Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning. Welcome, welcome, welcome.
Speaker 2: It is time now for our community connection right here
Speaker 2: on Gay one, the one you trust and from the
Speaker 2: greater Bartlesville area, a chamber of commerce. Sharry Welt is
Speaker 2: with us and Sherry, you're you're so busy, folks are
Speaker 2: gonna have to, you know, invest in.
Speaker 1: A pair of roller skates. Keep up with you. You
Speaker 1: got a lot going on, we do.
Speaker 3: Just telling you that last week was supposed to be
Speaker 3: our busy week.
Speaker 4: We had three events, different things, programs scheduled, and of
Speaker 4: course last week's weather played heavoc on everything, and everything
Speaker 4: got canceled and moved.
Speaker 1: We get winter about two weeks out of the year,
Speaker 1: and that was one.
Speaker 3: Of that was one of the weeks. But that's okay.
Speaker 3: We got leadership Martinsville in the.
Speaker 4: Week before, squeaked it in before the weather, you know,
Speaker 4: hit the hit the bottom.
Speaker 3: But it's so so Oklahoma, isn't.
Speaker 1: It so very Oklahoma?
Speaker 4: And we're in the negative numbers and now we're in
Speaker 4: the seventies, so it's it's amazing.
Speaker 3: But I am not complaining.
Speaker 4: I love the warmer weather. I'm ready for spring so here,
Speaker 4: although the snow is gorgeous.
Speaker 2: But I'm fun to look at nice to get away
Speaker 2: from it after a while, after a while.
Speaker 4: So anyhow, Yeah, so several of our events, like I said,
Speaker 4: got moved right now going on at the chamber this
Speaker 4: morning as we speak.
Speaker 3: We have our hot topics.
Speaker 4: I just loved it, and it's with Ironwood Business Consultants
Speaker 4: and it's on strategies for explosive growth, and I hated leaving.
Speaker 4: There were some really good things they were digging into.
Speaker 4: So that is a series that we're did in the fall,
Speaker 4: and we're doing in the spring, and this one, our
Speaker 4: next one will be was it March twenty sixth, and
Speaker 4: the topic is going to be on blossoming leadership and
Speaker 4: business growth. So it's building strength and adversity and develop
Speaker 4: resilience as a leader by learning techniques to navigate and
Speaker 4: thrive through business challenges and changes. So if you are
Speaker 4: a leader of your organization or a manager over your
Speaker 4: department or whatever, and sometimes you feel like you're facing
Speaker 4: adversity or swimming upstream or just you know, got those frustrations,
Speaker 4: all of their trainings have been very, very practical. It's
Speaker 4: things you can walk away with and really start applying.
Speaker 4: So I encourage you. It's for those are free. They're
Speaker 4: held with the Chamber of Commerce and Building, which is
Speaker 4: the old depot to a Ones Health Keeler and anyhow
Speaker 4: those that's I've really really enjoyed that series and it's
Speaker 4: been really good for our members. So that's just a
Speaker 4: kind of a tangible benefit for our members. We also
Speaker 4: our Women in Business luncheon last week got moved, so
Speaker 4: it's this afternoon today at noon, and that'll be a
Speaker 4: good one. It's a nutty day. And then let's see
Speaker 4: next week we have our oh no, then our Eggs
Speaker 4: and Issues also got moved. So this Friday is our
Speaker 4: Eggs and Issues breakfast. It's politics over breakfast. But this
Speaker 4: is our legislative preview. So they've now been in session
Speaker 4: three weeks. Our state legislature has been in session for
Speaker 4: three weeks, and we will be hearing from Senator Jillie
Speaker 4: Daniels and Representatives Judd Strom and John Kin, and they'll
Speaker 4: kind of give an overview of the session, what they
Speaker 4: see kind of coming down the pike, what they're working on,
Speaker 4: kind of what they see you know, coming down budget wise,
Speaker 4: that kind of thing. And there'll be some time for
Speaker 4: Q and a as well. So that is always a really
Speaker 4: popular event, even though it's early morning. Breakfast is seven thirty,
Speaker 4: line opens at seven thirty and then we start the
Speaker 4: program seven forty five. Each kind of play it by ear,
Speaker 4: but anyhow, it's a good hour over hour with our legislators.
Speaker 4: It gives our members that direct access. Some of our members,
Speaker 4: you know, could pick up the phone and call them,
Speaker 4: which anybody could pick up the phone and call our legislators.
Speaker 4: They are very responsive, but you know, we want to
Speaker 4: give our members that direct access to them because some
Speaker 4: people don't don't feel like they have that, or they
Speaker 4: may not know them, or you know, they maybe seen
Speaker 4: them and that's it, but we want to give them
Speaker 4: access to be able to hear from them. So anyhow,
Speaker 4: that's this Friday. So if you would like to attend
Speaker 4: any of those events that just register at artiswel dot
Speaker 4: com and you can register there. Legislatively, we are have
Speaker 4: started all of our legislative updates and so every Monday
Speaker 4: morning about nine thirty, we send out a newsletter on
Speaker 4: different bills that we're kind of tracking with the status
Speaker 4: is what's going on in the legislature. It's very easy,
Speaker 4: simple read. It's not doesn't take you're not waiting through
Speaker 4: you know, pages of white papers that you know we've
Speaker 4: gotten press release from and those kinds of things.
Speaker 3: It's just really easy to read.
Speaker 4: It's a quick read, but it gives you a good
Speaker 4: overview of bills that we're tracking. And I always say
Speaker 4: we track bills that are that affect business, not social
Speaker 4: type issues, because people are all over the map on those.
Speaker 4: But usually business for the most part, is united when
Speaker 4: it comes to things that affect Yes, exactly, So, I
Speaker 4: mean that's that's what we are.
Speaker 3: We we fight for business and for business.
Speaker 4: So anyhow that those have been coming out and we've
Speaker 4: gotten great feedback on those, and like I said, they
Speaker 4: go out every morning or every Monday morning at nine
Speaker 4: thirty so or around nine thirty so, lots going on.
Speaker 3: Do we have to take a break, Yeah.
Speaker 1: We do.
Speaker 4: We do it.
Speaker 2: Okay, give me do that and we'll come back with
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Speaker 2: And welcome back to our community connection right here on
Speaker 2: K one, the one he try to share. He wilt
Speaker 2: with the Bartinsfield Chamber of Conferences with us. And the
Speaker 2: month ahead is rapidly.
Speaker 3: I cannot believe February is almost over.
Speaker 1: Well, it's so short, that's true.
Speaker 3: It's amazing what two days in a month do?
Speaker 6: It does?
Speaker 4: It has flown by. It seems like we were just starting.
Speaker 4: In fact, this month is the finally we got our
Speaker 4: parking lot back because we were able to get the
Speaker 4: ice rint gone, move everything and make way for finally
Speaker 4: have our conference room back. I mean, if people can
Speaker 4: only see what our conference room looks like during Christmas.
Speaker 4: But it's finally all put back together, and it's it's
Speaker 4: like you feel so like your house has been cleaned,
Speaker 4: and just because it is just Christmas everywhere in that
Speaker 4: in our conference room.
Speaker 1: See.
Speaker 4: But yeah, so February finally, I mean it went fast.
Speaker 4: But I can't believe we Yeah, that drug out that long.
Speaker 4: But when you have cold weather, that's what happens. It
Speaker 4: doesn't melt. So but yeah, I know, we have a busy,
Speaker 4: busy month ahead in March. Like I said, I can't
Speaker 4: believe it's March. Kind of lose a week and there
Speaker 4: with spring break. Obviously we don't plan anything over spring break.
Speaker 4: But next Thursday is one of our historically long running events,
Speaker 4: which is Business after Hours, that started back in nineteen
Speaker 4: eighty five.
Speaker 3: I think it was.
Speaker 1: School.
Speaker 4: I know I wasn't even born that just kidding, what
Speaker 4: was I I was a g No, I was a
Speaker 4: junior in college.
Speaker 3: Anyhow, I won't rebuild all of that.
Speaker 4: So Business after Hours this month is going to be
Speaker 4: has died at Green Country Village. We haven't been out
Speaker 4: there for quite a few years, so we're excited about
Speaker 4: that one. They always do a really nice one. She'll
Speaker 4: actually have a couple of apartments open so our members
Speaker 4: can see and kind of see. I know they've done
Speaker 4: a lot of remodeling over the last few years as well,
Speaker 4: so it be fun to see some updates and things
Speaker 4: that they've done there.
Speaker 3: It's a wonderful facility for.
Speaker 4: Our community and Sonya we appreciate them hosting. But Business
Speaker 4: after Hours is not just about seeing the business. It's
Speaker 4: also about networking and making those contacts with their fellow
Speaker 4: chamber members and that kind of thing. If someone would
Speaker 4: like to attend, it is a free event and it
Speaker 4: starts at four o'clock goes to about five five fifteen.
Speaker 3: I mean, it's a come and go.
Speaker 4: It's not like you're late or if you leave you're noticed.
Speaker 3: It's come and go.
Speaker 4: We know people's schedule, especially the end of the day,
Speaker 4: can be kind of crazy, but it is a good
Speaker 4: way to injure day and just a great way to
Speaker 4: connect with other businesses and meet some folks and get
Speaker 4: your name out about what your business does. So that
Speaker 4: is coming up next Thursday at Green Country Village, which
Speaker 4: is the one right across from Walmart with the little
Speaker 4: pond and everything.
Speaker 2: So it's a very nice place that seems to be
Speaker 2: miles from everywhere, but it's right across the street.
Speaker 3: From everything exactly anything.
Speaker 1: Once you get behind that tree line, it's like, hey man,
Speaker 1: we're good.
Speaker 3: It is.
Speaker 4: It is a very peaceful, very pretty yeah, very pretty.
Speaker 4: So and then March twelfth, we have our next Women
Speaker 4: in Business and kind of speaking about networking like Business
Speaker 4: after Hours. The topic is building network works with intention,
Speaker 4: clarity and purpose. So that's part of the reason we
Speaker 4: do Women in Business is so that the women can network.
Speaker 4: And but this is that that's the topic. I think
Speaker 4: it'll be very interesting and a good one. So today
Speaker 4: at noon we have about ninety coming, so it's a
Speaker 4: it's a great event. Women enjoy it. And it's at
Speaker 4: Hillcrest Country Club. So if you're interested in attending that,
Speaker 4: it's once again. You can register at Bartlesfield dot com.
Speaker 4: A couple other things, but that'll be after next show,
Speaker 4: next month's show, so I'll go into those. I will
Speaker 4: say to be on the lookout to our members if
Speaker 4: those that are listening is we will be seeking nominations
Speaker 4: for our upcoming gala.
Speaker 3: We do our do our Community Awards.
Speaker 1: That's no small undertaking.
Speaker 4: That is a big event. That's our biggest event of
Speaker 4: the year. It is, and it will be May fifteenth,
Speaker 4: but we're gonna nominations will be going out where we're
Speaker 4: seeking nominations. I think it'll start Thursday. I guess that's tomorrow,
Speaker 4: tomorrow or Friday, and then they'll close. I think it's
Speaker 4: March twenty first, I think it is. And so there's
Speaker 4: about a month there where we you know, if you'd
Speaker 4: like to nominate somebody or nominate your company. We do
Speaker 4: individual awards and then we do company some business awards.
Speaker 4: So all the information is at our website Bartleswell dot com.
Speaker 4: Members be watching for the e Blast because it will
Speaker 4: have all the criteria for the different awards. There's six
Speaker 4: different awards that will do that evening and that's really
Speaker 4: the highlight of the evening Leadership Barts. We will also
Speaker 4: graduate that night that we've got a great class this year.
Speaker 4: There's twenty eight of them. And the back next week
Speaker 4: they'll be doing Small Business Day and that's fun. Each
Speaker 4: each month where Leadership Barts will focus is on a
Speaker 4: different aspect of our community. Last month was healthcare and
Speaker 4: different aspects of healthcare in our community. We are so
Speaker 4: blessed in this community. People do not realize, you know,
Speaker 4: beyond just the hospital that we have, there's so many
Speaker 4: other things too, and so they learned about that. But
Speaker 4: next week on i think it's Wednesday, is Small Business Days,
Speaker 4: so they go out and they hear from a lot
Speaker 4: of small businesses. That's a whole different perspective than Large
Speaker 4: Business Day which was in November. So you know, it
Speaker 4: takes all mix of businesses to make a community what
Speaker 4: it is.
Speaker 3: We have a great, great business community, so.
Speaker 2: It's totally going to get greater. We've got businesses coming
Speaker 2: in ready to start setting up shops we do and
Speaker 2: with that that usually means there's a need for other
Speaker 2: smaller businesses to kind of help.
Speaker 3: Them out, yep.
Speaker 4: And that's and those larger businesses are the ones who
Speaker 4: support a lot of the smaller businesses, you know, especially
Speaker 4: like the retail, the service industry, that kind of thing.
Speaker 4: And that's why it's so important to you know, key industry,
Speaker 4: you know, bringing those primary jobs as they're called, into
Speaker 4: our community and they are their gearing up. I met
Speaker 4: the folks from Blue Well at last Business after hours.
Speaker 4: I was excited to see them out the casino with us
Speaker 4: and just they're hitting the ground running and they are
Speaker 4: they ye are excited about that. I know, Lincoln Electrics
Speaker 4: getting you know, gearing up so great wins for the
Speaker 4: Barswell Development Authority.
Speaker 3: They're great to work with.
Speaker 4: And we need you know, I know, I know they're
Speaker 4: always working leads and you know a lot of those
Speaker 4: don't pan out because you're a needle in a haystack.
Speaker 4: But I'm telling you the Midwest is hot right now
Speaker 4: as industries looking to.
Speaker 1: It's so stable, thank you.
Speaker 3: Yes, how do I say it?
Speaker 1: It is?
Speaker 4: But yeah, we're an attractive I mean we're a business
Speaker 4: friendly state. I mean there's things we could still do more,
Speaker 4: but we are a very busy, business friendly state, and
Speaker 4: so we are attractive. But there's how many communities in Oklahoma,
Speaker 4: you know, and so there's a lot of competition.
Speaker 3: People think it's so easy. Oh you just speak of
Speaker 3: the phone. You invite these people to come and they'll come.
Speaker 3: And it's like, well, no, it's not how it works.
Speaker 1: They're looking at your neighbors.
Speaker 4: Too, Yes, and a lot of neighbors and a lot
Speaker 4: of competition and a lot of you know and synemes
Speaker 4: that go into things and just but we've we've got
Speaker 4: a really strong Barwell Development Authority and they've done a
Speaker 4: great job over the years. So anyhow, yes, primary industry
Speaker 4: is important to supporting our business community. And it's exciting
Speaker 4: to see you know, some coming in and gearing up
Speaker 4: and hiring already.
Speaker 3: So yeah, looking forward to that.
Speaker 1: So life is good in Bartlesville.
Speaker 4: And you know, speaking of that because we have new
Speaker 4: people that will be moving to town.
Speaker 3: Our community.
Speaker 4: Guy is out, is delivered, and if any of our
Speaker 4: chamber members have not gotten theirs, please let us know.
Speaker 4: Our advocates each took a route or two. A couple
Speaker 4: of them went on more routes and delivered them to
Speaker 4: our members. So there's a few that you know when
Speaker 4: they went they weren't open or whatever. But so anyhow,
Speaker 4: if you did not have yours, or if you were
Speaker 4: a PO box and that was your your mailing, or
Speaker 4: or you work out of your home, let us know
Speaker 4: and we can either deliver or swing by the chamber
Speaker 4: and pick yours up. But they're a great recruiting piece.
Speaker 4: They have so much information about Bartlesville. It's a beautiful page.
Speaker 4: It's one hundred and twenty page book basically magazine and
Speaker 4: all the information you could want about Bartlesville. So that's
Speaker 4: perfect for recruiting, it's perfect for new residents. We encourage
Speaker 4: our realtors to pass them out our A lot of
Speaker 4: our apartment complexes uses them, use them with you know,
Speaker 4: residents when they're moving in. So lots of lots of
Speaker 4: ways that they're used. But and all our members are
Speaker 4: listed in the back kind of like the old fashioned
Speaker 4: Yellow Pages for those who remember the Yellow Pages.
Speaker 3: But they're listed by.
Speaker 4: Your business category, you know, accountants or whatever, and so
Speaker 4: it's a great way. We always tell our members, you know,
Speaker 4: support fellow chamber members because they're the ones who believe
Speaker 4: in the community like you do, and support the chamber
Speaker 4: like you know these other businesses do. So you know,
Speaker 4: shop with them first, support them first, and we, you know,
Speaker 4: really try to promote that.
Speaker 2: So I really hope for the folks who were kind
Speaker 2: of kept home by the big thaw, if you have
Speaker 2: to do some shopping, shop local, please, Yes, that means
Speaker 2: everything jo well, especially.
Speaker 3: After a week.
Speaker 4: I mean there was a thing circulating on Facebook. I'm
Speaker 4: sure a lot of people saw it, but the importance
Speaker 4: of after a week like that, people weren't out, they
Speaker 4: were sheltered in, they were you know, hunkered down at home.
Speaker 4: You know, the restaurants took a hit, retail took a hit.
Speaker 4: You know, people weren't out, and so this is the
Speaker 4: week to get out and you know, maybe eat out
Speaker 4: this week instead of you know, you know, if you're
Speaker 4: thinking about it, just you know, get out and shop
Speaker 4: and support our local businesses, because you're right, a week
Speaker 4: of that is.
Speaker 1: It's very hard.
Speaker 3: Yes, it's very very hard.
Speaker 4: So you know, support our small businesses, support our local
Speaker 4: and I always say this because they're the ones, our
Speaker 4: locally owned small businesses are the ones who get hit
Speaker 4: every day asking for a donation to support whatever cause
Speaker 4: it is that they're coming in you know, whoever is
Speaker 4: representing them, and I've done it myself for a board
Speaker 4: that I sent on. But you know, they're the ones
Speaker 4: who support all the organizations in our community. And man,
Speaker 4: if we don't support our local businesses, they're not going
Speaker 4: to survive. So it takes all of us and our
Speaker 4: support to them. So support those local restaurants and businesses.
Speaker 2: All right, Sherry? And and how can folks find out
Speaker 2: more about the chamber? Can we find you online?
Speaker 4: Absolutely, just go to Bartlesfield dot com and there's all
Speaker 4: sorts of information and we would love to sit down
Speaker 4: with you at any time and just kind of talk
Speaker 4: if you would like to. We can walk you through
Speaker 4: some things, talk more benefits, that kind of thing, but
Speaker 4: a lot of it's online Bartlesfield dot com.
Speaker 1: Very good, Chrey, thank you for being