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Welcome to Wealth for Generations , the podcast

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where you learn to grow , protect and preserve your

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wealth for generations . Our

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hosts on today's show are Todd Whatley

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, a certified elder law attorney , and

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Ian Weiner , a certified financial

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planner . Join us and our expert

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guests as we uncover the mindsets , tools

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and strategies to help you maximize your

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wealth and impact . Let's embark

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on this journey to secure your legacy . Please

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note this podcast is for informational purposes

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only and is not intended as financial or

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legal advice . Always consult with a

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professional regarding your specific situation

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That's right . This is the Wealth for Generations

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podcast and I am one of your hosts

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, ian Weiner . I am not

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here with my co-host , todd Wiley , today , but

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we do have a special guest and

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I think we're going to have a great conversation today

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. I am here with Jasmine

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Rara from the Greater Bentonville

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Chamber of Commerce . Yes , jasmine

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, welcome .

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Hi , thank you . I'm happy to be here

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. I'm excited to

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learn more about you all

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and as well as talk about the chamber

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and what we're doing and what's

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new and what's hip and what's coming . We're

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excited .

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I'm excited to hear that , because I'm

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more out of the loop than I would like to be

1:21

, frankly , and so and I know

1:23

you're the exact opposite , you are the in

1:26

the loop person , and so you

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know , we , we met um a little while ago

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at our grand opening or at Todd's grand opening

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Um , and I just was

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um , just kind of captured

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by your energy and your passion and what you're

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working on , and so I'm hoping that you'll

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share that with us today . But tell us about your

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title , your official title , and what you do , and

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I want to talk about how you got here . And then what

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you're liking about being here .

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Yeah , so my official title ready , it's long

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.

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Okay .

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It's the Director of Community Development

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and Education .

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Okay , hang on , I'm taking that Got

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that . Okay .

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Yes , and so part

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of my role is really going out

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to the community and gaining

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those partnerships , as well as some

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of the programmings that we have at the chamber , and

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one of them is our business women's conference and this is where we

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really empower our women , business entrepreneurs

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, local businesses , to

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expand and think outside the box

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. And also , I think the most important

2:26

thing is to let them know that

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we are a resource for them

2:31

. We're here for them , we're here to support

2:33

them . We want to see you

2:35

grow . And so

2:37

our Business Women's Conference back

2:40

in the day it was before the pandemic

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it was this big one , you know

2:44

day conference event where you have a keynote

2:46

speaker and breakout series . Because

2:49

of the pandemic it kind

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of halted , but the community

2:53

told us that it was still needed

2:55

, so we made it into a smaller

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scale four part series every

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quarter . That's great , and each quarter we

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talk about different topics

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every

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quarter , and each quarter we talk about different topics . It could . Last year we talked

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about health equity and what that looks like . The one that's upcoming right

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now , on March 26th , we're

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going to talk about leading through change , and for

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me it's the beginning of the year , it's

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a new year . So let's really look at the foundation

3:20

of our community and our

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community leaders and then

3:24

hearing from them and

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seeing how they were able to

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rise above all of the intricacies

3:31

of the pandemic and then their personal life

3:33

, but still was able to give

3:35

back positively to the community where

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they created leaders themselves and

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then , moving forward from that , I love

3:44

it .

3:44

These are , to me , one

3:47

of the things that I want to do with this

3:49

podcast besides just talk about

3:52

money stuff is to share these stories and

3:54

the stories that are in

3:56

our community and the stuff that's happening , and I

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think , as many times as

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these stories are shared , they could still be shared

4:02

a little bit more . Yes , and so that's

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. I love that . My wife is

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an entrepreneur , which we talked about , and so I'm like , okay

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, I need to get her involved in this because , you

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know , it's it , being

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an entrepreneur is so different than being , you

4:15

know , an employee , and it's not necessarily good

4:17

or bad , it's just . It's just different . And I think people

4:19

need to know that there are other people like

4:21

them that are working through

4:24

the same things .

4:25

You know the life of an entrepreneur

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is like a roller coaster all the time

4:29

. Yeah .

4:30

And it can be easy to get get overwhelmed

4:32

. So , yeah , I love that , oh

4:34

good , but

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I want to ask about you . Know , speaking of stories , I want to talk about your story a little bit , because you're not . You're

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not from here originally , so how did you get here ?

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So I came from Southern California . A

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lot of the reasons why we moved here is

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because of family who needed support

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, and so we looked

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at my husband and I looked at each other and we're

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like you know what ? We have the opportunity . My

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biological daughter is off

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, you know , to college . And

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so I was like , okay , let's , let's

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go . And we packed

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, we , we sold a lot of our stuff , we packed

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up our two cars and drove here

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.

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This . It's a story that many folks

5:16

you know , that hear this or like you know what ? That's kind

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of what happened with us . That's what happened with us . So

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you know , we just kind of did it and here

5:23

we are and you know how's

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the change been . I mean , what's the besides

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allergies .

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Um , I think I think we moved

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here blind so I didn't really know

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what to expect . I didn't really hear

5:36

anything about arkansas so I

5:38

had my own stigma and I was kind of

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fearful . But good thing my husband

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used to live here .

5:44

I was going to say how did you find this place ?

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So he knew what was a dynamic

5:50

of the community and whatnot , so

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he put us in the perfect location . We

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used to live in Rogers in the Pinnacle

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Heights area , and to me it looks like if

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you've been to Orange County , it looks like Irvine

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, and

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now we've settled and um

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planted roots and we have a house in bella

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vista I love it , that's exciting

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.

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I just it's it's fun to talk about

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. You know how folks get here , because

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not everyone is from here . Yeah , you know , and and

6:18

the folks that are from here , we appreciate you and your patience

6:20

, you know . But , um , so , coming from

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from southern california , uh

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, would you give us some context on traffic

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? How's the traffic here from your perspective

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?

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I mean , now that I feel like I've

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been here , it seems like , okay , there's

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traffic everywhere . But

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I have to put it in perspective . I have to

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step back for a second and think

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about okay , you're not on the 405

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, which is , if you've

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never been there , it's bumper to bumper , two

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miles . It will take you 30 minutes

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, 30 , 45 minutes to get there .

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It's like , as far as you can see .

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Yeah .

6:55

Backed up .

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So when there is traffic , I do have to

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gain perspective and just

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think about okay , well , at least this isn't

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. You know , in California you had

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to do this , so it'll

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take a while to get there , but it won't

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take you two hours to get there , my

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goodness .

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I know Well . I appreciate that , because

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sometimes I get a little frustrated with

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some of that construction on J Street

7:19

right now . But you know what ? Yeah , it

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could be worse .

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I think we have to just be patient

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, because as we're growing , we're

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growing so fast A

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lot of the things are kind of overlooked

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or wasn't understood

7:35

.

7:35

It's growing pains when you're growing . Stuff

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has to break a little bit .

7:39

Yeah , so be patient . And

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I tell myself that too .

7:43

And it's going to continue to happen . But

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I think the big picture is I think

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it's going to be generally positive overall and

7:51

I think you probably have a pretty interesting

7:53

perspective on some of this getting to see kind of the inner

7:55

workings of this happening and getting to see a

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lot of different types

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of small businesses and how they're growing

8:02

and adapting of small businesses and how they're

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growing and adapting . I

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want to just hear some things that you're thinking are interesting right now , or

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some of your favorite kind of stories of what you're seeing right now .

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So one of the partnering organizations

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that are our members is

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Ozark Regional Transit , and

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what they're doing is phenomenal

8:22

.

8:22

We're big fans of that . Yes , what they're doing

8:25

is phenomenal .

8:25

We're big fans of that . Yes , and growing just their transit line alone

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, as well as having a door-to-door

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service for $1.25

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.

8:33

That's amazing .

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It's like I haven't heard of that before

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and it's very concierge

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and very intentional for

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the community . And to me that's

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just amazing because

8:45

it provides accessibility , it provides

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freedom , if it just it

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just provides also barriers to people

8:51

that can't , you know , have that access

8:53

, or from Fayetteville

8:56

all the way to you know , NWAC

8:58

, it's like you just get

9:00

to ride there , and so that's

9:03

really cool in knowing that it's

9:05

growing . And again , please

9:07

be patient , there's a lot

9:10

of cool stuff happening . And

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then also , as you probably know , a

9:14

Bentonville

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Moves Coalition , um

9:23

, a Benville moves coalition . They're helping , you know , looking for active transportation and

9:25

different ways to um get from point A to point B without

9:28

using your car . So so

9:30

really allowing that access for for

9:33

our community , which is almost an

9:35

active community .

9:36

Jessica Pearson right , she's kind of spirited in that . Okay

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, my wife is also Jessica , so it's like they

9:40

know each other and so it's like I remember that name

9:43

. Yeah , that's a really cool . I

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mean , these are infrastructure things that

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are beginning to come up

9:50

because of all the folks that are moving

9:52

here , and I think that's a really cool thing to see

9:55

sort of the

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nonprofit but also like kind

9:59

of business sector solve some of those problems . Yes

10:01

, yes , that's what we're passionate about . That's

10:04

the way stuff should be handled If you see a problem

10:06

, fix it .

10:07

Exactly exactly , and I feel like for the most

10:09

part people , our

10:11

community is patient because they know what growing

10:13

pains are and they know that

10:15

with our economy , growing

10:17

is more opportunity , that

10:25

with our economy , growing is more opportunity . So so , just having that mindset and perspective

10:27

of , okay , look at the bigger picture , it's going to going to be , it's going to benefit

10:29

all of us at the end of the day

10:31

.

10:32

I think that is definitely

10:34

the key thing to keep

10:36

in mind as it continues to grow . I'm

10:39

curious you know what are some

10:41

? Um , you know you guys

10:43

. You said you're in , you're in Bella Vista

10:45

and coming from Southern California

10:47

, you know that's , that's a change as far as like outdoors

10:50

and lifestyle stuff . Have you found some

10:52

like favorite , you know like

10:54

things to do or restaurants ? I'm

10:56

just curious , what , what you , what you like

10:58

? I'm a food person , so I always like to ask .

11:00

Okay , you're a foodie , so as

11:02

far as restaurants , I haven't

11:05

found my favorite . We

11:07

meal prep , so

11:09

it's kind of hard to just go

11:11

, but we

11:14

are outdoorsy . So the reason

11:16

why we chose Bella Vista is , for me

11:18

, it was the picturesque

11:20

of what it looked like living

11:23

in Arkansas , where I could go in the backyard

11:25

and all of these deer are

11:27

like— .

11:28

You're in the Ozarks for me .

11:29

Yeah , going through my yard and

11:31

hearing all the coyotes

11:33

and seeing

11:36

fox , and I'm just like in California

11:38

, southern California , you don't see

11:40

that . So it's still . I'm still in awe

11:42

every time and I'm like take out your phone , get your phone

11:45

, record this , this is what's happening , and I send

11:47

it to you . Know , my friends in California and they're

11:49

like , wow , that's cool . I'm like , yeah , that's my backyard , it's

11:51

right there . Yeah .

11:55

That's amazing . We talked a little bit before

11:58

the show but I want to get your take on kind

12:00

of the change of seasonality here I think

12:02

that's really interesting . So in California

12:04

it's pretty steady all the time .

12:06

Yeah , for the most part there's , I

12:08

would say , less than 10% of

12:10

rain , and when it does , everybody freaks

12:12

out .

12:14

It's like if there's snow in Dallas , it's a national

12:16

emergency .

12:17

Yeah , but I

12:20

think this season I love it . I love

12:22

the change in the seasons , I love the

12:24

fact that if I

12:26

get too hot , it's like , okay , just wait

12:28

a little bit and it'll get cold

12:30

, or the breeze will come , and

12:32

to me that's it's . I

12:35

mean , I was

12:37

born in the Philippines , so you know

12:39

, like a tropical island and always hot

12:41

. So , I've always been drawn to

12:43

the cold . I think I will regret

12:46

these words when I'm older , but

12:50

for right now , it's the four

12:52

seasons is fun . It's

12:54

fun , it's exciting and it's magical

12:57

.

12:58

I think that's really interesting . I

13:00

just I came from a similar well

13:02

, I came from Colorado originally . It's

13:04

exciting and it's magical . I think that's really interesting

13:06

. I just I came from a similar well , I came from Colorado originally , and so I'm used to very

13:08

defined seasons and so it's this climate reminds

13:10

me of that . But it was just interesting hearing

13:14

how big of a change that is . I

13:17

want to ask too

13:20

when people think about the

13:22

Chamber of Commerce I

13:28

don't know , like there's different ones and they have different , it's like can be kind of confusing

13:30

a little bit , you know , for people who are either have an established

13:33

business or are starting a business . How

13:35

should they interact

13:37

with the chamber and what should that experience

13:40

look like ?

13:41

I think it should be a positive experience

13:43

. Again , if you don't know

13:45

, the purpose of the chamber is to help economic

13:47

growth . So , with that in mind

13:50

is bringing in new

13:52

companies , and that could include big

13:54

and small companies . But for this

13:56

particular chamber , because

13:58

we're such in a great niche

14:00

right now where there's a lot

14:02

of local businesses , that's

14:05

what we want to also focus on is our local

14:07

businesses again and helping them grow . And

14:22

to me , what my colleagues and I , the more

14:24

you'll get results from it .

14:26

That makes sense , and that was what I

14:28

was going to say is . You know , my

14:31

thought is it's probably you kind of get out

14:34

of it what you put into it , yeah yeah . I like the

14:36

gym membership analogy there , because

14:38

I could probably use a couple extra

14:40

days there . So

14:45

what kind of events do you ? So you mentioned a little bit

14:47

about the women's events

14:50

what other types of events do you guys do

14:52

Kind of walk through , like even just what a month looks

14:54

like for you and also like I'm just curious what your day-to-day looks like

14:56

for you and also like I'm just

14:58

curious what your day to day looks like Cause . I don't think

15:00

people understand like you know when

15:02

. When I hear you know chamber

15:04

of commerce , I think like , like gears

15:07

and stuff . But it's run by people like you . And

15:09

so I want to like flesh that out a little bit

15:11

.

15:11

So it's run by wonderful , passionate

15:14

individuals that really want

15:16

to help the community . Um , my

15:19

is again going out to the community

15:21

and just being a resource

15:23

for them , helping them bridge the gap

15:25

of wherever they need assistance

15:27

. I always say , if I don't know

15:29

the answer , I'm sure I know somebody who

15:31

does and I could connect them . We're

15:34

the connectors for

15:36

our community . A

15:38

day-to-day to me is meetings

15:40

and admin

15:43

stuff and coordination . March

15:47

has been really busy with our Business

15:49

Women's Conference , but we do have

15:51

our State of the Chamber on April

15:54

16th and this is

15:56

where we really celebrate

15:58

our community and , as well

16:00

as the premise of

16:02

the State of the Chamber , is celebrating

16:05

again the foundation of

16:07

our community , which are the

16:09

Arkansans , and then also

16:12

integrating and celebrating the transplants

16:15

. That's really also helped

16:17

us evolve with

16:20

such diversity that

16:22

we have in our community now .

16:25

I think that's really cool . We'll

16:27

put a link in the show

16:30

for that . How

16:32

many business owners do you talk to on

16:34

a daily basis ? Like 50 , 60 ? I

16:36

mean , you're probably just all the time

16:38

talking to different people . It's like 50 , 60 .

16:40

I mean , you're probably just all the time talking to different people , like today , I probably

16:42

just from one lunch , I

16:44

probably met like 10 entrepreneurs

16:47

. That's awesome . Yeah , it's awesome

16:49

because I love to learn

16:51

and I love to genuinely get

16:53

to know people and get to understand

16:55

their whys and , again

16:57

, like I am a natural connector

17:00

I'm

17:03

a natural like I love to help people . That's , that's my background , is non-profit

17:05

, so so for me to to be able to

17:07

help , whether big or small is , is

17:09

a huge win for me I love that .

17:11

That's kind of what , what drives you and your

17:13

, your focus there . Yeah

17:15

, um , I think that's . I think that's

17:17

really neat . I

17:23

forgot what .

17:23

I was going to ask .

17:25

Hold , Todd , hold , we can cut that Water break . I'll

17:32

see what part of the recording that

17:35

is so that I can tell him , so

17:39

that I can tell him

17:43

. So , when you're thinking about

17:47

what the community is doing

17:49

in the next few

17:51

years , what are some of the things that you're excited

17:54

about ? I mean , of course , these quarterly events . That's really

17:56

fun , but what are some other

17:58

things that you're starting to see and

18:00

you don't have to give away any , any secrets but that

18:02

that just you're you're

18:12

excited about .

18:12

I am excited for our new CEO , brandon he . He has a vision and his vision is really leading the community

18:15

and bringing putting it together in a sense

18:17

, like an example is when

18:20

I mentioned small businesses are the majority

18:22

of

18:25

Bentonville , bella Vista , northwest

18:28

Arkansas , and we really again

18:30

want to be purposeful and intentional with

18:32

helping these small businesses and

18:34

he's you

18:36

know . We've created this kind of lunches

18:41

where we invite five

18:43

to seven members to have lunch with

18:45

him and just have a casual conversation

18:48

on what can we do better ? Or

18:51

we are here , no matter how busy

18:53

we are . There's

19:03

always time to help an

19:05

individual , to help a member , to

19:07

help them be engaged or

19:10

to direct them to marketing . Again

19:13

, we're a resource for them and we

19:16

want to be able share

19:19

that to the community , no matter

19:21

how busy we are .

19:22

That's really high touch . I mean to be doing

19:24

small , you know , lunches like

19:26

that . Yeah , that's really cool that you

19:29

know . I've only interacted with him

19:31

briefly , but that is the sense

19:33

that I get is that you know , this is , this

19:35

is a passion for him .

19:37

You know he's not just kind

19:39

of a figurehead there and he's not paying kind of a figurehead there

19:41

, and he's not paying me to say

19:44

this no , he's very genuine and he

19:46

really truly has a vision for

19:48

the chamber and a vision for

19:50

how we serve

19:53

our community .

19:55

I think that's really important and what

19:57

I'm hoping is that you know business

20:00

owners and people that are

20:02

thinking about starting a business are listening to this

20:04

going . You know that

20:06

that's something that I would

20:08

want to be part of . I

20:11

want to be with people who are

20:13

passionate about the same things that we're passionate

20:15

about , even if there's different business interests . I

20:18

think that's something where the small

20:20

business community I say small , I mean that could be

20:22

100 employees the

20:24

small business community in northwest

20:27

Arkansas is fairly

20:30

tight-knit and growing pretty quickly . I mean

20:32

, we're underappreciated in terms of

20:35

what sort of economic

20:37

activity happens . You don't think of Arkansas as being a small

20:40

business hub , but it really is .

20:41

Yeah , and I think that's really cool and

20:44

I think what makes it special is that

20:46

the community has an ? And

20:48

mentality . It's

20:52

either buy from me or

20:54

buy from this person . It's buy from

20:56

me and this person , and so

20:58

it's a really , like you mentioned , a tight-knit

21:00

community where we all want to see

21:02

each other succeed . There's

21:05

taking away the siloness of the

21:08

different chambers or the different

21:11

cities and really getting together

21:13

and showing the community

21:15

that hey , we're all here for you , as

21:18

you know as a chamber , and whether

21:20

you utilize us or you know the other chambers

21:22

in the cities , but at the end of the

21:24

day , we're all one community .

21:27

I think that is a really important

21:29

thing because there's because , in

21:31

the way that people talk about this region

21:33

and they talk about it as Northwest Arkansas , there's

21:36

some brilliance in that , and I don't know if it's unconscious

21:39

competence or it was designed that way , but

21:42

it builds a sense of unity

21:45

and community that's outside of the actual

21:48

city lines and

21:51

I think that's a really key thing that

21:53

people don't realize as much .

21:55

Yeah .

21:55

You know , because whether you're in Benville or Bella Vista

21:57

or Rogers , you're still in . You know , you're

21:59

still in Northwest Arkansas , yeah , and that

22:01

brings people together and I think that

22:03

it's very clever the way that the

22:06

Greater Benville Chamber of Commerce has , you

22:08

know , attached to that and

22:10

is encouraging that , because those lines

22:12

are blurring more and more , and I think that's a really good

22:14

thing .

22:15

And I think that's what we're . One of the things we're proud

22:17

of the most especially the

22:19

staff is is again going

22:21

out there . No matter you know what

22:23

barriers there are , we always try to

22:25

find a solution where it benefits

22:28

everybody .

22:29

I think what that , what that suggests

22:31

to me and this has been my interaction with you

22:33

guys so far but there's

22:35

definitely an abundance

22:38

mindset that everybody has . It's

22:40

that and thing that you said . There's

22:42

no reason that everyone

22:45

can't do . Well , this

22:47

is not a zero-sum game and I

22:49

think that's really important and

22:52

it's contagious , and

22:55

the more that that continues , the

22:57

better that's going to be .

22:58

Yeah .

22:59

So that's really exciting to me .

23:00

I think that's just part of being positive .

23:02

Yeah .

23:03

Having that positive outlook and positivity

23:06

is contagious and and

23:08

spreading that out to the community

23:10

. And what does it hurt ?

23:13

I think that's such a simple

23:15

but great way to say that , because I

23:18

find that , you know , despite all of the challenges

23:20

that we have with growing and the growing pains , there

23:22

is this underlying

23:24

positivity that a lot of folks in this area

23:27

have , and I think that attracts people

23:29

together and that causes

23:31

that to to continue , yeah

23:33

, and I think part of that is people

23:35

want to genuinely

23:38

engage in conversation

23:40

.

23:40

So if if somebody doesn't understand one thing

23:42

, there's this and there's people

23:44

that is willing to have

23:47

that understanding and or empathy within

23:50

the conversation and really provide

23:52

education for so

23:55

that person can really understand and

23:57

or grasp

23:59

what is happening .

24:01

Yeah , yeah , I

24:03

think that's a big piece , and education is

24:05

. There's no downside to educating . There's no

24:07

downside to educating , and I

24:09

think that's something that I've

24:11

seen that you guys do

24:13

really well and continue to do . What

24:17

other things are you excited

24:20

about right now that we haven't gotten to talk about ?

24:22

Yeah , so we are partnering

24:24

more with the Rogers Lowell Chamber . We've

24:27

already had , I think , a handful

24:29

of networking events

24:31

that we partner with them and

24:38

again this is exciting to us because it's again taking away all those siloness within the community

24:40

. And for new members , we have our members perk on

24:43

March 28th and this is

24:45

where if you're a member

24:47

already , a new member , or you

24:49

want to decide to see what

24:51

you know , if it's going to benefit you , we provide

24:54

that educational piece as well and

24:56

definitely networking at

24:58

the end of that . Networking is

25:00

a huge proponent of

25:02

the referrals of businesses

25:05

, right . So again , it's

25:07

like a gym membership the more you put in , the

25:10

more you'll see results .

25:12

So for folks who are , you

25:15

know they have a business , maybe

25:17

they're not as connected . You know , what

25:19

would you tell folks , you know , to

25:21

kind of encourage them to step out a little bit , Even

25:23

if they're more like some people , are a little bit more introverted

25:25

with these kind of things , you know ?

25:27

Yeah . So what I say is

25:29

that look

25:31

for chamber staff and let

25:33

them know hey , I'm new . Or

25:36

what we do now is we have this new

25:38

sticker program where it's like I'm new

25:40

and so we have an ambassador

25:42

who will introduce you . And

25:45

it's very understandable that not everybody

25:47

is comfortable just walking

25:49

up to strangers , and we

25:51

completely understand that . So we will

25:54

hold your hand , in a sense

25:56

, and to make sure that you feel comfortable

25:58

enough to want to put yourself

26:00

out there . To help to make

26:02

those connections , yeah .

26:05

I think that's super helpful , and so if someone

26:07

either wants to learn more about events

26:09

or learn more about the chamber , what should they do

26:11

? What should those steps be ?

26:13

Yeah , so they can go to the greaterbettenvillechambercom

26:15

. There is an event section

26:17

there and all of our events throughout the

26:19

year is there , whether they're paid

26:21

events or they're free events

26:24

.

26:24

Okay , yeah , Awesome . And if someone wants to

26:26

like sponsor an event , do they talk

26:28

to you . You're the person .

26:30

I'm the person I love it . It's jrara

26:32

at greaterbettenvillecom .

26:34

We will add that in the

26:36

show notes there for people

26:38

to reach out to you . Well

26:40

, it's been so lovely chatting . I hope you'll come

26:42

back to the show again when we have some

26:44

more updates .

26:45

Definitely .

26:46

Anything that I didn't ask that I should

26:48

have .

26:50

I think we hit all

26:52

the bullet points and again , thank you for

26:54

having me .

26:54

It's a pleasure .

26:59

I'm excited to just be here and be part of this community

27:01

. As a transplant , it's exciting to feel

27:03

like this is home .

27:04

Yeah , I definitely

27:06

get that a lot . I

27:09

feel that pretty deeply . So

27:12

thank you , Jasmine . We will talk

27:14

again soon and look forward to

27:16

seeing you at the next event .

27:17

Yay .

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