The Craft of Conscious Growth with Tim Elinski
Sustainable business is not only about what a company makes. It is about where it builds, how it sources, who it employs, and what kind of future it helps create for its community.
In this episode of The Bliss Business Podcast, we welcome Tim Elinski, Founder and Fabricator of Pin Drop Travel Trailers, an award-winning micro-camper manufacturer based in historic Miami, Arizona. Pin Drop designs and manufactures handcrafted, solar-powered, self-contained travel trailers from a repurposed historic production facility in rural Arizona.
Tim brings more than 25 years of experience as a licensed general and HVAC contractor, along with deep roots in craftsmanship, historic preservation, civic leadership, and community revitalization. In 2024, Pin Drop was recognized as a CO—100 Customer Champion by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, honoring the company as one of America’s top small businesses.
In The Craft of Conscious Growth, we explore:
• How sustainability can shape product design and manufacturing
• Why rural communities can become centers of innovation
• How craftsmanship, durability, and ethics work together
• What it means to repurpose historic buildings for modern business
• Why local sourcing and local jobs matter
• How responsible recreation connects business with stewardship
🎙️ Hosted by Stephen Sakach and Tullio Siragusa🎧 Produced by Martha Huerta
A sustainable business does more than reduce impact. It restores places, honors craft, supports communities, and builds products meant to last.
Founder
Founder and fabricator, Tim Elinski leads design and manufacturing operations for award-winning Pin Drop Travel Trailers, bringing over 25 years of experience as a licensed general and HVAC contractor. Raised in a family of tradesmen, Tim honed his skills restoring historic homes and building energy efficient additions and new homes. Now licensed by the State of Arizona as both a trailer manufacturer and dealer, Tim brings his talent, skill, creativity, and eye for design to lead the manufacturing team out of a repurposed 115-year old historic building in Miami, Arizona that he and his wife purchased in 2014. Together, they create custom, teardrop trailers that are rolling works of art and which can sustain through rugged terrain or provide comfort in a traditional campground. In 2024, Tim and his company were selected as a Co-100 Honoree and Customer Champion by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a prestigious recognition honoring the Top 100 Small Businesses in America.
Tim is also the former Mayor of the City of Cottonwood, Arizona where he served for nearly 20 years on the City Council, two terms as a council member and two terms as Mayor. Over his years of service, he co-founded the Historic Preservation Commission, co-founded the Verde Valley Homeless Commission, and led the effort to rebrand Cottonwood as the Heart of Arizona Wine Country. Tim is a Fellow of the Arizona Center for Civic Leadership's Flinn Brown Leadership Academy and is a dedicated husband and father to two young daughters.
