Welcome to Money Talks, a series in which we interview people about their relationship with money, their relationship with each other, and how those relationships inform one another.
Cheryl Roorda is 51 years old; her husband, Zac Smith, is 52, and together they have two grown children. After a decades-long career as independent musicians, Cheryl and Zac opened SQZBX Brewery and Pizza Joint in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The restaurant has been in business for nearly seven years.
The following conversation has been lightly condensed and edited.
Zac: We’ve been running SQZBX for about six-and-a-half years, but we’ve been working on it for a lot longer than that.
Zac: That’s when we purchased an extremely broken building on Ouachita Avenue…
