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Speaker 1: Excited to have a guest in the studio. We have
Speaker 1: Casey and she's the executive director of Southeast South Dakota.
Speaker 1: And you've got a really fun project you guys are
Speaker 1: working on. First of all, thanks for joining me to
Speaker 1: talk about this.
Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, thanks for having me so are. The project
Speaker 2: we're working on is something that has kind of been
Speaker 2: percolating in my head for quite a few years. I
Speaker 2: came across this little have I brought show and tell
Speaker 2: with me.
Speaker 1: But nice, we'll hold it up to the mike.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I found uh this little pocket guide up in
Speaker 2: Fargo when I was in one of my previous roles
Speaker 2: with Visit Yankton, and I thought, gosh, this is just
Speaker 2: such a cool little little, you know, guide to help
Speaker 2: people experience all of the great places to eat in Fargo.
Speaker 2: And so we took over the association Southeastuth Dkota Tourism
Speaker 2: in July of twenty two, so it's been almost three years,
Speaker 2: actually a little over three years, and so we're gonna
Speaker 2: jump in and see what we can do with this,
Speaker 2: but really try to shine a spotlight on all the
Speaker 2: fantastic places to dine in our regent.
Speaker 1: That's awesome. And I was telling you, I scroll through
Speaker 1: Facebook and I'm like, oh, there she is again. Oh oh,
Speaker 1: there she's again. So your video has been showing up
Speaker 1: in my algorithm a lot, and it's probably because I've
Speaker 1: even commented on Facebook before about how sad I am
Speaker 1: that I'll see a restaurant open and then I never
Speaker 1: want to be the first guy there because I'm like, well,
Speaker 1: I want them to kind of get a chance to
Speaker 1: do their thing, you know, and then they'll be in
Speaker 1: business for a while, and then they'll go out of
Speaker 1: business before I ever even had the chance to go there.
Speaker 1: And I'm like, man, I feel horrible that I didn't
Speaker 1: go there. And we're on this little treadmill of like
Speaker 1: the same maybe ten places that we go all the time.
Speaker 1: It's either this one or that one. We drive by
Speaker 1: a dozen other places to go to the places that
Speaker 1: we're used to and we're comfortable with, and I wish
Speaker 1: that there was something out there that kind of drew
Speaker 1: people in. So we I seriously like ten ago we
Speaker 1: were going to do something like this. So when I
Speaker 1: saw it, I'm like, I got to have you come
Speaker 1: in and talk about this because you not only did
Speaker 1: you save me the effort of doing it myself. My
Speaker 1: wife would have been furiated. It should have been very
Speaker 1: frustrated and mad at me if I would have said, Hey,
Speaker 1: I have one more thing we're gonna do. So I
Speaker 1: love what you guys are doing. Thanks. And now the
Speaker 1: book is not ready yet, it's in the process. But
Speaker 1: the reason I wanted you to come in early is
Speaker 1: if there is a person listening that's going I would
Speaker 1: like to be featured in that. Yeah, you know, if
Speaker 1: you know of think right now your favorite place, because
Speaker 1: we probably all have like a favorite little tucked away
Speaker 1: place that if more people knew about this place, it
Speaker 1: would be good. Those people should reach out and talk
Speaker 1: to the folks that are putting this guide together. How
Speaker 1: do they get a hold of you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, So we have a website Southeasouth Dakota dot com.
Speaker 2: We're located down in Yankton, so you could give us
Speaker 2: a ring down there. It's six oh five six six
Speaker 2: five two four three five, and we would gladly love
Speaker 2: to work with you. So the thing with this guide
Speaker 2: is that so we're we're a regional tourism office, So
Speaker 2: we're very much like a Chamber of Commerce, except we
Speaker 2: so are membership organization, but we focus primarily on tourism
Speaker 2: and driving visitation to our part of the state. So
Speaker 2: any partner that is a member with us is going
Speaker 2: to be listed in this new publication for free. So
Speaker 2: not only will you be listed in this publication, but
Speaker 2: you will get a lot of other perks along with that.
Speaker 2: So we're just all about bringing people to Southeast South
Speaker 2: Dakota and trying to get them to explore everything that
Speaker 2: we have.
Speaker 1: And how far does southeast South Dakota reach to the
Speaker 1: north and to the west, Because I understand south and east,
Speaker 1: but that's probably to the border. But how far west
Speaker 1: do you go and how far north do you go?
Speaker 2: Yep, So we have fourteen counties. We run from Mitchell,
Speaker 2: we do bump up into Lake and Minor County, but
Speaker 2: then over to Sioux Falls and then down to the river.
Speaker 2: So the other thing that I always like to mention
Speaker 2: is that you know, when visitors go to a destination,
Speaker 2: they don't care about borders. And we do have the
Speaker 2: ability to partner with folks just across the state lines too,
Speaker 2: So if there's anyone in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska that has
Speaker 2: a restaurant that they want to you know, shine a
Speaker 2: spotlight on, we would gladly work with them as well.
Speaker 1: I love that. That's really neat. And again, when when
Speaker 1: do we think the book itself will be ready? Will
Speaker 1: it be similar to the one you brought in here?
Speaker 2: Yeah, so it's going to be the same size, about
Speaker 2: four x seven type size that.
Speaker 1: Would fit in your purse or fit in your pocket
Speaker 1: or in your glove compartment.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yes, So it should be ready in January
Speaker 2: along with our other peak season publications. So we do
Speaker 2: our own regional travel guide that we take around and
Speaker 2: we'll take all of these publications around with us to
Speaker 2: all the travel shows that we go to, and then
Speaker 2: we distribute them through the welcome centers and all of that.
Speaker 2: But then we also partner with the other three regions
Speaker 2: and travel South Dakota on the state Vacation guide as well.
Speaker 1: I love that. Yeah, And again, tourism is a big deal.
Speaker 1: There's a lot of people. You know, I meet people
Speaker 1: all the time from other places. I'm one of the
Speaker 1: guys it talks to strangers.
Speaker 2: I know.
Speaker 1: Mom told me not to, but that's what I do
Speaker 1: for like a living.
Speaker 2: That's a great South Dakota. It's an endearing quality. We're
Speaker 2: just so friendly and that's great.
Speaker 1: I'll be filling up with gas and I'll see a
Speaker 1: license plate. I'm like, oh, Massachusetts. I'm like, say you
Speaker 1: from Massachusetts on your and oh it's a rental car.
Speaker 1: I rented it in Missouri. Whatever. So there's a lot
Speaker 1: of those where I guess wrong because the license plate
Speaker 1: is not always right. But in visiting with people to
Speaker 1: find out what brought you to this area, and there's
Speaker 1: so many people that are looking at moving here, which
Speaker 1: is cool. I love that. But a lot of people
Speaker 1: just wanted to visit, like I've never been to South Dakota.
Speaker 1: I want to come check it out.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we are very We are very fortunate to have
Speaker 2: the tremendous staff at Travel South Dakota. We really do
Speaker 2: have one of the best tourism departments in the entire country.
Speaker 2: And so if there are tourism businesses that want to
Speaker 2: learn more about you know, what travel South Dakota does
Speaker 2: and the four regions do. A great opportunity to do
Speaker 2: that is to attend the Tourism Conference. It's out and
Speaker 2: here in January, so not the best, you know, if
Speaker 2: you're looking for vacation, it's not really that, but really
Speaker 2: it is. It's truly one of the top five tourism
Speaker 2: conferences in the entire country, and it's it's fantastic way
Speaker 2: to get plugged in.
Speaker 1: I love that. If you've got a restaurant or a
Speaker 1: place that belongs in this guide, reach out and talk
Speaker 1: to the folks at Southeast South Dakota against Southeast South
Speaker 1: Dakota dot com as the website.
Speaker 2: Thank you for stopping it absolutely, thanks for having me.
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