ARE YOU A MAKER? Do you make quality, unique, handcrafted products here in the Kootenay's?
If you are interested in submitting your product to sell in the store, please fill out our vendor application form.
Well, Hello there!
We are Kootenay Made
Leanne Ellis
Store Owner/Manager
Firstly, I am a Kootenay woman! I have been living in Trail since 2008, but I was born and raised in Fruitvale. I have lived all my life right here in the Kootenay's except for one year I lived in Guatemala back in 2004. Now, I am proudly raising my two daughters in the paradise that is the Kootenay's with zero plans of going anywhere!
I had always dreamed of owning my own store. Initially, I envisioned a coffee shop or a bookstore (two of my passions), and then one day it came to me - what if I open a store that sells local products from only in the Kootenay's? What if I can help support and connect these amazing artisans with the consumers who are passionate about buying local?
So, after years of owning my own online marketing business, I decided to jump all in and open my own brick & mortar store. And, Kootenay Made Co. was born.
Athena Hawkins
Sales Associate
Born in Vancouver, my parents, thankfully, moved to the Kootenay's in 2008. Trail became home and here I met my husband and we are raising our daughter to be a Kootenay girl!
Leanne is my sister-in-law, as I married her brother, so we are family, best friends, and now, co-workers!
My family loves this community, the Kootenay's, and we plan to stay in the wonderful place to raise our family.