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Alyssa Roy

Alyssa Roy

Owner and founder of Downriver Homestead, a community-focused home baking business in New Boston, Michigan, and Assistant Property Manager at Monarch Investment.

Aug 7, 2026

3:27
Other ways for people to have in-person connection?
3:30
Yeah, for sure.
3:31
You know, um, that was one of the motivations behind doing the common, um, the Common Table and doing that swap with the community because the different places that are hosting it, right, their, their people are coming, but then there's also people from the community, too.
3:46
And it creates a space to be intentional about those things, and it helps to break the ice a little bit, you know, 'cause finding, like, new friends can sometimes be a little awkward, a little difficult.
3:56
And so when you are all in the same place, and especially at the Common Table, the way that the swap starts is we talk about what item we brought.
4:05
And there's not that many of us there.
4:06
It's a intimate, fun thing, so it's not like stage fright, right? But you just talk about it a little bit.
5:39
And they wanted to start one, what would you recommend, maybe, like, three to five steps to help them get started?

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