WEBVTT 1 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:12.279 And good morning. 2 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:16.199 Welcome to community connection here on K one and fourteen 3 00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:19.559 hundred f M ninety three point three ninety five point one, 4 00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:23.760 also on Facebook Live right now and at K one 5 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:28.359 tv dot com. Have one of my favorite guests on today, 6 00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:32.719 and she actually is my neighbor as well, Cherry Wills 7 00:00:32.759 --> 00:00:35.200 with the Bartlesheil Chamber at comm or Sherry, how are 8 00:00:35.240 --> 00:00:35.640 you today? 9 00:00:35.719 --> 00:00:39.640 I am good, good morning to you, neighbor. Absolutely a 10 00:00:39.679 --> 00:00:40.719 lot earlier than I think. 11 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:41.399 That's great? 12 00:00:41.359 --> 00:00:42.960 Are you radio people get up at like what four 13 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:43.439 in the morning? 14 00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:44.399 Even earlier? 15 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:44.719 Yees? 16 00:00:45.159 --> 00:00:47.119 Godly, Yeah, I was up at three o'clock. 17 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:48.359 I was proud that I got up at six. 18 00:00:50.119 --> 00:00:52.719 Well, whenever I get up tomorrow morning, whenever I drive 19 00:00:52.799 --> 00:00:55.399 by your house, I make sure to wake you and 20 00:00:55.439 --> 00:00:57.799 Mike up, just just to know I'm passing by. 21 00:00:57.960 --> 00:01:02.039 Hey, Now, that not at all, not at all. 22 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:04.560 Well. At the Chamber, you know, the Chamber is always 23 00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:08.400 a great organization. I know it's kind of the summertime 24 00:01:08.519 --> 00:01:12.439 when we're kind of taking a break from really large events, 25 00:01:12.439 --> 00:01:15.359 but that doesn't mean the Chamber stopping working for its. 26 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:19.640 Members right right summer, just with all vacations and people's schedules, 27 00:01:20.040 --> 00:01:21.760 we do kind of slow it down a little bit 28 00:01:21.920 --> 00:01:24.920 July particularly, and it's what we do a lot of 29 00:01:24.959 --> 00:01:27.200 planning for the new year. We're trying to nail down 30 00:01:27.400 --> 00:01:30.719 dates for different things, and we did just get one 31 00:01:30.799 --> 00:01:33.959 nailed down that I'm really excited about. August nineteenth. We 32 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:37.599 have a forum series. We do six major forms a year, 33 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:40.560 and our first one of the season is going to 34 00:01:40.599 --> 00:01:45.480 be an economic forecast form and it's featuring Mark's need 35 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:48.879 with region track, which we've used before. Haven't had one 36 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:51.040 done in a couple of years, but I mean, just 37 00:01:51.120 --> 00:01:54.239 with everything going on, I mean, I think this will 38 00:01:54.280 --> 00:01:56.920 be a very well attended one track. County Tech is 39 00:01:56.959 --> 00:02:00.519 our host. We are limited seating wise, so if that 40 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:03.359 one's an interest, you know, I would go ahead and 41 00:02:03.359 --> 00:02:06.319 well it'll be on our calendar, it's on our website, 42 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:09.080 Barswell dot com. You could go ahead and register. But 43 00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:11.199 he I love what he does. He starts off and 44 00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:12.759 he gives a national spends a lot of time on 45 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:15.319 kind of the national overview, but he drills it down 46 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:17.680 to Oklahoma and then he drills down a little bit 47 00:02:17.759 --> 00:02:21.319 into just the region, not necessarily specifically Bartlesviield, but our 48 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:24.479 region northeast Oklahoma and gives an out, you know, an 49 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:27.240 economic forecast on kind of just drilling down like that. 50 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:31.199 So he's he's really he's easy to listen to. You know, 51 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:33.080 sometimes you get bogged down and you're like, oh, what 52 00:02:33.159 --> 00:02:34.680 are they talking about. I'm not you know, I'm not 53 00:02:34.719 --> 00:02:39.400 I'm not tracking with you. He's he's he's good for 54 00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:43.520 layman people and just really giving a really good well 55 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:45.400 hopefully it'll be a good overview. But I mean he's 56 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:46.479 easy to understand. 57 00:02:46.599 --> 00:02:49.719 Yeah, that's that's important, Sherry, because you know in college 58 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:54.400 where I took some economics right over my head just 59 00:02:54.439 --> 00:02:56.840 like okay, either that or I was falling asleep in 60 00:02:56.840 --> 00:02:57.759 the close exactly. 61 00:02:57.879 --> 00:03:00.759 So he's interesting and like I said, very so it 62 00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:02.240 will be a good one. And like I said, that's 63 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:04.199 August nineteenth. I know that's in the future, but like 64 00:03:04.240 --> 00:03:05.759 I said, those are the kinds of things we're working on. 65 00:03:05.879 --> 00:03:08.520 Is trying to nail down some dates for different events 66 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:11.240 and things like that. Another one in the future, and 67 00:03:11.280 --> 00:03:14.599 I know this one we'll sell out is our business Expo, 68 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:17.400 and this was held in September. We do it in 69 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:20.120 conjunction with our September Business after Hours, so it's from 70 00:03:20.120 --> 00:03:24.800 Ford about six o'clock and businesses. It's at the Hilton 71 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:27.360 Garden End. They host it for us and so there's 72 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:30.199 food and drink. But we have about fifty to sixty 73 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:34.000 boosts set up. Businesses for seventy five dollars can have 74 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:36.240 a space, there's a table and then they can display 75 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:39.080 talk and last year it was great. We're going to 76 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:40.400 add to it a little bit. We kind of looked 77 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:42.000 around like what could have had some more in here, 78 00:03:42.439 --> 00:03:43.919 but it did sell out last year. I think we 79 00:03:43.919 --> 00:03:47.520 had fifty so it's like I said, seventy five dollars. 80 00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:49.960 But people just made great connections. It was just a 81 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:54.599 really fun evening, easy for people to come out, easy 82 00:03:54.599 --> 00:03:58.080 for the Boosts to set up, and just some really good, 83 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:00.479 good connections that happened and just a was a really 84 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:03.360 good time. So once again that is September the fourth. 85 00:04:03.639 --> 00:04:05.599 Once again, that's already on our calendar. You could go 86 00:04:05.639 --> 00:04:07.960 ahead and register and reserve a spot if you're interested 87 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:10.560 in that as a business. So and it's it's opened 88 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:13.199 any kind of business. We had everything from nonprofits to 89 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:20.199 service organizations, you know, retail, it's anybody. So yeah, that's 90 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:22.360 one of that's one of our fun one of my 91 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:25.000 favorite events, one of my all time favorites. Do you 92 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:26.439 tell me when we have to take a break, I 93 00:04:26.480 --> 00:04:27.240 will go on and on? 94 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:30.920 Okay, So is I like talking with you because. 95 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:34.319 I will go on and on. Leadership Bartlesville. That is 96 00:04:34.600 --> 00:04:37.680 one of the top programs we do. It is a great, 97 00:04:37.680 --> 00:04:40.120 great program, but it's by application. You have to apply, 98 00:04:40.759 --> 00:04:43.160 go through an interview and be accepted. But this will 99 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:46.920 be class thirty five, so it has it's been started 100 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:50.399 back in eighty what was it three? Maybe there was 101 00:04:50.399 --> 00:04:52.279 a couple of years where they did two in one year, 102 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:55.480 so you can't technically go by the years. But great 103 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:58.399 program and the applications for that closed June thirtieth, so 104 00:04:58.600 --> 00:05:03.480 just you know, Monday at midnight they will close and 105 00:05:03.480 --> 00:05:06.560 then we'll go from there. But it is you take 106 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:09.399 a day a month and it's a full day out 107 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:10.800 of the office. So you have to be committed in 108 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:13.720 that regard, and your employer has to be committed if 109 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:17.040 you're not the one going through. And each day focuses 110 00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:19.439 on a different aspect of the community. What makes up 111 00:05:19.639 --> 00:05:23.519 this community start off with the nonprofits community services in 112 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:25.560 our community, and that's always an eye opener. It's one 113 00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:28.519 of the favorite days. Do a lot of tours. That's 114 00:05:28.600 --> 00:05:30.240 one thing I like, you get behind the scenes that 115 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:32.120 a lot of places that the normal person may not 116 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:35.160 necessarily get to tour. People are always blown away. It's 117 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:38.160 like you drive past Walmart distribution center or the supply 118 00:05:38.279 --> 00:05:41.560 chain whatever they call, and they actually get to tour that. 119 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:43.480 You get to go in the freezer section. I mean, 120 00:05:43.480 --> 00:05:46.519 you see how that whole logistics works because you just 121 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:48.600 drive by that and it's massive. I mean, that's just 122 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:50.480 an example of kind of a behind the scenes thing 123 00:05:50.519 --> 00:05:54.560 that's on large business day. So there's healthcare, there's education, 124 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:59.560 criminal justice. That's always interesting. They tour the jail, they 125 00:05:59.639 --> 00:06:02.360 learn all sorts of things because for most of us 126 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:04.920 that's not you know, we're not familiar with that world. 127 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:08.240 Not do we really want to be that. It's what 128 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:12.399 you walk away from that day. You realize so many 129 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:15.399 in our community, including our law enforcement, are judges. All 130 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:17.720 of them work so well together. Their goal is not 131 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:20.120 to just slam somebody in jail. If they can do 132 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:23.360 something through through drug court, mental health court, and you 133 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:25.160 learn what those are because a lot of people, I 134 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:27.240 had no idea what drug court was So I went 135 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:29.879 through leadership Oklahoma on a state level and I came back, 136 00:06:29.920 --> 00:06:31.879 I'm like, do we have drug court here? I mean, 137 00:06:32.079 --> 00:06:35.040 it's a great, great program and it has helped so 138 00:06:35.079 --> 00:06:39.000 many people. And so anyhow, each day focuses on a 139 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:41.319 different aspect of our community. You meet with the leaders, 140 00:06:41.399 --> 00:06:44.439 the people that are making the decisions, and it's just 141 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:47.839 it's it's very very eye opening. It's always fun because 142 00:06:47.879 --> 00:06:50.439 at the end the last day they do a capstand presentation, 143 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:51.759 you know kind of what they got out of it, 144 00:06:51.800 --> 00:06:53.560 what they expected, and you know what they how they 145 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:55.240 want to plug in because that's the whole goal is 146 00:06:55.439 --> 00:06:57.199 you take this wealth of knowledge and then you're able 147 00:06:57.240 --> 00:06:59.639 to plug into your community even more so and in 148 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:03.319 a more in depth way than you may haven't or 149 00:07:03.399 --> 00:07:07.639 you know, are currently so. But people that have grown 150 00:07:07.680 --> 00:07:09.920 up here, I love it. Oh, I already know the community. 151 00:07:09.959 --> 00:07:12.199 I grew up here. I know everything. It's like every 152 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:15.399 one of them I had no idea. I did not know. 153 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:18.279 I just you know, it blows them away. Obviously, people 154 00:07:18.279 --> 00:07:20.439 that are new that you expect that, but it cracks 155 00:07:20.480 --> 00:07:22.240 me up because every you know, you always have people 156 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:24.439 that have grown up here or spent a large, large 157 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:26.920 majority of their career here and they think they know 158 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:28.360 the community and they really do. 159 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:32.240 Yeah, it's it's incredible, Sherry, because I had a conversation 160 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:36.240 with one of your Leadership Class thirty four members, Kelsey Walker, 161 00:07:36.600 --> 00:07:39.639 who is the assistant communications director for the city. She 162 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:42.360 also she and I used to work together as well 163 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:47.800 at another media outlet, and it was I talked to 164 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:48.959 her about it and. 165 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:51.279 She's like, I learned something new. 166 00:07:51.600 --> 00:07:53.839 She's like, and you would think being in the news business, 167 00:07:54.079 --> 00:07:56.959 you guys really do know a lot. And so yeah, 168 00:07:56.959 --> 00:07:57.879 it's a perfect example. 169 00:07:58.079 --> 00:07:58.600 Yes, it is. 170 00:07:58.680 --> 00:08:02.480 Yeah, and it just our own calab Potter has has 171 00:08:02.519 --> 00:08:06.160 been through Leadership Artesil Tammy Brinkman as well, and they 172 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:10.120 talk very highly of that program. So again, applications are. 173 00:08:10.079 --> 00:08:13.879 Due April or April okay, Lord June thirtieth. 174 00:08:14.319 --> 00:08:16.199 Next Monday, okay, so okay. 175 00:08:16.040 --> 00:08:18.279 And all the information for this the date, so you 176 00:08:18.279 --> 00:08:19.879 can need to clear your schedule, make sure you can 177 00:08:19.920 --> 00:08:22.600 you know, commit because there's an attendance policy. I mean, 178 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:25.480 it's a it's a well designed program. But all of 179 00:08:25.519 --> 00:08:28.720 the information can be found online Bartlesweil dot com at 180 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:31.319 the home page. There's little like circle icons, and there's 181 00:08:31.319 --> 00:08:33.399 a Leadership Bartlesville circle icon on there and you can 182 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:35.639 just click on that and it's all on there right right. 183 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:38.159 We're talking about Sherry Wells at the Bartlezeil Chamber of Commerce, 184 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:41.519 Sherry Leadership Bartlezhil. Not only is it for you know, 185 00:08:41.679 --> 00:08:46.120 locally centric experiences, but you also have the day at 186 00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:50.240 the Capitol and that I've been to that personally myself, 187 00:08:51.159 --> 00:08:53.919 not as a member of leadership that probably need to 188 00:08:53.960 --> 00:08:54.960 do leadership pork. 189 00:08:54.919 --> 00:08:59.559 You do, we talk to talk to your boss. I'm listening. 190 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:02.200 Hopefully they're lost things anyway. 191 00:09:02.679 --> 00:09:05.080 But the day of the capital, you guys take a 192 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:09.279 big bus down uh where all class members go there 193 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:10.799 and spend the day there. 194 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:13.559 Uh. It's actually like Barlowsill Day. 195 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:15.879 It is what we call it bartswal Day at the Capitol, 196 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:20.879 and we usually get all the top leadership you know, 197 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:23.279 whether you like him or dislike him, but that's who 198 00:09:23.360 --> 00:09:24.399 is you know, leaning the state. 199 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:24.919 Uh. 200 00:09:24.960 --> 00:09:26.879 This year, the only one we were really missing was 201 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:29.200 Lieutenant Governor. He was out of the state at the 202 00:09:29.200 --> 00:09:31.120 time we were there, and he's my favorite speaker. 203 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:32.720 Oh yeah, I. 204 00:09:32.639 --> 00:09:36.399 Love Matt Fanel anyhow, but we had all the rest 205 00:09:36.399 --> 00:09:38.679 of the leadership, you know, top leaders that we had 206 00:09:38.679 --> 00:09:41.360 the governor come in personally address our group. That's where 207 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:45.919 the morning started off, and he fielded questions. We the 208 00:09:45.960 --> 00:09:49.519 Speaker of the House, you know, Senate pro tem, we 209 00:09:49.559 --> 00:09:53.519 had one of the Supreme Court justices speak. I mean, 210 00:09:53.559 --> 00:09:54.799 so it's a good over. And then we actually had 211 00:09:54.799 --> 00:09:56.240 somebody that talked about kind of a little bit of 212 00:09:56.320 --> 00:09:58.399 the history of the capitol because he was in charge 213 00:09:58.399 --> 00:10:03.600 of the Capital restoration, Trey Thompson. Yes, and so it's 214 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:05.600 very and then we have lunch with our local delegation. 215 00:10:06.320 --> 00:10:08.679 It is a really good day. We take a really 216 00:10:08.799 --> 00:10:12.000 nice charter bus down, so it's a comfortable ride down 217 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:16.799 and seven o'clock for you that would be sleeping in. 218 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:18.879 You can sleep in that day, you know. 219 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:20.679 What, that you can sleep on the bus too. 220 00:10:20.879 --> 00:10:24.480 That's true. But usually they're they're talking in a lot 221 00:10:24.519 --> 00:10:27.200 of camaraderie. But it is a really good day. And 222 00:10:27.559 --> 00:10:30.480 that's one thing we one of our pillars for tell 223 00:10:30.480 --> 00:10:32.080 me when we need to take a break. 224 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:34.799 Yeah, we are all yeah, let's let's go and take 225 00:10:34.799 --> 00:10:37.240 a break now and then come yeah, we'll come back 226 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:39.879 and we'll we'll talk more. We're listening to community connection 227 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:42.240 here on K one, brought to you today by Arnold 228 00:10:42.240 --> 00:10:43.840 Moore and Meek Camp Funeral Home. 229 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:46.720 Wesley Financial Group is not a law firm. 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Seven ten Dewey 272 00:12:47.039 --> 00:12:50.639 Bartle's event line, We'll walk through this together. 273 00:12:51.120 --> 00:12:53.440 Welcome back to community Connection here on K one A 274 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:56.480 fourteen hundred FM ninety three point three ninety five point one, 275 00:12:56.759 --> 00:12:59.399 as well as on Facebook Live. This morning in K 276 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:03.559 one t the dot Com, Nathan Thompson in with Cherry 277 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:05.919 Will to the Bartleziw Chamber and during our commercial break, 278 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:07.440 if you're watching our list stream, you can see we 279 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:10.879 were we were having a great conversation. Well, no, no, 280 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:12.879 it's fine, it's fine. They're probably all wonder what we're 281 00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:16.200 talking about. But we're just talking about neighborly things. 282 00:13:16.559 --> 00:13:19.000 Neighborly things. We have a great neighborhood, Sherry. 283 00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:20.159 We do love where we live. 284 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:20.440 Yeah. 285 00:13:20.440 --> 00:13:22.600 Absolutely, we're not going to disclose where that is not 286 00:13:23.360 --> 00:13:28.480 it's a little oasis if you will. So anyway, so, uh, 287 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:34.720 Bartlezil Chamber again, Really, I know we talked about being 288 00:13:34.799 --> 00:13:39.399 connected and being a vibrant community. How is it that 289 00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:42.919 the Chamber of Commerce fits into that puzzle piece? 290 00:13:43.919 --> 00:13:46.720 Where do you start? So let's let's take connected. Let 291 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:51.440 me just give a quick example one issue because we 292 00:13:51.480 --> 00:13:54.080 try to really focus on and this is the intangible 293 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:56.840 side of the chamber that people don't normally see, but 294 00:13:56.879 --> 00:13:59.360 we try to tackle issues. And we're in a unique 295 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:01.320 position because we were present about seven hundred and fifty 296 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:05.200 businesses anywhere from the little one man, you know, one 297 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:07.039 person shop maybe moorphing out of their home, to you know, 298 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:11.360 obviously the large corporations. But so we we can bring 299 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:14.399 whoever to the table to solve certain issues. So let 300 00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:18.799 me just take the latest one was, you know, childcare. 301 00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:23.679 That affects workforce. Anybody out there that's an employer and 302 00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:29.720 has employees looking for daycare. It's challenging, particularly if you 303 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:34.720 have infants. And anyhow, we formed a child care task 304 00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:37.279 Force and went through anywhere from I mean, we kind 305 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:40.360 of started analyzing, oh my gosh, we need to building 306 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:43.000 an eight million dollar, you know, just huge daycare like 307 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:45.960 some communities have, and it's like, well, that's in you know. Anyhow, 308 00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:48.639 we really studied it, step back and all that to say, 309 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:51.080 so right now, let's say you have an employee who 310 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:55.399 is looking you're looking for daycare. On our website we 311 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:58.360 can connect you and it's got information under the tab 312 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:01.360 why Bartlesville and under education and I think it's under 313 00:15:02.039 --> 00:15:06.000 employment or working in Bartlesville, but it's in two locations. 314 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:08.519 But it gives you information on how to find the 315 00:15:08.600 --> 00:15:11.720 latest up to date they keep it. It's live of 316 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:14.559 who has openings, when are those openings coming? You know, 317 00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:16.159 may not be until August, but we know they've got 318 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:19.039 openings coming. So that's how we can connect our businesses 319 00:15:19.080 --> 00:15:21.720 to a to a need that they have. So, I mean, 320 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:26.440 that's just one example. We also going back to Bartleol 321 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:29.440 day at the Capitol advocacy a lot of people, you know, 322 00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:32.840 you're busy running your business. It's hard to track legislation 323 00:15:32.919 --> 00:15:35.879 and keep up with it. And during the legislative session, 324 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:39.519 you know May or February through May, we track legislation. 325 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:42.759 Now we're following bills that pertain the business, that would 326 00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:45.320 affect business. We're not tracking everything coming down the pike 327 00:15:45.679 --> 00:15:48.120 because there's some strange things that come down the pike. Yes, 328 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:49.759 you though, we may mention the funny ones and the 329 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:50.600 quirky ones, you. 330 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:53.679 Know, but your husband, by the way, Mike does a 331 00:15:53.799 --> 00:15:54.679 very good job. 332 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:56.639 With that that's it's right off his alley. He loves 333 00:15:56.720 --> 00:15:58.240 to he's a great writer, but he puts it in 334 00:15:58.279 --> 00:16:02.120 a nutshell that is so easy to read and just 335 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:06.440 tracks that as a former legislator comes natural. But anyhow, 336 00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:09.000 we put that out every Monday, and it's a great 337 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:11.720 way to keep up with what's happening. How's it gonna 338 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:14.639 affect your business? Why is this important? And it may 339 00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:17.600 not specifically be your industry, but so many things. You know, 340 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:20.840 let's take healthcare. Something that's gonna affect healthcare that's going 341 00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:24.840 to trickle down to your business. So anyhow, there's just 342 00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:27.240 a lot of things kind of behind the scenes, those 343 00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:30.320 intangible things. Because I can talk events and things you 344 00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:32.279 can attend, take advantage of. You know that you can 345 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:34.559 see those you can take advantage of. And I think 346 00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:37.080 that's what so many people think of with the chamber, 347 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:39.279 which is great, but there's just a lot of things. 348 00:16:39.320 --> 00:16:41.840 In fact, I talked about this yesterday. We have an 349 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:43.919 event called Pastries and Perks, or we go through all 350 00:16:43.919 --> 00:16:46.639 the different things and I always end with the intangible, 351 00:16:47.080 --> 00:16:49.679 just reminding our members that's really what we hope you're 352 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:52.240 investing in, is how the things that we're trying to 353 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:56.120 move forward in the community to make it the better community, 354 00:16:56.120 --> 00:17:01.360 the strongest community possible, you know, to fight for whatever 355 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:04.880 it is we need to be fighting for. One more 356 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:08.079 quick example, when COVID was you know, the throes of COVID, 357 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:09.799 and I'm not going to get political, but you know, 358 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:12.440 our board spent a lot of time on that. We 359 00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:14.359 did a lot of things to help businesses through kind 360 00:17:14.359 --> 00:17:16.559 of the COVID, given them resources, all sorts of things. 361 00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:19.720 But it was time for businesses we felt to be 362 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:22.519 able to make the decision to open. We're not saying 363 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:25.960 you have to open. If you're not comfortable opening, stay closed, 364 00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:28.000 but if you needed to, you know that business was 365 00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:29.680 either going to go out of business, and you know 366 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:32.319 you have employees and families really lying on you if 367 00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:35.440 you wanted to open. We felt it was important and 368 00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:37.240 we had a resolution that we were ready to present 369 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:39.440 to city Council because it was going to be coming 370 00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:42.839 up if they didn't vote to kind of U shudder 371 00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:45.319 and let the community get back to business. And we 372 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:47.680 were one of the earlier communities to be able to 373 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:49.680 do that, and I think that's why we survived like 374 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:52.960 we did. Luckily. City Council voted correct, you know, in 375 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:56.319 our opinion, correctly and let businesses open and if you 376 00:17:56.319 --> 00:17:58.720 weren't comfortable going out, that's fine, that's you know, but 377 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:01.680 we're not dictating where or the other. But we're given 378 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:04.519 a business freedom to do business as they see best. 379 00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:07.240 And so you know, that's just another just kind of 380 00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:10.079 that intangible where we're representing seven hundred and fifty businesses 381 00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:13.319 and it's important for him to be open. So now 382 00:18:13.319 --> 00:18:15.359 that's from COVID, but I mean it's just another example 383 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:18.039 of kind of that intangible thing that we try. 384 00:18:17.960 --> 00:18:21.519 To and the advocacy that the Chamber doesys you just 385 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:25.680 talked about, and you know, I think it was Lieutenant 386 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:29.119 Governor Matt Pannell who said this about our chamber, your 387 00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:32.799 chamber that you run it is in his opinion. I 388 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:35.759 think he said so. Well, I know he might be 389 00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:37.920 he might have been kissing up a little bit. No, 390 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:40.640 I'm kidding, Lieutenant Governor, Please don't take that personally. But 391 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:45.359 I mean, we really do have a top notch chamber. 392 00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:48.359 We do. I'm very very proud of our chamber and 393 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:51.640 we have a really good reputation around the state, and 394 00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:55.079 I'm proud of that and that comes from just great 395 00:18:55.079 --> 00:18:57.559 people that we work with. I mean, it's not my 396 00:18:57.720 --> 00:19:00.960 leadership or we'll take a little credit, but it is. 397 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:03.680 We've got a very strong chamber. We've got great people 398 00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:07.720 that work staff and then just board, just people that 399 00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:10.599 in the community that we work with. It's we've got 400 00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:13.039 such a good, good community. I mean, there are things 401 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:15.079