Rhymes With Lansing #5 - Rick Welsh

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Welsh's Village Farm & Home, Lansing Iowa - Photo Benji Nichols

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.

Welsh's Village Farm & Home was established in 1965 and continues to run as an amazing family owned store on Main Street in Downtown Lansing, Iowa. Rich Welsh continues on the tradition of his Family's hospitality and service while offering all the basics off rural life - from automotive, lumber, farm, work wear, plumbing, electrical, lawn & garden, outdoor & sporting goods, and more. If they don't have it - they'll find it or tell you where to find it!

While Rick grew up in a large family with many siblings, the store became his life's work, along with all the things that one has the opportunity to do in a small town - like being a part of the Lansing Volunteer Fire Department, Ambulance Service, and EMS.

Rick Welsh, Auto Isle - Image Courtesy Main Street Lansing

Along the Way, Welsh's have also picked up parts of the business that have made sense to provide to the region - like lumber! Part of the secret to the longevity of a store like Welsh's is not only the fantastic small town service they provide, but also seeing the products that customers are looking for and being willing to carry them.

Welsh's Lumber Yard - Image Courtesy Lansing Main Street

Listen in to hear Rick talk about all things Lansing, the many historical pieces that he's collected over the years, and the benefits of living in a great small town - as well as "Life at 3mph"!

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.