Julian exchanges spreadsheet for hammer

Kasson Township’s Greg Julian spent his first 20 years of professional life in marketing and finance out west in Denver, Colorado, and across Michigan before falling in love with carpentry.

Julian and his family have been visiting the peninsula for the past 40 years. When his daughter, Lily, was born in the early 2000s, Julian stepped away from his fast-paced career to become a stay-at-home dad at the age of 40.

“Essentially, I was available to do miscellaneous things, and that’s where (carpentry) came about,” Julian said. “I stayed home, took care of my daughter. We didn’t want to put her in daycare. We had her when we were 40-years-old. We weren’t going to have this child and then have someone else take care of her.”