In Episode 72 of Downtown Depot, show host Austin Meek interviews Lais Loewen. Loewen is the owner of Sabor, a food trailer serving Brazilian cuisine. She explains how her South American heritage has affected her company's culture and why foster parenting isn't so different from running a business. Before that interview, Meek learns about two Austin Avenue buildings about to hit the market with expert Gregg Glime and unpacks a worsening street safety and design morass in China Spring with residential expert Austin Hooper.

Inside the Episode:

0:34 - What’s Happening Here? with Gregg Glime
4:48 - The Residential Recap with Austin Hooper
9:18 - Lais Louwen’s Waco history
10:08 - Youth spent in Brazil, Boston, and North Carolina
10:41 - Early memories of living in Brazil
11:35 - Applying Brazilian culture to American life
13:24 - Feeling like an outsider
14:29 - Showing who you are through your brand
15:21 - Brazilian community in Waco
16:24 - Moving Sabor from a hobby to a business
18:14 - Learning business traits through foster parenting
19:20 - The Sabor plan and future
21:31 - Agility of using a trailer
22:15 - Working with a spouse
24:05 - Learning perseverance
28:08 - Her message for Waco