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10/02/2023 580 Live with Dave Allen - MAYOR MONDAY: Mayor Amy Shular Goodwin, Ric Cavender, and Evan Osborn · The Dave Allen Show

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Charleston Mayor Amy Schilder Good was going to join his mayor Monday. We'll have
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her on a little bit later on in the show. Also Evan Osborne from
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Capitol Market. It's going to be stopping by as well. Of course,
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one of the big stories around the valley the death on Friday of Judge You
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want a tab Attributes pouring in from everywhere. Now, I'll say I did
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not know Judge Tabbitt personally. I'd been at several events with her throughout the
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valley, spoken to her a few times, but did not know her well.
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But she only seemed very very pleasant and apparently from all of the kind
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words I've been reading the form of tributes from all walk Life, social media
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and other places, that seems to be a pretty accurate description. A life
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will live for sure, and I'm sure each of my guests on the show
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today I want to weigh in on that. So again, our thoughts and
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prayers going out to her family, friends and other loved ones. It is
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Monday, as I said, some Mayor Amy shiver goodwill join us a mayor
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Monday. A little bit letter Ron and as I said, Evan Osborne Capital
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Markets here and this guy and you know, Rick Cavner. I've had hundreds
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of guests on the show in the past three years. You may be the
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first other than one of our news team that's actually been on the show two
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days in a row. Now, you were on Friday Funhouse, of course,
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with a preview of October West, which happened Saturday afternoon, and there
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was a big announcement. Going to get to that here in a couple of
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moments. But this may be at first I'll have to go back and look
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at the archives to see, but I think you may be the first has
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been on the show two days in a row other than the news department.
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I am honored. That's an interesting fact that we'll have to go back in
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check. Well, I have to go back and take a look at how
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was October West. It was incredible, it was I mean, we can't
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think the community enough for coming out and supporting the West Side and our organization
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and the work that we're doing. It was it was truly a huge success.
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Once again, I mean we haven't gotten final numbers. You know,
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I've passed out the second I got home at ten Saturday night from hard work
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from put that in there. Sorry, Yes, I was very tired.
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It was a very long day. But it was a wonderful day. And
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I haven't had time to look at the numbers yet. We'll get that this
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week. But but it definitely the attendance was was probably one of the best
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we've seen that. I mean, we're just talking the weather. With the
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weather, yeah, it was absolutely fantastic. I think it would have made
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it better had it been a little bit cooler. And I'd say that because
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when you think of October West and that sort of thing, maybe a little
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chill in the air, but hey, you know, sunny sky's temperatures in
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the upper seventies, low ladies, you'll take oh yeah, I mean,
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you know, we've we've we've hosted events where we got rained out with fun.
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It is no fun at all. So it was great and we have
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so many people to think all of our sponsors of course in COVID and City,
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National Bank and Flirty and so many others that have been continual Architects has
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been sponsored to this event for for so long. And there were so many
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I can't even name them all. But and also we had so many volunteers.
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We had over almost two like one hundred and fifty volunteers that signed up
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to either poor or to work registration or or help us out with, you
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know, running things back and forth. And you know at Leo and our
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staff, she did a wonderful job and just everything everything wenting extremely well.
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Yeah, I know, you said that the numbers will be coming out over
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the next couple of weeks, a couple of months, and you guys in
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the event business, you got to kind of study these things and you get
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an economic impact and did people stay and all that sort of thing. But
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if you had to put a ballpark on it at any given time at peak
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when you looked out just a ballpark, figure, oh, I'd say we
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were. I'd say we were an eighteen hundred maybe two thousand is my guests,
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and we're in there. Maybe it was. I mean the Washington Street
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West was shoulder shoulder to shoulder blocks two or three blocks, so and you
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had that. Of course, with Marshall's homecoming game going on, you had
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that, and then of course the people were kind of looking ahead to the
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WVU game later that night. But you had a lot of and there were
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a ton of other activities going on. I mean, I said, this
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past weekend, just about every community in the valley had something going on.
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Barbara's Ville had their polka, had something, Glyndin and had something. So
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you have all these things going on and you still managed to get about eighteen
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hundred to two thousand people there. Not too shabby, mister cad No,
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no, no, no, it was you know, and this was the
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fifteenth year for that event, and we're just really proud of of the obviously
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the work, all the work we do at this event, in particularly the
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way it's grown and evolved. It's just really great. Let's become a destination.
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I mean it's you know, you you put together these events and you
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want to obviously get people from the Charleston surrounding areas, but this has become
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one of those signature events that did you talk to anybody that had come in
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from like far away places for this particular event, or any any that you
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know, I think We've talked before in the past that I'll we'll run into
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people at events all our events all the time that have come from different states,
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and I have so many stories. I was so busy this time that
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I didn't have a lot of time to stop and talk. I saw a
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lot of familiar faces, but also saw a lot of people I've never seen
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in my life. So I'm going to guess we all. I know for
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sure we had folks on other states come. We'll be able to look at
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the data on there with the ticket sales, the pre ticket sales and figure
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out where they came. Now, there was a big announcement. You kind
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of teased it on. You said that there was going to be a big
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announcement made there, and that announcement was made. Talk about that. Yeah,
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Yeah, we made the announcement from stage, you know. And just
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to kind of brief background on this little history, you know, our organization
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went through a pretty extensive strategic planning process. We're talking about lest Charles May
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Streets. Yes, our what we've been called went through a strategic planning process
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with our board members and our staff, and then we were charged with taking
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a look at sort of a restructuring of the organization, rebranding. You know,
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we've been around collectively for twenty one years now, so you know,
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it's always smart too when an organization has been an operation for that long to
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periodically take a look and see where things are and what needs to change,
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what needs to evolve, how you need to evolve with your core audience and
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that kind of thing. And we had a rebranding committee and we went through
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a process and made the decision that we felt we knew it was time based
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on feedback, we gotten conversations with the full board, all the board members,
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that was time to take a look at the possibility of a of a
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full rebrand and so that that process took over months. You know, we
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would hope that we hope it would this would have taken less time, but
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as you know, I kind of had my stuff going on and had to
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make some changes there, and we finally were able to this past Saturday and
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make the announcement that we've we've changed our name from Charleston Main Streets. We
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are now Charleston Urban Works. And part of the part of what you'll be
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seeing here in the coming weeks, some of the announcements you'll see from our
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Facebook page. We are still going to be very focused on the urban development
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of the East End and the West Side what we call the urban neighborhood business
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districts, but we're gonna be taking a much more block by block approach.
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And I could go into the nerdy details of the down and dirty what we
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do, but but you know, in the past, we've sort of looked
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at an entire swath of land, all of Washington Street West, all the
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Washington Street East. It's a lot of land and property owners and business and
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property and business, and so we we we're going need to take a step
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back and really concentrate through some survey work that we're going to do with our
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business owners and our property owners, really gear out not only the needs but
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the priority blocks and figure out how we can be much more strategic and mindful
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when it comes to our approach. We're going to be using four new objectives.
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So that's a business generation, business development, if you will, public
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space enhancement, telling the story, and marketing. We're gonna have a whole
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sort of team devoted to with volunteers, working group members, committee members devoted
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to how we can better tell the story of the urban districts of Charleston,
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the urban corep if you will, and how we can better be marketers for
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those businesses and those properties. And then lastly, increasing engagement. How do
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we increase the number of people not only within our organization that are helping to
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make to make Charleston a better place, but also how we reach out to
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the community at large and educate them on how they can get involved. So,
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you know, that's very high level right now speaking, but you know
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we're going to be getting into the down and dirty of that and really dig
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it in. And we felt like this was a really great time to sort
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of reimagine the organization. So yeah, we're really excited about the new name
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Charleston Urban Works, and you'll be seeing some really interesting and really exciting projects.
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So that will be happening starting in twenty twenty four. We're keeping the
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baseline programming we already have, so our spree WV program very successful by local
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program are like our Gateway lighting initiative that's that's still in the process of happening,
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that should be done by January. Our facade and signed grant programs still
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going to be happening, and our major events will still be happening, so
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that baseline of programming will still be there. But the really exciting part is
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we're going to be taking a new approach to deciding what our program is going
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to look like in the future. Right, So it's a really exciting time
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to be involved. Well, and again, as we said, as you
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said from time to time, but an organization has been around as long as
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you said, I think twenty one years, is that right? That Charleston
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Main Streets has been a thing here, and there are Main Streets organizations all
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across the state and all across the country. Sometimes you do need to,
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as my grandpa used to say, Rick, you gotta rack them up and
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shoot them again every now and then, you know you got you gotta take
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a look at things and say, okay, well, how can we how
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can we improve that? How can we get our message out to people?
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And sometimes it takes a little splash of color, and it takes the it
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takes the shiny pretty things to uh uh, not you, of course,
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but other shiny pretty things in order to to to shine a light on things.
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That's right, that's right. Yeah, So we saw our Facebook posts
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on our it's still the Charleston Main Streets page. We've got through a process
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to change them, yes, a few days, but it made it doesn't
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make it easy, by the way, they don't make changing pages easy,
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that's right. But but you know, the baseline information about the about the
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new name is on the Facebook page on that post right now, right sort
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of tells a little bit of a story there to give you an idea.
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But we know we have we have a responsibility to to make make this household
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name right. We want to make sure we're associating our organizational name with events
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like this I come on and talk about projects. You know, it's really
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important that folks understand, like we have so many partnerships day. We have
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so many folks that that if it weren't for them, we would not be
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able to get our initiatives done because we're all we're working towards those same goals.
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I mean, the City Charleston's our strongest partner and supporter. The administration
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I mean, I mean, excuse me, Mayor a good whe and her
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administration's absolutely incredible and their support for us. Another good example is the Urbramneu
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Authority. They're a great partner of ours. The Charleston CDB. You know,
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when we have national partners as well, the International Downtown Association, main
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Street America, we're still going to be affiliated with them. So, I
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mean, you know, there's there's We know that things can't get done unless
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folks are working together, and that's the other part. We're really going to
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be focusing heavily on strategic partnerships moving forward. Rick continued, good to do
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good stuff as you always haven't, always will and we'll talk again soon before
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I let you get there. Any thoughts in the passing of Judge Tabot before
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we come, Yeah, I mean, I'm I was. I was devastated
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when I found out on Facebook and Judge Tabbot has been been been a friend
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of mine for I guess it would have been I ran. I first ran
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for a schoolboard in twenty sixteen, and that was when I first had first
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met her, and I was like thirty three at the time, you know,
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the young buck who's trying to run for office. And and I'll I'll
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always remember our conversations. Finally, she was She's such a light, such
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a light in this community, you know, and she's so so very missed,
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and you know, it's just one of those things that's so sad,
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and you do it's hard to understand things. I'm like some things like this
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sometimes, you know, it really is hard to understand. And you know,
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I'm just I'm thinking about her family today and oh, you know,
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just yeah, it's really sad. Indeed, Ric, it's always a pleasure
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having the show man. I don't have you booked for tomorrow, so I'm
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you on Friday and to day you're not booked. You can take tomorrow off.
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Okay, You're like, take a break, Yeah, take a break,
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man, this is too much working two days in a row. Man,
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How are you. I'm fantastic there. How are you? I'm doing
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fine. Before we get to why you're here and event you have coming up,
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I would imagine that it's even though it doesn't really feel like fall right
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now, it's gonna be eighty seven for I to day to buy this week,
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we can we're supposed to be. I think Saturday I saw sixty or
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so it was going to be the high and now that we flipped the capitals,
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October fall is a busy time for capital market. It is, without
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a doubt, our busiest month of the year, and we wouldn't have it
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any other way. Yeah, it's it's there's just something going on every single
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day basically. So what are you got going on this week? You got
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a big event this week? Wednesday, October fourth is the twenty twenty three
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Capital Market Mixer. I'm happy to announce that it's sold out, completely sold
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out. And then when you say sold out, how many bodies are we
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talking there to sell this thing out? Five hundred and fifty five fifty was
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the number? Okay, actually it was five and then yeah that yeah,
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rough top seating or something exactly exactly, So what exactly goes on with these
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mixers. So just to reiterate, capital market is a five to one C
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three non problems and we can only do what we do by hosting events within
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the community. And the Market Mixer is our signature event that we do every
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year. It's a celebration of the season, all things local, our vendors,
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our farmers, and really our community partners. And so every year we
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come together. It's always on a Wednesday, it's always the first October,
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first Wednesday of October, and we come together for an evening to really celebrate
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all the market has to offer. And this year we're building on a year
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of tremendous momentum. Without going into too much detail, we will have an
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announcement that night. Everybody's got an announcement at six Cavender had a big announcement
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at October West, you know, and he's got a big everybody, I
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need an announcement. I need to be able to make anou but but you
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get a big announcement coming up. We do, We do, and we're
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very excited. It's going to be transformative for the long term market. That
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sounds important. Yeah, sounds really important. Actually, what kind of planning
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goes into an event like this. It starts, it's a it's a year
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round cycle, and we do this through a committee of volunteers. Our board
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of directors are committed really unity organizers that help come in and really with with
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a staff of just basically three, we couldn't do this without without the support
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of the community. And so we really start in earnest right around the first
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of the year to get this event up and off the ground, and we're
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we're gonna probably bring in somewhere in the neighborhood eight to eighty five thousand dollars
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this year. And it's one of those real economic drivers for the Charleston area.
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I mean, it really really is. Yeah. So back to the
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league. You know, our mission, and our mission really lives around the
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fact that we are there not to not for the success of the market,
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but for the success of our tenants. Are small business owners, are farmers
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that work, you know, one hundred hour weeks to do what they do
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and and really bring a product that is unique and special to our customers.
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Yeah, I mean it's and that's what it's all about. And I have
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when one time or another. You know, I've had people and be different
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jobs I've had that have come to visit Charleston and they always said, well,
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I've got downtime in the evening. Maybe they're coming for a conference or
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something, and I know the mayor is going to be on next You can
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talk about this as well. But you said, well, what is it
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that I need to do? You know, one of those things, and
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one of them, she's you send people over to your place. Man,
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a capital market, we're the third place. We're not we're not home exactly
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the market. Well, and it's one of those things. And again I
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spent a lot of time traveling and uh, you know, it's one of
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those things. That's that that that's unique in West Virginia. There are similar
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type things, but there's not really anything like that, like a capital market
21:30
where you have all those things coming in together. Because not only do you
21:33
have the things with the farmers and the gardeners and you know, things like
21:37
that, but also you've got restaurants in there, and also you got gift
21:41
shops in there, and you've got things where can get a bottle of wine,
21:42
or you can get cheese, or you can get a best fish market
21:45
or best fish sandwich in my opinion, I've ever had in my life there.
21:48
But you have all those things in one in one location. Absolutely,
21:52
and it's and again you know, we're not pushing a private business on here.
21:56
This is a quote unquote nonprofit organization and all the rate just goes right
22:00
back into it. Our sole motivation is just to support them, and I
22:03
think that that's a great source of confidence for our business owners and that you
22:10
know, we're always looking out for their best interests. Yeah, that's that's
22:14
what you do. So what exactly is it that go I mean, people
22:17
are lucky enough to have their tickets. What exactly goes on there? So
22:21
that night we're going to have We're tremendously grateful. We partner with chef Paul
22:25
Smith to help curate a menu, and then we have the students at Carver
22:29
actually prepare it. Yea. So it's a great opportunity for those students to
22:33
not only learn from a James Beard finalists, but work on putting together an
22:40
event for over five hundred people. So it's great experience for them and it
22:45
really gives us as as a as an attendee, an opportunity to try some
22:51
incredible fair. We have some live music. We're gonna have the Red Line
22:55
Band backed up by DJEJ. And then we have a curated took back for
23:00
all attendees with locally sourced items. So it's it's all good stuff. And
23:07
again, I was told by someone recently, actually Evan, I was kind
23:10
of volunteld that I'm going to be judging a macaroni and cheese contest coming up
23:14
there soon. I mean, if you gotta work weekends and you gotta take
23:18
away time from college football, I suppose mac and cheese is a good reason
23:22
as any. I don't know how I got roped into this, but they
23:25
tell me that. I think it's next month, is it right? It's
23:26
it's Saturday in November fourth. Okay, I'm going to be I'm gonna be
23:30
judging macro. I've got a pro tip because I was a judge last year.
23:34
Okay, pace yourself, Okay, pace yourself. All right, we'll
23:37
need a nap halfway. Okay. Well yeah, I mean it's pretty fielding
23:41
food there and and and we'll talk about that between now and then. But
23:44
what exactly is the purpose that I'm going to be stuff for myself? A
23:45
macaroni and cheese. That's to support the Lawrence Ston's Childhood Language Center does a
23:51
fantastic job putting that event together. I will say that there are several new
23:56
UH entrance this year. There's going to be some crowd favorites, some long
24:02
time perennium not to you know, make Don Wilson's head any bigger than it
24:07
already. Yeah, but you know he'll be back. And there's another crew
24:11
of an exciting crew of new participants from the pitch to oh my greens,
24:15
listen really to it, really really cool small business. I'm really looking forward
24:18
to it. By the way, I understand, I just got some information
24:22
that today that today is your birthday. No, that's it's not. It's
24:26
erroneous informations, fake news. It might be. No, Yeah, it
24:30
is happy birthday, sir. Thank you for spending a portion of your birthday
24:33
with us. Absolutely so. All right, so let's get more information on
24:37
things Capital market. Where is the best place to go capital market dot net?
24:42
Like I mentioned the tickets for Market Mixer. Unfortunately we're sold out for
24:45
Wednesday, but this weekend on Friday, UH and Saturday, we partner with
24:52
George Manahan, the Foxtrot to help support Parkinson's research in West Virginia. So
24:56
Friday night we'll have a reception honoring you know, really just the tremendous research
25:02
that they're helping to fund. And then Saturday morning, starting at eight am
25:06
as the Fox Start five k. You can link back to both of those
25:10
events on our website Capital Market dot net. The following weekend Festival's Harvest Artfare.
25:15
That's going to be I think somewhere in the neighborhood of fifty local artisans
25:19
and vendors that we're gonna partner with Festival to host in the outdoor market.
25:25
The following weekend is the second annual now Charleston's Wizarding Weekend. It's also Trick
25:30
or Treat a Capital Market from six to eight pm. And you're sitting home,
25:33
you're thinking, how do I keep it? Just go to the website,
25:34
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25:37
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about some of these big events. I need to know about the training I
26:00
need to go through for this macaroni and cheese contest. I mean, I
26:03
need to know what exactly I need to do. You can do it.
26:06
I didn't just google Joey Chestnut videos, I'm sure. So I do want
26:11
to ask this, and I'll ask this Rick, And I'm also going to
26:12
ask you to the Mayor's gonna be come up here momentarily. We have a
26:15
lot of funny to him. You come on the show. But you know,
26:18
the big news here was the passative Judge Tabbitt. On the Friday afternoon,
26:23
she passed away after a battle with cancer. Any any thoughts in tabbot
26:27
So, Judge Tabbitt was a longtime family friend, and I've had the opportunity
26:33
to get there. I had the opportunity to get to know her quite a
26:36
bit over the years, and I think everyone has a takeaway from the legacy
26:41
that she left. But the one that's always sort of Reson resonated with me
26:45
is you can be a lot of things, but be kind and the grace
26:51
and humility that she lived her life is a model in which I try to
26:55
try to live mine. And I I think that, you know, one
26:57
of the best estimates I can leave to someone is that you know they showed
27:03
you a better way to do something and it sticks with you. And I
27:07
I can't imagine the people that knew her really well, what a loss it
27:14
is. I mean, it's it's a tremendous loss for our community, and
27:18
there is a Joanna Tabot sized hole left in Charleston today. But we were
27:25
all better off or for the opportunity to know her, And that's that's really
27:30
I think what's important. Very well put Evan, I appreciate as always you've
27:33
been here, my friend. Keep doing great things over Capital Market. We'll
27:36
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they didn't have to twist your arm too hard to become a mac and cheese,
30:56
judge. Was anybody talking to you? That laughter coming from our mayor?
31:03
Mayor a good one. A couple of news notes here real quick before
31:06
we get to the mayor. You know we're not going to have a federal
31:07
government shut down, at least not now. Temporary fix has worked out late
31:11
Saturday night with all of about forty five minutes left on the clock, So
31:15
we just basically kicked the can down the road for another month to month and
31:19
a half. Hope you'll have more than that coming up a talk line at
31:22
ten oh six, and I'm gonna get a little deeper into this tomorrow,
31:25
but quickly before we get to the mayor Tomorrow night. It's gonna be a
31:27
big night. You can weigh in on this two mayor. It's going to
31:29
be a big night in Huntington at the Museum of Radio and Technology. And
31:32
trust me, if you've ever been there, that titles kind of understated because
31:36
there's so much more than that just going on. But tomorrow night at the
31:38
Place is going to play host of the twenty twenty three induction ceremonies for this
31:42
year's class with the Broadcasters Hall of Fame. And I'm happy to say that
31:47
some folks from our building here at eleven eleven are going to be in tried
31:49
tomorrow night. The boss, I mean the big boss of the Charleston cluster
31:53
of WVRC Media, Joe Parsons, is going to be going in tomorrow and
31:57
I understand this. It is gonna be the first time for this ever that
32:00
a team will be inducted together. Stephen Jenny from our sister station FEE one
32:06
hundred are going to be going in together. Others include Tom Taggert, the
32:08
legendary pig Papa, Jay Jerald, and Mike Parsons no relationship Joe. Mike
32:13
was a founder of the Mouthoneer Sports Network and he'll be forever tied to this
32:16
company and of course the work he did with the SSAC as well. The
32:20
ceremony free to attend. I'm going to be there tomorrow night, so I
32:22
just want to say congratulations to all those folks going in to the Hall of
32:25
Fame. So yeah, Mayor Amy Schueler, good one joins us. Now,
32:30
good morning, how are you? Good morning? I'm wonderful. Can
32:31
I just say how much I love seeing you in green and white at Marshall
32:34
n I know, I know, I love it too. I love the
32:37
games. And you know again, I'm not a football mom. I've been
32:39
a hockey mom, but now I'm a football mom because I have a kid
32:45
who plays in the Marshall Band Marching Thunder. Going to Marshall games is actually
32:51
more about the entertainment and the other stuff than it is about the games.
32:55
My husband turns to me halfway through and I said, I'm having a great
32:58
time. He said, I told you. I told you. It's fun.
33:00
They do the fireworks, they do the thunderclap. I got it together
33:05
at the palms. It's a good thing and I love and I love what
33:08
huff has done. And I talked about this in the simply because he's making
33:13
it more than just about the game. And what I mean by that is
33:15
he said when he came in, he said, there are people in the
33:16
city talking about Huntington's or maybe the surrounding areas as well. They don't have
33:21
money for a ticket, and he said, I want to do things outside
33:23
the stadium for them, and he started doing that. The other thing he
33:25
did that I absolutely love and it's absolutely brilliant, is he hired Christian Spears,
33:30
who I think is absolutely amazing. He's the athletic director who then brought
33:35
on other sled mister Sledder, who is the new band director. You know,
33:42
they grew from ninety to one twenty five, and when I was talking
33:45
to Christians Christian Spears, he said, we want to get to two twenty
33:50
to twenty five, three hundred because they want to grow all programs, not
33:53
just football and basketball, because students excel in a lot of different things.
33:58
And so when you go to a football amo, by the way, the
34:00
cheer squad, the dance troupe, the color guarden, they're amazing as well,
34:05
and they make for a great experience. I love I love wearing my
34:07
green and white, but I also have a lot of blue and gold.
34:10
That's okay, So I got to wear of that all right. You can
34:13
cheer for both and all the other I mean, we got all the other
34:15
schools in airs. On a serious note, and we got some text I
34:19
got a phone call and get two plus I guess some things. I definitely
34:21
want to get into it. On a serious note, talk about the life
34:22
and times and legacy and your recollections of Judge Tabbot, who we lost Friday
34:27
to cancer. Yeah. I was talking to her sister yesterday about some of
34:30
the preparations for her celebration of life this upcoming Thursday evening and Friday here in
34:37
the city of Charleston, and we started laughing at things that she used to
34:44
say or things that used to do. On my way back home from Huntington
34:47
with my husband, my husband said, you know, it's very unique to
34:51
find one person who crosses all spectrums who you can't find a person who doesn't
34:57
say almost exactly the same thing about Judge tabt I love her. She's so
35:01
kind, she's so thoughtful. Boy, she's fair, but she truly I
35:06
said on my Facebook page something like she's an angel on earth. She lived
35:08
her life christ Like. She really wanted the best for all people, all
35:15
people. She wanted to be fair, she wanted to hold people accountable.
35:21
But she she loved, loved, love this city, love this state,
35:24
love this city. Was passionate about her friends, but her family. We
35:30
had this thing that we used to do with each other because our and I
35:35
think of Jeff, her boy, but her nephew, Jeff and I Sammy
35:39
played sports together and we used to, you know, say there's Jeff on
35:44
the field, there's Sammy on the field, and text and send videos.
35:47
She was passionate about her family, and she loved her family. She treated
35:51
this community like her family. Though. And one of my very good friends,
35:55
doctor derra A Leah Flow, said, you know the thing I think
35:59
that we can all do to honor Judge tabot Is should try to be more
36:05
like her, to listen, to understand, to not rush to judgment,
36:08
and to treat people with kindness and be more like how she would react to
36:14
things. And so I think that is a great and a very tall task
36:17
for all of us to do. But that's that's my marching order from now
36:22
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36:37
I understand we have a call. Let's go to the phones. Dan,
36:39
you're on with the mayor. Go ahead. Good morning. Thank you
36:43
for taking my call. Yes, good morning, Mayor. Can you hear
36:46
me? Okay, okay, she's got you. It is my understanding that
36:52
there is a company located in Charleston, been here for a little while that
36:59
recycle Glass. Are you familiar with that company? Yes, it is my
37:04
understanding, and I want to make sure I got this right. That what
37:07
they want to do is they want to provide a service in which they come
37:12
to your residence or wherever and pick up your glass and charge you a feel.
37:19
Do you know? Is that correct? Yeah? It's like smash glass
37:22
or glass smash. Yeah. Okay, I have a lot of glass.
37:27
I'll take it to them. They can come and get it. But I
37:30
don't want to pay him to come and get it. Got you, I
37:34
got you? Hey, Dan, do me a favor. You had a
37:37
pen in your hand by chance, hold on one or a good memory?
37:42
Yeah, or a good memory. I have a pen. Three four eight
37:45
eight one seven four three four eight eight one seven four. And let me
37:49
connect with you later on about this company. Okay, you want me to
37:54
call you at that number? Yeah, I mean if you, I mean
37:57
unless you want to give you a number of the air And I bet you
37:59
don't. I wouldn't. I wouldn't advise that. Yeah. So three four
38:01
eight eight one seven four, holler at me, leave your leave your number
38:06
to either Tiffany or Andrew, and I'll shout right back at you. I
38:09
appreciate your absolutely. I think you appreciate a meanyor City Council is happening tonight,
38:15
and I had Councilman Chad Robinson on to talk about this last week,
38:19
the discussion of PODAU, this public outdoor designated Areas, and I understand if
38:24
it makes it out of committee tonight and goes to council, it would allow
38:28
people, should they choose to, in certain areas of Charleston and on certain
38:31
days, purchase a specially designed cup that they can fill with their favorite adult
38:37
beverage if they choose it. Now, it's been a huge hit in Huntington.
38:39
There was some apprehension to it there, which was to be expected.
38:44
I was in Huntington a lot of the last several days and didn't seem to
38:47
be a big deal. There's zero issues. Do you have an opinion on
38:51
it? You know? I was in Huntington as well, and as everybody
38:54
was lining up for the homecoming parade on Friday night, there were a couple
38:59
establishments that had their PoTA cups there, and uh, we went and and
39:02
got ourselves a beer and and walked literally two steps and you know, stood
39:07
on the sidewalk and cheered on the game and had a beer and then wait
39:10
till was over, and then three our cups and a recycling then and then
39:14
went to dinner. It's working. I mean, it's small scale, right,
39:17
It's a slow role on where we're going with this. Huntington has currently
39:23
one area of the city more like the downtown area ish h. We are
39:29
looking at three different areas right now, possibly four, which is city center
39:36
downtown area, and the other is Bridge Road, which is a tighter area,
39:40
Elk City a tighter area, and then the circumference of the capital market
39:45
has been discussed. That is not in the current resolution, but that's something
39:50
as I think that was on the discussion tab. Yeah, that was on
39:54
the discussion and there are a couple of additional things on the discussion table.
39:58
And that's what resolutions should be about, and that's what good government should be
40:00
about. Right, discussion points, how do we how do we work together
40:04
to make this happen. We wanted to take our time with this. We
40:07
wanted to see what other cities were doing across the country. I have traveled
40:12
to other cities with the intent too to see how they do this and how
40:16
they do it. Well, it is not it is not what people think.
40:21
It's a you know, big you know beer. It's not that you
40:22
can't walk down the street with with a beer in your hand, can't walk
40:27
to your car with you can't do any of those things. And so well,
40:30
I'll say this and Chad said it. Councilmember Robin said did a great
40:35
job on Friday show because I listened to it afterwards, and what he said
40:37
was, you know any way that we can help small business. Well,
40:39
since we got here four and a half years ago. That's exactly what we
40:43
did. We hired a small business ambassador. So you know, you're not
40:46
just wondering, why is that meeter not working? Outside my business? We
40:50
have somebody that literally goes door to door. Hey, what do you got
40:52
You got a problem? My lights out outside the parking lot. Oh my
40:55
meter is not working. When are they going to fix this pothole? So,
40:59
not only do we have a liaison, we do small business and have
41:01
in the past one small business grants. This is just another thing that we
41:06
can offer. Is it going to be the end all be all? I
41:09
don't think so. Is it another little extra thing to have? So during
41:14
holly Jolly brawli, you can, you know, grab grab the kids,
41:17
get something to eat, grab an ice cream. If you want to freeze
41:21
totally, grab a beer and go over and walk through the trees. You
41:24
can, and you could do it legally, And that's what we that's what
41:28
we want. And the businesses were the ones that approach you from what I
41:31
understand, right, no pun intended. That's the seventies seventies beer references producer
41:37
won't but you and I will get that, all right. So, but
41:39
but It's also worth noting that if a business does not want to have this,
41:45
does not want to participate, they don't have to. No. No,
41:47
that's absolutely right. No. As a matter of fact, even the
41:50
businesses that say, Amy, I love this, this is so great,
41:52
but I own a retail shop, you know, soft items and expensive items
41:58
and clothing and et cetera. I want people to know that I support it,
42:02
but I just don't want you walking around and spilling a drink on my
42:06
expensive dress. The answer is you bet. You absolutely can say no,
42:09
thank you. The city is and Tina, who's absolutely amazing, has been
42:15
working on as studying. We've been doing this for so long now, it
42:17
seems like it's been forever. But the past couple of months looking at other
42:22
cities, looking at the signage, I think that's really really important. So
42:25
you know, before you walk through my door, hey, I serve,
42:29
and you're more than welcome to bring your glass in here. Your cup not
42:31
glass, by the way, the classic no thank you, I don't want
42:37
any drinks in here. Appreciate that, or even hey, we support you,
42:42
but please leave your cup at a table in the front. You know,
42:45
And there are other businesses that I have not had a business call me.
42:49
Not one in the City of Charleston in the past couple of months.
42:51
I said, I don't want it. I've had folks say I don't understand
42:53
it. Can I put a no sign in? I want to be supportive,
42:58
but I don't serve it's it's not a problem. But again, here's
43:02
here's the good news about city government. We're pretty flexible, right and so
43:07
if there are changes that need to be made, if there are additions,
43:10
we can do that. The most important thing is getting it right and getting
43:15
it right the first time, and working with the ABCA to make sure that
43:19
we are complying with what they need and we are being great communicators with our
43:24
businesses so they have everything that they need on day one. The cups,
43:29
the signage and oh by the way, Huntington did a very good job about
43:34
posting. You know, you're entering a PODA area. Oh by the way,
43:37
you're leaving a PODA area, signaling to me and you put your cup
43:39
down. Yeah you can. That's what they That's what they do in Marietta,
43:43
Ohio. That's areas outside Columbus Marietta, Ohio. We stole, I
43:46
will say we well because we stole from a lot of different people who have
43:52
already done it and done it for years. A great faq. Hey,
43:54
here are the you know, here's some of the questions and answers that you
43:58
may be one ring about. So I think communication, communication with anything.
44:02
Dave, as you wont know, is king and so communicating with our businesses
44:07
and communicating with folks. Listen, we also are going to make sure that
44:10
we're enforcing this. This isn't going to be a free for all, folks.
44:13
This isn't going to be it. This is going to be something that
44:15
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Shuiler good one is here something else mayor that I heard as a proposal that
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would, if enacted, put some guidelines on the access to council members while
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meetings are being conducted, talking about city council, talking about them. Yeah,
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so it is a it's a public access rule. As a matter of
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fact, the City of Charleston is one of I don't know anybody else that
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doesn't have floor rules, meaning you and I during a House or Senate session
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underneath the capitol down you and I can't during one of their sessions just casually
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stroll down the aisle and go and talk to a senator or delegate right in
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the middle, or media running with a camera in their face and shoving a
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microphone underneath. You're not allowed to do that on most government public floors because,
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by the way, we're there to host a meeting, we're there to
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provide access. We're there to make sure that everybody can hear and speak and
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before and after especially, But this is a proposal that was brought forth by
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a majority of council members. As a matter of fact, I was talking
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to an anchor last night at ten thirty at night on the telephone about this.
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This will be the way that we have not only this resolution set up,
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are the things that this administration did. We're going to have a maltbox.
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We're going to make sure that you can not only hear us better,
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but see us better. And that's the public and oh yeah, by the
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way, the media too, because right now we shove the media in a
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corner. You can't see half the side of the room unless you get up
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and walk over. Sometimes you can't hear from the microphones. Listen. City
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Hall was built in nineteen twenty one. It's gorgeous. Which can't hear and
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you can't see well. And so we're going to reconfigure the chairs as best
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as we can. Put a malt box in. Explain that, I mean,
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I know what it means. Yeah. Sorry, So, by the
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way, because I was in the media, that's what I did before I
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did this, and I was a communications director, having access to the media
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is incredibly important to me, incredibly important. Well, they can't hear right
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now, and so a maltboxes it's basically a multi output, single source that
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you can hear. You can you can plug your microphone into this box and
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reporters and videographers do it all the time. And you can actually hear what
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the audio. You can get connected to the audio stream, meaning you can
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download record every single thing that's going through that malbox, because right now you're
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picking up NAT's sound and what we heard natural sound from your camera, But
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what we're hearing from folks is amy. When I'm sitting there at the table
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and their people laughing or talking or pushing or shoving, I can't hear anything.
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I get nothing. And so on my NATS sound, I can't even
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use my NAT sound because it's the voices of somebody else. So we're going
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to make it fair for everyone, and we're going to make media actually get
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what they need, which is sound and video of council members. We're also
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going to look at by the way, my very first council meeting was the
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very first time we had live streaming, very first time. Accessibility and accountability
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is important to me very first time, and I got to give credit where
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credit is due. President Becky separately helped with that. But the first time
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that I stepped in as mayor was the first time that the public could actually
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watch the full council meeting online. Because it was important to us to get
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it done and to make sure that the moment that we stepped in there,
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everything was available to the public. So we're going to make it better.
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But we also, I'll be honest with you, we've had council members say
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that they've been scared. This is a you know, we all have our
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own different opinions. That's great, but when council members and folks are feeling
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threatened, are feeling intimidated, there has to be As I said to this
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who is a dear friend and an anchor friend of mine, my job is
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to protect them while they're sitting there and protecting them right now is not happening
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if they don't know that somebody's coming up from behind them. We're going to
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change the way that we're seating. It is a very tight, beautiful chamber,
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right you've been there, beautiful, beautiful, but it's very tight.
50:45
We have folks with accessibility issues. We've got to keep the aisles clear,
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and we're going to have some order to a body in a house that's working.
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We're there to work. We are on the clock and working. It
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doesn't have anything to do with when people say, oh, it's gonna limit
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me, No, it isn't. As a matter of fact, it's going
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to make it better for media. They're going to be able to see all
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the council's faces. Most important, they're going to be able to hear because
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as you well know, Dave television, you know, field producers or videographers
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sometimes they've got ten minutes, come in, grab sound, you know,
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grab it, you know, sound bite from somebody and run out the door.
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We'll make sure that they're able to do that well. And I think
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it's worth noting. I mean, I had somebody say to me. Somebody
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said, well, the media is outraged about this. I haven't talked to
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a single member of the actual conventional media that's upset about this. We're not
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upset about it. Here. Talk to a good friend of mine who works
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and we're fine with it. I mean, you know, by the way,
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I think people want to make it seem like it is and they're you
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know, a couple Oh this is gonna No, it's not. If you
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talk to the folks who are in it and say, hey, I'm gonna
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I got your multbox. Hey we're gonna do a different type of seatings who
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can get not only your NAT sound, but you're direct inputs. Talk to
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the people who are in the media. Folks who are you know? By
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the way, we don't have any problem with we we you know, the
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television stations and you guys and the newspaper. It's absolutely it's seamless and we
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have great, great working relationships with all of you. I had some questions.
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I did not get to all the text. Sorry but sorry, I
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gotta I gotta talk to you about landfill because somebody keeps texting me about a
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land and Charleston. Can we get maybe if not, you maybe get map
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sut or somebody out later this week to talk about landfill. We'll talk about
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after the show. All right, may are good one. I appreciate you
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being here. Thank you so much. In Ev and Osborne from the Capitol
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Market and also Rick Cabinder as well. Coming up on the show tomorrow,
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Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce Director Trish h Is Trish Ball is going to join
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us. That's coming up on the show tomorrow, Delegate Mike Pushkin. I
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also stay Democratic Party Chair Mike Pushkin on the show tomorrow, and Chris Whitber
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from the Bandy Keaton Trying Hoppy coming up. I will see you tomorrow.
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Till then, have fun and love somebody. Amy six points fat and Charleston
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