Rhymes With Lansing #1 - Maryann Baldwin

Maryann Baldwin, Lansing Entrepreneur Photo by: Brittany Todd

Welcome to "Rhymes With Lansing" - a mini-series of podcast shows featuring just a few of the amazing folks that call Lansing, Iowa home. Recorded in the Spring of 2024, these shows represent a snapshot in time of life in one of Iowa's great, rural, Mississippi River towns. Find the intro show to this series here.

Maryann Baldwinn's story is one of building community and seeing opportunities when they've presented themselves. From an early background in broadcasting, a career in media and marketing took her across the country - until she and her husband found the Lansing area in 2013.

Her work in mentoring local entrepreneurs, supporting city and community agencies, volunteering on boards like Main Street Lansing, and running the coworking space, Lansing Office Works (or "The Works" as it's known) shows just a few of the gifts that she shares with her community.  

Maryann and Benji recording at Lansing Office Works, April 2024

In a Community Builder feature from the "Summer 2022" issue of Inspire(d) Magazine, Maryann says “The way I see it, I’ve just created a garden. I provide the sunlight and fertilizer and water, and then I stand back and let it happen. Everything is connected, and it’s so fun to watch things grow.”

Grow, indeed - as Maryann continues to help along the next generation of entrepreneurs, business owners, and community leaders in Lansing and the greater area. Find out more or get details on how you can use the Lansing Office Works coworking space on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis (or rent their commercial kitchen!). A huge thanks goes out to Maryann for hosting us at Lansing Office Works to record this series of shows. 

Rhymes With Lansing is being made possible by the generous support of the Allamakee Clayton Electric Cooperative and Dairyland Power, with additional support from Allamakee County Economic Development and Tourism. A special thank you to Lansing Office Works for hosting the recording of these shows - find Lansing Works on Main Street for co-working, meeting, and commercial kitchen space -www.lansingofficeworks.com
To find out more about Lansing Iowa - where Main Street meets the Mississippi visit www.lansingiowa.com

"Rhymes With..." is a companion podcast project of Inspire(d) Media - find us online at www.iloveinspired.com

Original music for the "Rhymes With Lansing" series by Benji Nichols.