In Episode 91 of Downtown Depot, show host Austin Meek interviews Jon Passavant, CEO of StartUp Waco. Jon recounts his early career as a model in New York City, the factors that pulled him to Waco, and the opportunities the Covid-19 pandemic present for entrepreneurs. Before that interview, Austin is joined by Bethel Erickson-Bruce of the Waco Downtown Farmers Market to discuss the Word on the Street for October.

Inside the Episode:

Jon Passavant with show host Austin Meek

0:43 - The Word on the Street: “Harvest” with Bethel Erickson-Bruce of the Downtown Waco Farmers Market

4:44 - Jon Passavant's Waco history

6:26 - His modeling career in New York City

9:06 - Unity among New Yorkers after 9/11

12:18 - Opportunities for entrepreneurship during Covid

15:35 - Why he took the job in Waco

18:32 - Three Chambers of Commerce working together

19:53 - Waco is more like than unlike other American cities

22:46 - Offerings at StartUp Waco

25:41 - Entrepreneurialism popping up everywhere