Local entrepreneurs who build good business and do well serving their neighbors are a welcome respite from the others that dominate the landscape. Those that thrive against the mega-corporate competition are superstars.
Kusler’s Pharmacy is my local superstar. Janet is the entrepreneur that returned to town after selling another successful business she had founded. Janet and partner Mary Pat restarted the family business in 1999 which had been closed since her father retired in 1995.
Janet focuses on the pharmacy which has the uniqueness of also being a specialized compounding pharmacy. Mary Pat runs the kitchen and gift store, which is a great local resource for high quality gifts that would otherwise require a trip to a Seattle boutique, Williams and Sonoma, or the web.
Kusler’s success is largely a result of the persistent commitment to this small town community. Janet gives greatly to both the Snohomish community and also to her professional pharmacy community as a mentor. Kusler’s Pharmacy is a teaching site with alliances to University professional schools of pharmacy and has mentored more than 25 young people into the profession.
In honor of Kusler’s Pharmacy and the something extra they provide that makes all the difference, a contribution will be made to the Everett Community College Foundation.