Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.
Speaker 1: It's time now for our community connection right here on
Speaker 1: K one, the one you trust, and we have Judy
Speaker 1: in here with this from the Greater Bartlesfield Chamber of Commerce.
Speaker 2: How are you doing, young lady.
Speaker 3: I'm good. How about you?
Speaker 1: Well, you know, Bartlesville is about the best daring place
Speaker 1: on the planet to be and I'm very happy to
Speaker 1: be here, and I'm sure you are too.
Speaker 3: I am, I am, I am. It's a little muggy outside,
Speaker 3: but other than that, it's a great place to be.
Speaker 1: You know something, I come from the Great Lakes area,
Speaker 1: and every time someone says, oh, the winter's just so dreadful,
Speaker 1: that forty that minus forty degrees, that polar vortex, I said,
Speaker 1: come on down here and burn like a cinder.
Speaker 2: You'll get over real quick.
Speaker 1: And then they wouldn't mind having a couple of one
Speaker 1: hundred degree days in life. So yeah, I'll take this one.
Speaker 1: It's all part of you. We have to call the
Speaker 1: price paradise.
Speaker 3: There you go.
Speaker 1: So now we've got some cool things going on with
Speaker 1: the chamber. I understand we have business after hours coming out.
Speaker 3: Yeah, business after hours is tomorrow, at four o'clock from
Speaker 3: four to five point thirty, and it's gonna be at
Speaker 3: Palace Rooms in at three oh nine Dewey Palace Rooms
Speaker 3: is they've also got lollipops and number three oh nine
Speaker 3: I think is the name of it. Anyway, it's that
Speaker 3: little part of Palace Rooms and they've just got a
Speaker 3: great deal there with their little grocery store and you
Speaker 3: can get pizza there. It's that wood fire pizza. It's
Speaker 3: really a suh that it's really good. It's really good.
Speaker 3: So I don't know if that's what we're gonna have
Speaker 3: tomorrow night, that's up to Adrian and David, but but
Speaker 3: whatever it is, it will be good. And so we
Speaker 3: want to encourage you to come out at four o'clock
Speaker 3: to Palace Rooms and lounge, and then after it it's
Speaker 3: o where you could even stay for dinner if you wanted.
Speaker 2: That would be encouraged.
Speaker 1: That would be encouraged because I know most folks have
Speaker 1: gone by, and some folks have gone in, but not
Speaker 1: everybody's gone in. Wells for opportunity to say, hey, you know,
Speaker 1: there's nothing to hold me back now.
Speaker 3: Right, It'll be fun, it'll be good, sure, And so
Speaker 3: we always have. You know, there's always going to be food,
Speaker 3: and there's going to be door prizes, and we have
Speaker 3: great door prizes from other businesses that give us door prizes,
Speaker 3: and then of course we'll have Chamber Bucks from the
Speaker 3: Chamber and it's just a great opportunity to come and
Speaker 3: network and meet other business leaders in town.
Speaker 2: I said, we got the big form coming up.
Speaker 3: We have the big form coming up. This is going
Speaker 3: to be a good one. This is with Tandra Perkins.
Speaker 3: She's the senior vice president from Phillip sixty six and
Speaker 3: she'll be here and you can. It's two hundred and
Speaker 3: ninety five dollars I think for a table. But she
Speaker 3: will be here and it's at Tricount Tech and that
Speaker 3: will be August the eighth, which is a Thursday, I believe,
Speaker 3: and out at Tri County and it will be from
Speaker 3: eleven thirty to one. And so it's a great.
Speaker 2: Time indoor air condition companies.
Speaker 3: Yes, yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1: You've been doing some great things here and a lot
Speaker 1: of things coming up to Now.
Speaker 2: What's this pastries and perks. I've been hearing about past
Speaker 2: and perks.
Speaker 3: Really will Yeah, it is, it's a it's the new
Speaker 3: thing Sherry brought into the Chamber and pastries and perks.
Speaker 3: I like to say that Sherry shares the perks and
Speaker 3: the Eatery shares the pastries they are bringing. They sponsor
Speaker 3: it with with fresh their fresh pastries. Oh my gosh,
Speaker 3: they're so good. And we did it yesterday was our
Speaker 3: first time and we had a really good turnout for
Speaker 3: our first time, and I thought that we're going to
Speaker 3: do it again August the twentieth. It from eight to
Speaker 3: nine in the morning at the Chamber office and again
Speaker 3: Eatery will provide the pastries, which is really really good.
Speaker 3: But we talk about Chamber benefits, so this is for
Speaker 3: non members that could come and learn it. They've thought
Speaker 3: about being a Chamber member, but they didn't have all
Speaker 3: the answers to their questions, and so it's for non members.
Speaker 3: But it's also for new members that may not have
Speaker 3: realized all the things that are available. And then it's
Speaker 3: for members that have been members for a long long
Speaker 3: time that don't know about the new things like pastries
Speaker 3: and perks, or where we do business after hours now,
Speaker 3: because business after hours used to have a different time,
Speaker 3: but business after hours is always the first Thursday of
Speaker 3: the month. It's always at four o'clock and it's always
Speaker 3: at a new location each time. So that's why it's
Speaker 3: important to check in and if you are a member,
Speaker 3: to read your weekly memo, and if you're not a member,
Speaker 3: we would love to talk to you about becoming a member.
Speaker 2: What a sweet way to start the day.
Speaker 3: I know, yeah, it is, it is. I mean it
Speaker 3: was really good.
Speaker 1: So ye and you get a chance to meet people
Speaker 1: to network a little bit.
Speaker 3: TI huh, Well, yeah, we did. And we had a
Speaker 3: young man come from Tulsa. I was telling you about
Speaker 3: this earlier. He was. I just said, what brought you
Speaker 3: to pastries and perks? Because he's not a chamber member
Speaker 3: and it was the first time he'd ever been to Bartlesville.
Speaker 3: And I know, isn't that interesting? And he he said,
Speaker 3: I was really I was really pleased with this. He
Speaker 3: said he had never been to Bartlesville, but what a
Speaker 3: wonderful place. He said, you guys have a great place here.
Speaker 3: I said, yeah, we know that. And I said, it's
Speaker 3: the biggest little city or the littlest big city you've
Speaker 3: ever been to. And Bartlesville is just we've just got
Speaker 3: one of everything here. It's really really a great place
Speaker 3: to live and work and play and or even start
Speaker 3: a business and or start a business and become a
Speaker 3: chamber member. But but he said that, and he's and
Speaker 3: he was very encouraging about our chamber, and he had
Speaker 3: been to other chambers before, and he really appreciated all
Speaker 3: the things that that we offer as a chamber and
Speaker 3: the things that we try to do here in Bartlesville.
Speaker 2: That's great, that's fine testament all along.
Speaker 3: Well, and what's going on in town too. You know,
Speaker 3: we do have a great place to live here, and
Speaker 3: it's pretty and people have cared about it for years
Speaker 3: and we have you know, iconic things like Price Tower
Speaker 3: and and are and wool of rock and the museums
Speaker 3: and things like that that that you know, bigger places
Speaker 3: may have, but but in Bartlesville it's pretty awesome.
Speaker 1: If you if you look at any town the size
Speaker 1: of thirty five to forty thousands, and that's the truth. People,
Speaker 1: you don't have a community center like we You don't
Speaker 1: have a Unity Square, no, like we have that. That
Speaker 1: is right, that's priced.
Speaker 3: That's that's pretty awesome.
Speaker 1: Yeah, And then of course our streets are in pretty
Speaker 1: good shape and everything else seems to run pretty darn
Speaker 1: welfare a town our size. You know, sure, we've got
Speaker 1: some things to work on, but you know what, we've
Speaker 1: got people who are aware of that and they're working on.
Speaker 3: That's right, And who doesn't have things to work on
Speaker 3: like that?
Speaker 1: But that reminds me I'll be a little bit busy
Speaker 1: later today on myself improving.
Speaker 3: But there you go.
Speaker 1: But anyway, we've got the other things that going on
Speaker 1: here too.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we've got the hot topics.
Speaker 3: Hot Topics. Hot topics is something that the Chamber did
Speaker 3: years ago and now we're bringing it back. Sherry wanted
Speaker 3: to bring this back. August twenty eighth will be the
Speaker 3: first the kickoff for hot Topics that is, and it's
Speaker 3: sponsored and presented by iron Wood Business Consulting here in Bartlesville.
Speaker 3: It's about HR departments, So HR Mastering HR Compliance is
Speaker 3: actually the title of this first one. We'll do four
Speaker 3: months in the fall and then four months in the spring,
Speaker 3: and so eight month total. This is a free event.
Speaker 3: So if you have a small business or a larger business,
Speaker 3: but you need some information about the top ten mistakes
Speaker 3: that companies make in their HR departments, we would encourage
Speaker 3: you to come out for this. You do need to
Speaker 3: register to be a part of that, but it's just
Speaker 3: so that we know how to plan and there is
Speaker 3: no like I said, there's no charge involved in that.
Speaker 3: So you can discover the critical compliance questions that every
Speaker 3: HR professional is going to have. But again, Ironwood Business
Speaker 3: Consulting is going to come in and facilitate that for us.
Speaker 1: It's amazing in a short time that it went from
Speaker 1: you can just stick a shingle out and go into
Speaker 1: business to oh my gosh, what's this. Yeah, there are
Speaker 1: a lot of you know, pieces of red tape. You
Speaker 1: have to really navigate through it.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, there are and and so Ironwood will help
Speaker 3: you navigate through those, and obviously the Chamber will we
Speaker 3: do everything we can to give businesses a platform to
Speaker 3: be successful and to ask those questions that we may
Speaker 3: not have an answer for, but I guarantee you we'll
Speaker 3: find someone that will.
Speaker 1: That's the way you guys work. I mean, you're still
Speaker 1: resourceful and you have so many people with whom others
Speaker 1: can connect. You know, one thing, this is completely a
Speaker 1: different aside. You know that book that comes out at
Speaker 1: the first of the year, and it's got just about
Speaker 1: everything you want to know about bartle Let's put it
Speaker 1: out that is one that is one piece of marketing
Speaker 1: that money just can't buy.
Speaker 3: Isn't that just a great book?
Speaker 1: You know, when my mother moved to town that she says,
Speaker 1: by Golling, all I have to do is get through
Speaker 1: a little bit more of this and she says, that's it.
Speaker 2: I'm going to know everything I need to know. She
Speaker 2: said it was so.
Speaker 1: Easy at her age to navigate, to understand, to absorb,
Speaker 1: and she said it was really nice that it was
Speaker 1: in color.
Speaker 2: And everything.
Speaker 1: She said, it just made you feel so connected so
Speaker 1: quickly to the community.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a great book. It talks about the ed
Speaker 3: you know, schools here in Bartlesville. It talks about our
Speaker 3: healthcare system in Bartlesville. It talks about a lot of
Speaker 3: different things throughout the book. And then it also at
Speaker 3: the back of the book are all of our chamber
Speaker 3: members are listed there by category so people can can
Speaker 3: find things. Yeah, because if you're looking for some a
Speaker 3: plumber or you're looking for a veterinarian, you know, those
Speaker 3: things are listed in the book by category. They're easier
Speaker 3: to find that way instead of by alphabet. So it's
Speaker 3: nice to have that to be able to just look
Speaker 3: them up really quickly. And you know, we give those
Speaker 3: books out to all of our members. We have an
Speaker 3: Advocate committee at the Chamber. It's made up of about
Speaker 3: thirty four people this year, and we do Operation thank
Speaker 3: You in January and that's when in one day we
Speaker 3: try to distribute those books to all of our members
Speaker 3: in that one time, and our advocates assist us in
Speaker 3: doing that. They take a list and the books and
Speaker 3: they take them out. But if you don't have a book,
Speaker 3: they're available at the Chamber and you can combine and
Speaker 3: pick one up. But we try to give those to
Speaker 3: our members, like I said, in one day. Some days,
Speaker 3: sometimes we don't get it all done. We have seven
Speaker 3: hundred and sixty members right now, so we don't get
Speaker 3: them all done in one day sometimes, but we certainly
Speaker 3: make a concerted effort and thank you for our advocates
Speaker 3: that come out and help us do that.
Speaker 1: You know, I encourage folks who are actually even looking
Speaker 1: to come to town just.
Speaker 2: To drop by your office. Absolutely you can't and.
Speaker 1: Just ask a few questions, because I mean, you guys
Speaker 1: are the next best thing to the welcome wagon.
Speaker 3: You know, we have people come in every day, whether
Speaker 3: they're visitors or people that have just moved here, or
Speaker 3: like that young man yesterday that said he was they
Speaker 3: were wanting to move here, that his wife had said, well,
Speaker 3: why don't we move to Collinsville, And he said, no,
Speaker 3: why don't we move to Bartlesville. And so I'll let
Speaker 3: them work that out. But it's it's just neat to
Speaker 3: do that. But they can come in every day. We
Speaker 3: see people that come in to ask about the history
Speaker 3: of Bartlesville. They and then a lot of times we
Speaker 3: can send them over to visit Bartlesville, over to where
Speaker 3: at the community center with Maria or Becky and they
Speaker 3: can go over there and get stuff too. But we
Speaker 3: have maps, We have Oklahoma maps, we have Bartlesville maps.
Speaker 3: We have all those things. And then obviously the book
Speaker 3: that people can come and get and learn more about
Speaker 3: Bartlesville Northeast Oklahoma.
Speaker 1: You know what really adds just that little sparkle or
Speaker 1: that little star on the top of the tree, it's Christmas.
Speaker 2: In the Ville.
Speaker 3: Oh we love Christmas in the vill, don't you. And
Speaker 3: we are starting to put christ well, we start putting
Speaker 3: Christmas in the Ville together the day after we close
Speaker 3: it you know, it's one of those things. It's just
Speaker 3: a year round event, but we are getting close. It
Speaker 3: feels like it's a long ways away, but it's not.
Speaker 3: And this year we will extend Christmas in the Ville
Speaker 3: an extra week. We are Opening night is November thirtieth,
Speaker 3: and that is just it is just going to be
Speaker 3: awesome again. We'll have food trucks and we'll have our
Speaker 3: top train and things like that that are available for
Speaker 3: opening night. And it is just always such a grand,
Speaker 3: grand time. It's we live in a Hallmark movie for
Speaker 3: that month. You know, it's just awesome. The lights and
Speaker 3: the music and the kids laugh and mom and dad
Speaker 3: and grandparents come and there's the Christmas movies and the
Speaker 3: Christmas carolers and Santa Claus and oh my gosh, it's
Speaker 3: just it's just pretty amazing.
Speaker 1: And also on top of that, it's a photo op
Speaker 1: or six. Oh yeah it happened because oh yeah, you've
Speaker 1: got the historic depot where you guys are located.
Speaker 2: You got that yeah train, you got the.
Speaker 3: Ice ornament, that great big ornament. We've had people. Two
Speaker 3: guys last year proposed at Christmas in Theville in that ornament.
Speaker 3: They they set it up and did a whole surprise
Speaker 3: thing and and did their proposals and got yes answers,
Speaker 3: you know, and so that was that was a neat thing.
Speaker 3: But it just brings so many people to downtown, and
Speaker 3: the businesses and the restaurants downtown benefit from that as well,
Speaker 3: and they are always so supportive and and people walk
Speaker 3: downtown and all the lights from all the other businesses
Speaker 3: and all the things that Phillips puts up. It's just
Speaker 3: beautiful downtown. But Christmas in the Ville is just one
Speaker 3: of our favorite times of year.
Speaker 1: It takes you back to almost like it like a
Speaker 1: Norman Rockwell pain. Yeah, I mean, that's just how awesome.
Speaker 3: It truly is like that. And we have people from Parsons,
Speaker 3: Kansas and Schnoot and Coffeeville. We had some from Erie
Speaker 3: last year. We have them from Tulsa and Collinsville and
Speaker 3: Ouasso and Skytook but and no Wada obviously. But it's
Speaker 3: interesting how it's expanding and people are farther away or
Speaker 3: learning about it and they come to Bartlesville for that day.
Speaker 3: And so the revenue that is generated there, the tax
Speaker 3: revenue that's generated there, and for businesses too because they
Speaker 3: come to skate, but they eat and they shop and
Speaker 3: they look around at how beautiful Bartlesville is. It's a
Speaker 3: great time to be downtown.
Speaker 2: Oh boy, do the shop?
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, they do.
Speaker 2: So can people find out more about the.
Speaker 3: Chamber, Well, obviously they can call Our phone number at
Speaker 3: the Chamber is three three six eight seven zero eight.
Speaker 3: And then our website. You need to check out our website.
Speaker 3: We have a new website. It is Bartlesville dot com
Speaker 3: www obviously Bartlesville dot com and it will tell you
Speaker 3: about how to join the chamber. It will tell you
Speaker 3: can find our member directory there under member center you
Speaker 3: can find out different things that are available to Chamber members.
Speaker 3: And then obviously you can you can call me at
Speaker 3: at that number three three six eight seven zero eight,
Speaker 3: and I would love to talk to you about becoming
Speaker 3: a Chamber member if you're not already. And then but
Speaker 3: our website is the biggest thing. It is really We
Speaker 3: have a new one and it looks great.
Speaker 2: I like that video, that Drone video.
Speaker 3: I know, my gosh, isn't that cool?
Speaker 2: Brett?
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah. And Tresa Cruz puts that stuff together for us.
Speaker 3: So she is such an incredible creative person and she
Speaker 3: has great ideas, and so I just kind of got
Speaker 3: to give her credit. Especially in the front page of
Speaker 3: that book that we talked about. She did that too.
Speaker 2: So's people do that.
Speaker 3: Yeah, she's very creative and very sweet. We do have
Speaker 3: a great office and a great staff and anybody there
Speaker 3: would be so happy to help you with any of
Speaker 3: those questions.
Speaker 2: Than you for being with us today.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Oh my goodness, you've been listening to our
Speaker 1: community connection with Bartlehill Chamber of Commerce,