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12 CORRIDOR NATIVE APRIL <strong>2018</strong> T.J. Bowen sands a wooden kitchen utensil at BoWood’s shop in his Vinton garage. He hopes to add more equipment and expand his business.
T.J. Bowen engraves BoWood’s insignia on a utensil’s handle. Bowen handcrafts a variety of utensils including rice scoops, spurtles and spatulas. I try to do everything I can to let him focus on woodworking. Payton Schirm, Business Development Manager, BoWood “I try to do everything I can to let him focus on woodworking,” Schirm said. Schirm, who works full-time as an engineer in Cedar Rapids, helped his wife with her health and wellness business, Simple Roots Wellness, for several years before starting BoWood. He set up her website, including shooting and posting photographs of food and making podcasts. “It gave me experience with a startup and the benefit of coming up with an idea and trying it out,” he said. HITTING THE ROAD The men began selling their products during the summer of 2015 at the Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers’ Market and NewBo City Market. By October that year, BoWood Company was licensed with the state as an Iowa domestic limited-liability company. They have since traveled to shows in Kansas City, Colorado and other places. “Craft shows and markets are the CORRIDOR NATIVE APRIL <strong>2018</strong> 13
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