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Strachan's Ice Cream In The News
2006 Palm Harbor Chamber Small Business of the Year:
Congratulations to Susan and Bill Strachan of Strachan’s Homemade Ice Cream.
They are our 2006 Palm Harbor Chamber Small Business
of the Year and have
been selected the 2006 Upper Pinellas
Small Business of the Year!
What an honor! The best of the best; we are so proud
of them!
Connie Davis
President/ CEO
Greater Palm Harbor Area Chamber of Commerce
Palm Harbor ice cream shop a childhood dream come true:
By JILLIAN BANDES
© St. Petersburg Times
Published September 2, 2002
PALM HARBOR -- Bill and Susan Strachan were ready to change careers.
For 33 years, Bill Strachan, 61,
had been a ticket operator and ground
service supervisor for Trans World Airlines. Over 20 years, Mrs. Strachan,
57, had worked her way up to senior vice president of an insurance company
with more than 100,000 representatives nationwide.
Several years ago they quit their corporate jobs, sold virtually all their assets
and opened a homemade ice cream and dessert shop, something Mrs.
Strachan had dreamed of doing since childhood.
Neither knew the first thing about how to make ice cream or run a restaurant.
Mrs. Strachan took an ice cream-making class... Read full article.
Small companies, big impact:
By: Edie Gross
Copyright Times Publishing Co.
Published: October 30, 2000
Though often overshadowed by larger competitors, small companies fuel Pinellas' economy.
Bill Strachan is pushing the frozen custard soft serve and the Yummy, Yummy Sauce.
The ice cream curlicues out of the spigot and into a shot-sized cup, followed by a dribble of homemade chocolate sauce. Strachan thrusts the sinful combination at a couple visiting his Palm Harbor ice cream
shop for the first time.
"We have a custom here. We always start you out with free samples," he says to them. "Only if you're willing, of course." Read full article.
Dunedin's Main Street gets sweeter:
By: Theresa Blackwell
Copyright Times Publishing Co.
Published: November 13, 2008
DUNEDIN -- Developer Joe Kokolakis and his wife, Anna, knew what they wanted on the northeast corner of Broadway and Main Street: a place where they could go after dinner, sip coffee and watch their three children play in a small park. The Dunedin residents bought property on the corner and donated it for the city's new Purple Heart Park. But a deal to open a Starbucks fell through. "They were very clear on what their vision was, the type of business that they wanted in that space," said Lynn Wargo, Dunedin Chamber of Commerce president. "They were looking for a family-oriented, warm, safe place." Read full article.
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