Ben Aste is a conservationist, first and foremost, also an Eagle Scout and the son of a Swiss immigrant. Ben started Uncle Benny’s Building Supplies from a small rented shed, because he couldn’t stand to see the waste in the lumber supply industry in which he’d been working for some years. Uncle Benny’s grew quickly, and is growing still, despite an interruption in retail operations you’ll hear about in the business journey segment. And - Uncle Benny’s will soon reopen bigger and better than ever, and fully under 2nd generation management, with Ben’s son Ben taking the reins.

Because…Ben the senior expects to be busy. My guest today is CEO of Uncle Benny’s, but also running for Larimer County Commissioner for District 3, a seat he ran for and narrowly lost (to the current occupant) last time around. With many of the same philosophies as his building supply company, Ben is running on a platform of Reasonable, Affordable, and Sustainable, and you can learn more on his campaign page at Vote4Aste.com.

I like Ben a lot, enough that I put a “Uncle Benny for Larimer County” sign up in my yard, and I even gave him a little chip-in on his campaign. He’s a win-win-win-win kind of guy, and his combination of business sensibilities and conservationist principles should be (and is) appealing to voters of all stripes and flavors. And - when I learned in this conversation how much Larimer County Commissioners make I wondered aloud - maybe I should be a Larimer County Commissioner! Stay tuned on that topic! - and please enjoy, as I did, my conversation with Ben Aste.

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