Ryan Hoffman

Aug 16, 2024 | flatwaterfreepress.org | Ryan Hoffman

Joey Dowding sits at the ceramics wheel on a Wednesday morning in June. He’s sporting a flower-print apron and a hesitant look directed at the hunk of brown clay before him. “Faster,” instructor Samantha Weiland says reassuringly as Dowding eases his foot on the wheel’s pedal. She guides his hands around the spinning clay. Dowding’s classmates chime in with encouragement. “See, you’re telling it who’s boss,” Weiland says.

Mar 13, 2024 | flatwaterfreepress.org | Ryan Hoffman

Tamir Ayad’s earliest lessons in environmental stewardship came in Islamic Sunday school growing up in Rhode Island. Cliff Fleener learned about international sustainability goals through teaching Sunday school in a Methodist church. Two different men, two different faiths, a shared belief: be good stewards of the planet. Common ground was a consistent theme Tuesday during a discussion on faith and climate change hosted at Omaha’s Tri-Faith Initiative.

Nov 2, 2023 | omahadailyrecord.com | Ryan Hoffman |Nikki Palmer

Kathy Mesner has a word for the potential fallout from a property valuation dispute in Lancaster County. She’s not involved in the case, but she’s keeping close tabs on it, as is nearly every other affordable housing developer in Nebraska.

Nov 1, 2023 | hastingstribune.com | Ryan Hoffman

Kathy Mesner has a word for the potential fallout from a property valuation dispute in Lancaster County. Catastrophic.

Oct 31, 2023 | hastingstribune.com | Ryan Hoffman

Kathy Mesner has a word for the potential fallout from a property valuation dispute in Lancaster County. Catastrophic.