We had the good fortune of connecting with Ralph Robles and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Ralph, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
We wanted to start an entity that would support the community businesses

Alright, so for those in our community who might not be familiar with your business, can you tell us more?
Being consistent & pushing the business community to be better & more active. It was no way easy at all to much hatred & envy came along with the process. Staying consistent helped along the way. It’s still a learning process, I think bringing the resources for people to succeed still doesn’t guarantee their success if their efforts don’t match yours. I have put a lot of time & energy into making our community relevant as possible & the DBN has always been consistent when nobody else was.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
The Gadsden Art Car World Chatita’s
Blueberry Cafe
Bisbee is around the corner

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
Arturo Escalante was my mentor he helped me develop a passion to help businesses & become a better individual

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Image Credits
GDR Photography Damien Robles

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