Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning. Welcome, welcome, welcome. Here
Speaker 1: is time now for our community connection right here on
Speaker 1: King one, the one you trust. Yeah, the lovely miss
Speaker 1: Judy Williams is in here with us here from the Chamber.
Speaker 2: How are you doing, lady, Well, I'm doing great, Thank you.
Speaker 3: Well.
Speaker 1: We've got a lot going on at the Bartlesville Chamber
Speaker 1: of Commerce and all around Bartlesville. You brought almost like
Speaker 1: a you know, war in peace here with you.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I brought my little brought my little cheat my
Speaker 2: little cheat sheet, yeah, my little list here.
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness sakes. First of all, we have something
Speaker 1: that's kind of going on right.
Speaker 2: Now, right now, I mean as we speak, is hot
Speaker 2: topics at the Chamber, Uh huh.
Speaker 1: It's always on this day, last Wednesday. But coming up
Speaker 1: tomorrow we've got a pretty good size event.
Speaker 2: Yeah, tomorrow is going to be kind of cool. It
Speaker 2: is Know the Bill and that will be out at
Speaker 2: Tri County Tech. It's a free event. We ask you
Speaker 2: to register, and it's certainly not too late to register.
Speaker 2: You just can call the Chamber in and we can
Speaker 2: get you signed up. But Mark Haskell will be there
Speaker 2: to talk about downtown Bartlesville he does such a great job.
Speaker 3: We really appreciate Mark. He's a great guy.
Speaker 2: And then Chris Batch Elder will be there to talk
Speaker 2: about the BDA Bartlesville Development Authority and what's going on
Speaker 2: with that and maybe some new things coming to Bartlesville.
Speaker 2: And then Chuck McCauley will be there to talk about
Speaker 2: Bartlesville Public Schools.
Speaker 3: And that will be great.
Speaker 2: And Michelle from Washington Park Mall is going to come
Speaker 2: and talk to us about some of the new things
Speaker 2: going on at the mall. There's just some really good
Speaker 2: stuff happening there. We're excited about that.
Speaker 1: Malls across the United States are kind of reimagining themselves
Speaker 1: and they're coming to life again. And ours has always
Speaker 1: had activity, but I understand that. Well, we'll have to
Speaker 1: wait till tomorrow to find out.
Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, And that's it at Tri County Tech.
Speaker 2: It's a free event and again you need to register,
Speaker 2: but you can call nine one eight three three six
Speaker 2: eight seven zero eight and a register today.
Speaker 3: Plenty of time to do that.
Speaker 2: And then coming up April to ninth, this is another
Speaker 2: big event is.
Speaker 3: The Day at the Capital. Day at the Capitol.
Speaker 2: We that is when we load up the charter bus
Speaker 2: and go to Oklahoma City to the Capitol. We will
Speaker 2: interact with our three delegates there, Julie Daniels, jud Strom,
Speaker 2: John Cain and John b And and so that'll be
Speaker 2: exciting and it's always just a fun day. There's a
Speaker 2: guided tour to go through that day through the Capitol
Speaker 2: and and of course you have lunch and you will
Speaker 2: probably meet some of our other high officials there and
Speaker 2: that will be Uh. I've only gotten to go one time.
Speaker 2: Oh my goodness, it was wonderful. We met with the
Speaker 2: governor and had a wonderful lunch there, and then you
Speaker 2: interact with your with all the other people that go
Speaker 2: on the bus home, and there's treats and snacks and
Speaker 2: stuff like that.
Speaker 3: But it is a it's a great event.
Speaker 2: It's sixty five dollars and there's room still for a
Speaker 2: few more people to come and go with us at
Speaker 2: day at the Capitol. It's a wonderful event. You learn
Speaker 2: a lot about our legislation, our legislators and what they do.
Speaker 3: You'll get to see some of.
Speaker 2: That in action, and it's really a wonderful event, very
Speaker 2: very very a great learning experience. So you won't want
Speaker 2: to miss that April sixteenth is Women in Business that
Speaker 2: will be at Hillcrest Country Club. This this has just
Speaker 2: been such a wonderful event. We do it seven times year,
Speaker 2: it's on a Wednesday, it's always at Hillcrest, it always
Speaker 2: is lunch, and then we have a speaker and we
Speaker 2: give out door prizes and it's a wonderful way to
Speaker 2: network with other women in business in Bartlesville, and.
Speaker 3: So we are excited about that.
Speaker 2: Our speaker this time will be doctor Rebecca Eastam, and
Speaker 2: she will talk about the art and science.
Speaker 3: Of one on one meetings and.
Speaker 2: So that is that will be a great opportunity to
Speaker 2: learn that and just hear what she has to say
Speaker 2: and be able to incorporate that into what we do
Speaker 2: on a daily basis when we meet customers, clients, and
Speaker 2: other business leaders in the community. And so that's a
Speaker 2: good event. It's twenty five dollars for lunch.
Speaker 3: The thing about this this will.
Speaker 2: Be our last Women in Business for the season until September,
Speaker 2: and then we'll start over again in September.
Speaker 3: So I'm really hoping that.
Speaker 2: You'll take advantage of this opportunity to come out and
Speaker 2: meet some other businesswomen in the community and just have
Speaker 2: a great time at lunch. So those are some really
Speaker 2: fun things coming up. But wait, there's more.
Speaker 1: There's more.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Our Classic Golf tournament is going to be May twenty ninth.
Speaker 2: It's one hundred and fifty dollars per player, six hundred
Speaker 2: for a team of four.
Speaker 3: That will be at Hillcrest.
Speaker 2: It is just a wonderful opportunity to meet with other
Speaker 2: put a team together with business leaders in the community
Speaker 2: and come out and play golf. We have room for
Speaker 2: one hole sponsor left and that is always fun, tom
Speaker 2: because you can set up a tent if you want
Speaker 2: and have an activity for the team to play and
Speaker 2: give away, maybe give out some water. It'll probably be
Speaker 2: a nice, warm day and it will be a great
Speaker 2: time to just meet with other business leaders in the community.
Speaker 2: Scoreboard sponsor, we have spot for that. If you want
Speaker 2: to be the scoreboard, you would have your company logo
Speaker 2: on the board, your company logo in all the event promotions.
Speaker 2: You're an opportunity to have two players in the tournament
Speaker 2: and you can put your promotional items in the golfer's
Speaker 2: goodie bag. That's always because we put a goodie bag
Speaker 2: out in each two per golf cart and so that's
Speaker 2: kind of fun. Speaking of golf carts, then we have
Speaker 2: the golf cart sponsor and you have your logo in
Speaker 2: each in every golf cart displayed on the golf cart windshield,
Speaker 2: and then your company logo and all the event promotions
Speaker 2: and the opportunity to have two players in the tournament.
Speaker 2: So it's a wonderful opportunity. It's always fun, and we
Speaker 2: have lunch at the country club and it's just a
Speaker 2: and it's a great course to play.
Speaker 1: It is it truly is get some sunshine and get
Speaker 1: some pressure, and get some exercise, and you get to
Speaker 1: meet up with some potential.
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, a lot of potential, a lot.
Speaker 2: Of potential, and you know, I think, and then of
Speaker 2: course we're going to talk about the gala in just
Speaker 2: a second. Two.
Speaker 3: But that's the thing about the Chamber of Commerce.
Speaker 2: It is just such a wonderful opportunity on many of
Speaker 2: the different levels.
Speaker 3: You network with other business.
Speaker 2: Leaders in the community, and that's always wonderful. We can
Speaker 2: help promote your business. But I think the biggest thing
Speaker 2: for me, the biggest takeaway always is you collaborate with
Speaker 2: other business people in the community to make Bartlesville that
Speaker 2: wonderful place where we love to live, work, worship, go
Speaker 2: to school, do all those things that make Bartlesville a
Speaker 2: real unique place. I had a lady come in my
Speaker 2: office yesterday from actually from Edmund and she was doing
Speaker 2: some other things and she had never been to downtown
Speaker 2: Bartlesville and she walked in and said, oh, my gosh,
Speaker 2: this place is beautiful. You have the most beautiful downtown.
Speaker 2: And I said, yeah, I.
Speaker 3: Know, we do.
Speaker 2: I mean, I guess I should have said thank you,
Speaker 2: but I didn't. I said, yeah, I know. And it's
Speaker 2: kind of like that. We we like that. And and
Speaker 2: it's and one of the things about downtown Bartlesville, and
Speaker 2: not just downtown, but like the mall coming coming in
Speaker 2: and all the new things that are happening here in
Speaker 2: the industrial Park and all those things that that we
Speaker 2: collaborate and make Bartlesville that wonderful place to live, work,
Speaker 2: worship and play.
Speaker 1: Wow.
Speaker 2: Yep, it's a neat. It's a it's one of the kind.
Speaker 2: But but wait, there's more. May fifteenth is our annual
Speaker 2: gala that will be a Thursday evening.
Speaker 3: That's it's a big deal. It is so wonderful.
Speaker 2: We it will be at at Hilton Inn and the
Speaker 2: Hilton Garden Inn in downtown Thursday, May the fifteenth, six pm,
Speaker 2: the doors will open and there will be check in,
Speaker 2: and then that six point thirty the program begins and
Speaker 2: the program will be obviously they'll be dinner and it
Speaker 2: will be wonderful. But we will have awards for different
Speaker 2: community leaders and so those will be presented that night,
Speaker 2: and it's always a wonderful time to be able to
Speaker 2: honor those people.
Speaker 1: Wow, that is great. It always is.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it is. It's very elegant.
Speaker 2: And I don't know if we have the women in
Speaker 2: our office that really put that together, Sherry and Tessa
Speaker 2: and Kim. They do such an incredible job of organizing
Speaker 2: that and making it special. And we always have such
Speaker 2: a wonderful turnout, and so I hope, I hope that
Speaker 2: our business people will come. And if you are not
Speaker 2: a chamber member, I would love to invite you to
Speaker 2: become a chamber member.
Speaker 1: It's a great introduction, is it is.
Speaker 2: And and we would we would love to have you
Speaker 2: be a part of what we do for Bartlesville and
Speaker 2: the surrounding area. It is the Bartlesville Regional Chamber of Commerce,
Speaker 2: So it is it's more than just downtown. It's around
Speaker 2: Bartlesville as well. And you know, we have members all
Speaker 2: we have members in from Independence, Kansas. We have members
Speaker 2: from Awasso and Tulsa, and I think we even have
Speaker 2: one from California.
Speaker 3: It's kind of cool.
Speaker 1: Well, that's not bad.
Speaker 3: That's not bad at all, not bad.
Speaker 1: You know a lot of the folks from Coffeeville and Independence,
Speaker 1: they come here to do the business now, and it's
Speaker 1: the business they do. Is appreciate it. They come here
Speaker 1: absolutely everything from the Christmas in the villa to any
Speaker 1: other thing we've got going on.
Speaker 3: Yeah, they do.
Speaker 2: And and because it is a beautiful downtown place. It
Speaker 2: is a beautiful when you drive in on seventy five
Speaker 2: from those places, but it's still a wonderful place. And
Speaker 2: so and we can provide those things. And now with
Speaker 2: what's going on at Washington Park Mall and then the
Speaker 2: other places that where people can shop and things you
Speaker 2: know that out on Adams and seventy five, and I
Speaker 2: don't know, it's just a great place.
Speaker 1: Well it is. There's a light to see, a lot
Speaker 1: to do. There's also a lot of history as well.
Speaker 3: Isn't that the truth?
Speaker 2: That lady that came into the office yesterday. I went
Speaker 2: over some of the history with her yesterday and and
Speaker 2: you know, things like plastic being invented here and and
Speaker 2: oil and all the things that Nellie Johnstone and all
Speaker 2: the things that are Bartlesville are, Frank Lloyd Wright Building
Speaker 2: that you know, just so many things that in Bartlesville
Speaker 2: are so you know, and that.
Speaker 3: You would expect from a big, big city. But what
Speaker 3: is that.
Speaker 2: I've heard Bartlesville called the littlest big city that I've
Speaker 2: ever been to. But I've also heard it called the
Speaker 2: biggest little city I've ever been to.
Speaker 3: And so it is all of that and more.
Speaker 1: And more and some great people and some great people.
Speaker 1: I want to thank you, Miss Williams for being here
Speaker 1: with us today.
Speaker 3: Thank you Tom