When delivering papers as a young boy there was one home on my dad’s route that stood out in particular. Years down the road, he and my mom got married, moved into their first home and then their second, all the while raising four kids and keeping an eye on that one house. In 2003, “that house” became theirs.

When driving along the Beltline near Whitney Way, walking into Coppertop for breakfast or stopping at Vitense to hit a couple golf balls between Thanksgiving and Christmas, you can’t help but notice what looks to be a Christmas tree farm right in the center of it all – that’s because there IS one, Tree City!

Driving through the countryside of Mineral Point, Wisconsin, you’ll see sprawling land full of crops like corn and alfalfa, old barns, new barns, cows, tractors and more. One of those farms belongs to the Finkelmeyer family, situated right on the outskirts of Mineral Point.

When you find yourself inside Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s Fiserv Forum, if you look at Sections 118 and 119 OR have a seat in those sections, you’re bound to see a long line. It’s not a line of people waiting to get into their seats or to the court, but a line of people waiting to say “hello” to William Brent III, aka, the “Mayor of 118 and 119.”

Greenie has been coaching hockey for over 25 years – from the Burbank Hockey Association Bantams in Los Angeles, to UW-Whitewater where the team made five appearances at the National Collegiate Club Tournament in his seven years there, to Madison Memorial, West Madison Polar Caps Hockey, numerous camps, clinics and the Wisconsin Badger women’s hockey program.

Nestled in the country right outside the city of Janesville, Wisconsin was a small pond across the road from Mark “Greenie” Greenhalgh’s childhood home. When the pond wasn’t frozen from the Wisconsin winters, Greenie would see lots of cows over there having a drink. When it was frozen? It was all Greenie’s.

The majority of Chef Nick Johnson’s career has been spent cooking and serving five-course meals and developing menus for fine-dining establishments like Rare Steakhouse, DelecTable and the former award-winning Restaurant Magnus in Madison, Wisconsin.

Today, Nick’s passion and love for the industry and cooking continues, but now, he’s cooking for his most honest food critics yet – students at One City Schools.