure she's going to be happy to hear that when she sees this too. B. DYLAN HOLLIS : Oh yes, my mama. So what's next? So you've got now the two books.
Where else might this go for you? B. DYLAN HOLLIS : Well, it's difficult. When I did get a music degree and I was preparing to go home to be a music teacher, all of a sudden to be making cookbooks and to be baking.
But yet you're not driving to go get a pack of cigarettes. B. DYLAN HOLLIS : I think it was just how I was-- it's how I was raised.