Speaker 1: Borlosoil Chamber of Commerce. What a great organization do you.
Speaker 2: We are blessed and we are busy, and we kind
Speaker 2: of came off of a little bit of a slow summer.
Speaker 2: We were still pretty busy during the summer, but now
Speaker 2: we're really fixing to rev it up. In the next
Speaker 2: few months, are going to be super busy and we're
Speaker 2: excited about it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, there's always that summer slump there, I think for everybody,
Speaker 1: but as we all know, as things start to heat up,
Speaker 1: so many things. Yes, you guys are doing. I know
Speaker 1: you have the big business Expo that's been ready to
Speaker 1: come up as well. Talk about that a little that We've.
Speaker 2: Got Business Expo coming up next Thursday, a week from tomorrow,
Speaker 2: September fifth, from four to six at Hilton Garden Inn
Speaker 2: that will be in conjunction with Business after Hours. We
Speaker 2: have fifty six businesses that are signed up to have
Speaker 2: a table reserved and so we're going to have a
Speaker 2: really good crowd and you'll learn more about businesses and
Speaker 2: you'll be able to come in. There's going to be
Speaker 2: lots of food, there's gonna be lots of stuff to drink,
Speaker 2: there's gonna be door prizes, but then you also get
Speaker 2: to meet all these other businesses that will have their
Speaker 2: information displayed on their tables that they've reserved.
Speaker 3: It's going to be a fun time.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, and it's a free event. It's a free event
Speaker 1: for people. And again it starts at four o'clock, is right.
Speaker 3: Four o'clock to six o'clock that evening, yep.
Speaker 2: And there is no there's no charge for business after
Speaker 2: hours or business expo to come.
Speaker 1: That's perfect, perfected. I mean, just fifty six businesses in
Speaker 1: our in our community coming together and showing what Bartlesville
Speaker 1: is all about. Yeah, and you know, the Chamber does
Speaker 1: such a great job of recognizing our local businesses.
Speaker 3: That's awesome. We really are really strongly believe.
Speaker 2: In shop localsolutely and keeping these small businesses and thank
Speaker 2: God for our big businesses that are here as well.
Speaker 2: Bartlesville is just that unique community that's got the best
Speaker 2: of both worlds minus the it's a horrible traffic of a.
Speaker 3: Metroplex, you know. Absolutely, So there we go.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, you are right, it's such a unique community.
Speaker 1: I'm glad that this is my hometown. And we were
Speaker 1: talking before we were on the air about you know
Speaker 1: how I've born and raised, went to high school here,
Speaker 1: moved away for a little bit, and then came back.
Speaker 1: But you know, Bartlesville is such a microcosm of what's
Speaker 1: good about a community. It really is, Yeah, it really is.
Speaker 2: And I hear so much about people that are coming home.
Speaker 2: I didn't grow up here, but goodness, I've been here
Speaker 2: thirty years. So we're not going anywhere, absolutely, But we've
Speaker 2: also got on September the tenth, we've got the Conco
Speaker 2: Phillips update. That's going to be really good. That's a brunch.
Speaker 2: It's going to be at Tri County Tech. It'll start
Speaker 2: at ten o'clock. It's twenty five dollars for brunch and
Speaker 2: if you want to reserve a table for eight, it's
Speaker 2: two ninety five and we would love to have you
Speaker 2: come out and and hear what Conico Phillips about their update, yeah,
Speaker 2: and their impact in Bartlesville. So that is going to
Speaker 2: be pretty special too. That's ours. That will be our
Speaker 2: second forum of the year. We do six, and that
Speaker 2: will be the second one of the year.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, And again we were talking about small businesses and
Speaker 1: the large corporations that are here as well, so bringing
Speaker 1: in Ryan Lance the chairman and CEO of Connico Phillips
Speaker 1: for that brunch, and it's always a brunch. It's always
Speaker 1: a little different than other forms that we do because
Speaker 1: I know that he schedules that for the United Way
Speaker 1: Golf tournament that's going on during the same time. So
Speaker 1: he does a little bit of golfing in the morning,
Speaker 1: comes to brunch, goes back out there and spend some
Speaker 1: time with his team members here as well. It's really awesome, again,
Speaker 1: a city the size of Bartlesville having these these executives
Speaker 1: of these multi billion dollar companies coming in and telling
Speaker 1: us what is going on with their company.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's great, it is great, and so we're really
Speaker 2: appreciative of them doing that. And then we've also got
Speaker 2: women in business starting back again. We took a little
Speaker 2: break through the summer with that, but it will start
Speaker 2: again on September eighteenth, now, yeah, September eighteenth. That's at
Speaker 2: eleven thirty to one at Hillcrest Country Club. And our
Speaker 2: guest speaker is Abby Spencer. Abby owns House of Color
Speaker 2: in South Tulsa. She tells helps women understand the best
Speaker 2: colors that we can wear, how our bodies are proportionate,
Speaker 2: the best clothes to fit that our bodies proportions. And
Speaker 2: she has helped over two hundred and fifty women do
Speaker 2: stuff like that right now, just in the last year.
Speaker 3: So I am really excited. She helps with makeup as well.
Speaker 2: So we would love to have you come out, ladies,
Speaker 2: come out and be a part of that Women in
Speaker 2: Business at Hillcrest Country Club on September eighteenth. It's always
Speaker 2: a really good a really good time. Lunch is only
Speaker 2: twenty five dollars and it'll be really really it's just
Speaker 2: a good time. It is. Yeah, it's a great time
Speaker 2: for women in business to network. And it's surprising how
Speaker 2: many women in business and women that own their own
Speaker 2: companies are here in Baril.
Speaker 1: Sure. Sure, and that's that's another great thing.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 1: I love that they're coming in talking about, you know,
Speaker 1: how to dress and yeah maybe some some we need guys,
Speaker 1: we need something for guys too.
Speaker 3: Maybe she'll help you put some ties together.
Speaker 2: And you know what, she very well may have a
Speaker 2: little branch for that, right, So that's kind of cool.
Speaker 1: Got that going on, and that's that's networking and and
Speaker 1: you know, just in the business community. But as you
Speaker 1: were saying, we always have newcomers who are coming into Bartlesville.
Speaker 1: I mean, this is one of those cities where we
Speaker 1: have a bunch of people going in, leaving, coming, coming,
Speaker 1: leaving and leaving, you know a lot of things, and
Speaker 1: maybe even people who have been here for a very
Speaker 1: long time. There are other items and other events that
Speaker 1: you do as the chamber to really familiarize the community
Speaker 1: with what's going on in Bartlesville.
Speaker 3: I think it's called.
Speaker 1: Noville, right.
Speaker 3: We've got two of those things coming up pretty soon.
Speaker 2: Know. The Ville is going to be on the twenty
Speaker 2: fourth of September. I believe that's a Tuesday, but it
Speaker 2: will be from eight to nine in the morning, and
Speaker 2: it talks. We will have our city leaders, the Bartlesville
Speaker 2: Development Authority will be there, Chuck McCauley will be there
Speaker 2: for the Bartlesville Public Schools, the City of Bartlesville, different
Speaker 2: departments there and they will tell us what is going
Speaker 2: on in Bartlesville, any upcoming things that need to be
Speaker 2: talked about. Are we getting, you know, new things at
Speaker 2: the police Department. I don't know that. I'm just saying,
Speaker 2: but then we'll know that day and we'll find out
Speaker 2: what's going on in Bartlesville. So no, the Villa is
Speaker 2: an event we do twice a year and it's coming
Speaker 2: up September twenty fourth. But also that day is pace
Speaker 2: not PACEE Popcorn and Perks. We have done two pastries
Speaker 2: and perks in the morning, but this is going to
Speaker 2: be popcorn and perks for people that can't get there
Speaker 2: in the morning. We're gonna do it from four to
Speaker 2: five o'clock that afternoon. Popcorn and Perks is designed for
Speaker 2: those businesses that may have just joined the Chamber and
Speaker 2: they want to be more involved and more aware of
Speaker 2: Chamber benefits. What can they what can they get from
Speaker 2: the Chamber. It's also designed for those non members that
Speaker 2: have thought about joining the Chamber but they just weren't
Speaker 2: quite ready to pull the trigger and they had a
Speaker 2: bunch of questions.
Speaker 3: This is for those people too.
Speaker 2: And then it's also for those long term Chamber members.
Speaker 2: You know, we've got we've got one Chamber member that's
Speaker 2: been a member for like ninety years, you know, I
Speaker 2: mean not the same head of the company. But for
Speaker 2: those long term Chamber members that may not realize that
Speaker 2: we've got women in business and we've got pastries and perks,
Speaker 2: and we've got new know the bill, they may not
Speaker 2: be aware of all the programs that are available to
Speaker 2: them to network their business, to.
Speaker 3: Showcase their business, and this will help that.
Speaker 2: So it's for the non member, the new member, and
Speaker 2: the longtime member, and so we encourage everyone to come out.
Speaker 2: This is a free event. There's no charge for this.
Speaker 2: Sherry does a short presentation, you know, thirty five forty
Speaker 2: minutes and then answers questions and it is just a
Speaker 2: great time and we'll have popcorn.
Speaker 3: And come on out.
Speaker 2: And you do need to register to come, or just
Speaker 2: call us and let us know you're going to be there.
Speaker 2: But we would love to have any business or non
Speaker 2: business that is interested in Chamber benefits to come out
Speaker 2: and we will tell you all about it.
Speaker 1: Well, if anybody in the business community or anyone else
Speaker 1: in the city of Barlow, if you say that you
Speaker 1: are bored, there's just absolutely no way. I can't. I
Speaker 1: can't say that that's a valid excuse, because I mean, again,
Speaker 1: the Chamber just does so much, not only as you
Speaker 1: were talking about, for your members, but also non members
Speaker 1: as well, to get people connected to the community with
Speaker 1: just tons of things to get you involved. And of
Speaker 1: course it's never too late to talk about one of
Speaker 1: your biggest taking as well. Yeah, if I had the
Speaker 1: song right now, I play it. I played jingle Bells.
Speaker 1: But you know this September, I know you guys have
Speaker 1: been planning this since since.
Speaker 3: Last year.
Speaker 1: So it is Christmas in the Vill Talk just a
Speaker 1: little bit about that.
Speaker 2: Christmas in the Vill is coming up, really gonna come
Speaker 2: up really quickly. We have just already done so many
Speaker 2: things to get ready for that. This year is will
Speaker 2: be a little different because we're gonna have opening night
Speaker 2: on no November the thirtieth. We're adding a week to
Speaker 2: Christmas in the Ville this year, so it will go
Speaker 2: from November thirtieth to January the fifth, and it is
Speaker 2: you know, Santa Claus will be there, will have our concessions,
Speaker 2: open skates. You know you don't you can bring your
Speaker 2: own skates, but obviously we can rent. You can get
Speaker 2: the skates. It's part of the admission. You don't pay
Speaker 2: extra for that. And so it's just a great time.
Speaker 2: It will it's like a Hallmark movie.
Speaker 3: I have said that.
Speaker 2: The kids laugh, the lights are on, the music plays,
Speaker 2: the skating, they're skating, and you just and you hear
Speaker 2: people all up and down, will have carriage rides, Opening
Speaker 2: night will have concessions, and it is just going to
Speaker 2: be a wonderful time again for Christmas.
Speaker 3: In the vill.
Speaker 2: We and then not only that, but the downtown businesses
Speaker 2: are there too, And so when people come into Bartlesville
Speaker 2: to to skate, they also come to eat. They'll go
Speaker 2: down to Boomerang or Painted Horse or Frank and Lola's
Speaker 2: or wherever, and they and and they'll eat downtown.
Speaker 3: They walk downtown and.
Speaker 2: See all the other lights that are that are just
Speaker 2: beautiful all the way downtown.
Speaker 3: It's it's just really magical time.
Speaker 1: It is a magical time. And you know, on behalf
Speaker 1: of the community. I can just say thank you because
Speaker 1: I know this has become a labor of love.
Speaker 3: That's this is our eighth year.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Sherry. Sherry told me last year where I was
Speaker 1: speaking with her about the Christmas in the ville, it
Speaker 1: became this kind of like a little bit of an
Speaker 1: idea and then let's put up a nice skating rink. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden her works exactly. This
Speaker 1: has become a labor of love for the people of Barbas.
Speaker 3: It really is.
Speaker 2: It is a lot of work, but we really really
Speaker 2: love it. I do want to say one thing I
Speaker 2: forgot to say about uh pastries and perks. The eatery
Speaker 2: has been a great sponsor for us. They they have
Speaker 2: supplied the pastries. Oh my goodness, they supply the pastries.
Speaker 2: Sherry provides. They provide the pastries, and Sherry provides the
Speaker 2: perks for the chamber. So that's pastries and perks. But
Speaker 2: but we'll have popcorn this time.
Speaker 1: Absolutely absolutely. Well, well, Judy again, where can people go
Speaker 1: to get information about the chamber and how can they
Speaker 1: get in contact with you?
Speaker 2: Well, the Chamber is located to a one Southwest Keeler,
Speaker 2: right at the at the intersection of Frank Phillips and Keeler.
Speaker 2: But our phone number is nine one eight three three
Speaker 2: six eight seven zero eight.
Speaker 3: And you can go online at bart.
Speaker 2: Www bartles dot Bartlesville dot com. It's real simple, Bartlesville
Speaker 2: dot com. Can't get that's pretty simple. And it's a
Speaker 2: beautiful it's a new website. It's beautiful and there'll be
Speaker 2: lots of information about all those events. If you're not
Speaker 2: a chamber member and you want to become a chamber member,
Speaker 2: there's information there about how to do that, or you
Speaker 2: can call me at the Chamber and I'll be happy
Speaker 2: to help you do that.
Speaker 1: I'm telling you what a great time around here as well.
Speaker 1: G D. Williams Ford of the Chamber of Commerce, thank
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