Little Port, Big Vision : Making Waves in Communities, Climate, and Commerce on the Great Lakes

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In this episode, Bailey Flannery sits down with Captain Paul Lamarre III to discuss the winding life path that has led him to become the Executive Director of the historic freighter and museum ship the SS Col. James M. Schoonmaker; the Director of the Port of Monroe; a member of the Board of Directors for the National Museum of the Great Lakes; the President of the American Great Lakes Port Association; and, most importantly, a man who does not waste a single moment and a son who makes his dad proud. Their conversation touches on:

• Paul's childhood on (in) the Detroit River and the long Lamarre family legacy of captaining on the Great Lakes.
• How a cancer diagnosis in his twenties brought Paul back to these waterways, inspiring his life's work of championing the histories and futures of the Great Lakes maritime industry.
• Relationship-centered leadership and cultural change on the Great Lakes.
• How the maritime industry is embracing the responsibility and opportunity of environmental stewardship.
• The profound roles small ports like the Port of Monroe are playing in supporting green infrastructure and local economies, creating a "better quality of life and community that surround the waterway."
• The Sophia Loren of tugboats.