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The Lee Elci Show | 10.8.26 · The Lee Elci Show

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  Speaker 1: Good morning, everybody.
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  Speaker 2: I am Bruce Lex, president of the Greater Mystic Chamber
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  Speaker 2: of Commerce.
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  Speaker 1: I say that a lot.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm here on 94.9 News Now and Stimulating Talk.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to be your host for the morning. I
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  Speaker 2: want to thank Lee for having me on. And, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: so we have a great show for you this morning.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to have Lindsay Smith, who is starting a
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  Speaker 2: new beverage company called Sewell, in a few minutes. And
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  Speaker 2: then Billy Nelson, president of Fairview and Vista Point at Fairview.
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  Speaker 2: We'll be on about 640, 645. And then we're doing something.
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  Speaker 2: You guys know I'm the chamber president. And so we're
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  Speaker 2: going to do a chamber roundtable. We have Tony Sheridan,
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  Speaker 2: the CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut,
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  Speaker 2: Angie Adams, who's the president of the Greater Norwich Area
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  Speaker 2: Chamber of Commerce, and Lisa Fabian-Kinicki, president of the Ocean
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  Speaker 2: Community Chamber of Commerce. And we're going to get everybody
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  Speaker 2: together to not talk about how great the chambers are,
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  Speaker 2: but to talk about what things are looking like in
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  Speaker 2: southeastern Connecticut and what we see with local business in
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  Speaker 2: the community. So that's going to happen from 7 to 9.
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  Speaker 2: And I just want to say it's really it's great
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  Speaker 2: to be sitting back in this chair and I appreciate
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  Speaker 2: the opportunity. I've been thinking about how I wanted to
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  Speaker 2: start this morning and something happened to me recently that
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  Speaker 2: I haven't been able to get out of my head.
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  Speaker 2: I just got back from Italy. Great trip through the chamber.
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  Speaker 2: And on the trip to Italy, we were taking the
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  Speaker 2: train from Montecatini to Florence. The train was packed. Every
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  Speaker 2: seat was taken. People were standing. And at one of
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  Speaker 2: the stops, a group of elderly people got on. I watched,
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  Speaker 2: and nobody, nobody, full train, nobody moved. Not one person
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  Speaker 2: offered a seat. There was an elderly woman standing near me,
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  Speaker 2: and I called her over and gave her mine. And
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  Speaker 2: I'm not telling you that because I think I did
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  Speaker 2: something special, and that's actually the point. I didn't think
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  Speaker 2: it was special at all. That's just how I was raised.
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  Speaker 2: An elderly person gets on the train.
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  Speaker 3: You get up.
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  Speaker 1: Someone's struggling with a door. You hold it. Somebody drops something.
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  Speaker 1: You help pick it up.
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  Speaker 2: You say, please. You say, thank you. You look somebody
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  Speaker 2: in the eye. These weren't heroic acts when I was
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  Speaker 2: growing up. They were just manners. And my parents were
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  Speaker 2: pretty adamant about respecting your elders, your teachers, others.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. You're welcome.
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  Speaker 2: And as I stood on that train, I started wondering,
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  Speaker 2: are we losing some of them? Have we become so
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  Speaker 2: wrapped up in our phones, our schedules, and ourselves that
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  Speaker 2: we don't notice the person standing like three feet away
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  Speaker 2: from us? And then I started thinking, well, maybe that's
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  Speaker 2: not entirely fair either. Because if you woke up this morning,
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  Speaker 2: grabbed your phone, and started scrolling through the news, you'd
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  Speaker 2: probably conclude that we're all becoming pretty terrible people.
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  Speaker 1: We're divided. We're angry. Nobody agrees.
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  Speaker 2: People scream at each other online. Every story seems designed
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  Speaker 2: to convince us that something or someone is destroying the country.
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  Speaker 1: But then I think about what I see in real life.
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  Speaker 2: And the world I see when I put my phone
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  Speaker 2: down looks very different from the world I see on
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  Speaker 2: the screen. I do see people helping people. I see
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  Speaker 2: someone get sick and friends and neighbors show up. I
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  Speaker 2: see volunteers giving up their weekends. I see local businesses
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  Speaker 2: that get asked for the hundredth time to donate to
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  Speaker 2: another fundraiser, another youth team, another family that needs help.
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  Speaker 2: And somehow they keep saying yes. I see people who
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  Speaker 2: disagree completely about politics sitting next to each other at
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  Speaker 2: their kids' games and getting along just fine.
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  Speaker 1: None of that makes the news.
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  Speaker 2: Nobody sends a breaking news alert to your phone that
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  Speaker 2: somebody was kind to someone else today. But it does
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  Speaker 2: happen thousands of times, so maybe we haven't stopped caring
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  Speaker 2: about each other. Maybe we just need to be reminded
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  Speaker 2: occasionally to look up and notice each other. Oh, well,
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  Speaker 2: that got me thinking about something else, thinking about the
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  Speaker 2: people who've made a difference in your life. Maybe it
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  Speaker 2: was a teacher who saw something in you a coach
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  Speaker 2: who pushed you, a boss who took a chance on you,
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  Speaker 2: a neighbor, a friend, someone who helped you when you
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  Speaker 2: needed it. Maybe somebody said something to you 30 years
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  Speaker 2: ago that they probably forgot five minutes later, but you've
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  Speaker 2: remembered your entire life. And I'll tell you that there
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  Speaker 2: were people in my life that made major impressions on
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  Speaker 2: me that I remember today. And one was when I
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  Speaker 2: was 19, I was working at a theater, the Cape
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  Speaker 2: Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis, and there were complaints coming
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  Speaker 2: in from the town about trash, along the fences. And
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  Speaker 2: the owner of the tent, his name was Bill Carmen,
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  Speaker 2: great guy, said we all needed to go clean it up.
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  Speaker 2: And we went over there to clean it up. He
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  Speaker 2: came and joined us. So the owner of the theater
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  Speaker 2: was out there.
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  Speaker 1: With us doing that.
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  Speaker 2: And that made a, you know, basically it was never
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  Speaker 2: ask someone to do something you aren't willing to do.
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  Speaker 2: His actions has stuck with me and kept that mantra
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  Speaker 2: front and center for me. And here's my question. Do
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  Speaker 2: the people that are like that, do they know? We're
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  Speaker 2: really good at telling everyone how wonderful somebody is at
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  Speaker 2: their retirement party, at their 80th birthday, and unfortunately at
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  Speaker 2: their funeral. We stand up and tell these beautiful stories
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  Speaker 2: about what someone meant to us. But sometimes I think,
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  Speaker 2: I wonder, did we ever tell them while they were
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  Speaker 2: sitting next to us, right? Do you ever talk to
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  Speaker 2: people while they're.
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  Speaker 4: Next to you?
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  Speaker 2: So I'm giving myself a little assignment today, and I'll
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  Speaker 2: give it to you too. Think of one person who
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  Speaker 2: made a difference in your life and tell them, call them,
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  Speaker 2: Send them a text. It doesn't just need to be
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  Speaker 2: some long emotional message. Just, I was thinking about you today.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not sure I ever told you this, but you
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  Speaker 2: made a difference in my life. And now imagine yourself
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  Speaker 2: receiving that message today. And maybe there's another assignment that's
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  Speaker 2: even easier. This one's an easy one.
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  Speaker 1: Look up. The next time an elderly person gets in
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  Speaker 1: the train, give them your seat.
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  Speaker 2: Hold the door. Let somebody into traffic. Thank the person
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  Speaker 2: behind the counter. Put the phone away when someone's talking
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  Speaker 2: to you. None of these things are going to change
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  Speaker 2: the world, but they might change somebody's day. And maybe
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  Speaker 2: that's where it starts. Because despite everything we're being told,
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  Speaker 2: I still believe most people are good. I think most
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  Speaker 2: people want to help. I think most of us care
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  Speaker 2: about our families, our neighbors, and our communities. And maybe
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  Speaker 2: we just need an occasional reminder. The world you see
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  Speaker 2: on your phone isn't always the world you're actually living in.
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  Speaker 2: And maybe we're doing a little better than we think.
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  Speaker 2: We just need to look up every once in a while.
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  Speaker 2: So good morning, everybody. We have a lot to talk
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  Speaker 2: about today. We're going to welcome Lindsay Smith from Sewell
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  Speaker 2: Hey, I'm Bruce Flax, and we're here on 94.9 News
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  Speaker 2: Now and Stimulating Talk. It is, well, I don't even
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  Speaker 2: know what time it is, but it doesn't matter. It's
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  Speaker 2: 620 or so, right, give or take. So I'm going,
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  Speaker 2: my first guest this morning is Lindsay Smith, owner and
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  Speaker 2: founder of Sewell, a brand-new Connecticut beverage company. And when
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  Speaker 2: I say brand-new, I mean they're really, really just getting started.
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  Speaker 2: It's a sparkling juice beverage made here in New England
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  Speaker 2: with real fruit juice, coconut water, and electrolytes. I love
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  Speaker 2: talking to entrepreneurs, particularly when we're able to catch them
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  Speaker 2: right at the beginning of the journey.
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  Speaker 1: And, Lindsay, this is the beginning of your journey, right?
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  Speaker 30: It absolutely is, Bruce.
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  Speaker 1: So welcome.
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  Speaker 30: Thank you so much. I'm so pleased to be here.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Before we talk about what's in the can, maybe you
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  Speaker 2: can talk about where this idea came from.
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  Speaker 30: Sure, I'd be happy to.
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  Speaker 31: About 15 months ago, my dad called me when I
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  Speaker 31: was living down in Tennessee in Knoxville and said, Lindsay,
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  Speaker 31: I've got a great idea for a beverage company.
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  Speaker 30: We should do it.
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  Speaker 31: And I thought about it and gave him a call
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  Speaker 31: back the next day and said, let's do it. I
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  Speaker 31: then listed my house for sale in Knoxville, Tennessee about
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  Speaker 31: two months later and decided to relocate here up to
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  Speaker 31: where all my family is in southeastern Connecticut.
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  Speaker 30: So it's been really exciting.
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  Speaker 31: And as Bruce had mentioned, it's the beginning of our journey.
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  Speaker 31: Today is actually the day we put our beverage in cans.
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  Speaker 3: Wow.
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  Speaker 1: Exciting.
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  Speaker 31: I just gave him a little taste in a glass bottle.
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  Speaker 31: But after today, it's going to be in cans, which
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  Speaker 31: is awesome.
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  Speaker 1: That's amazing.
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  Speaker 2: At what point? And so really, where did it win?
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  Speaker 2: We did talk about how you got to it, but
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  Speaker 2: why don't we talk about the beverage itself since I
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  Speaker 2: just tasted it.
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  Speaker 13: Sure.
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  Speaker 31: So the beverage comes in two flavors, Seabright Citrus and
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  Speaker 31: Tropical Wave. It is a sparkling juice beverage, as Bruce
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  Speaker 31: had mentioned, with great tasting, you know, real fruit juice
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  Speaker 31: and coconut water. It's about 35% and 36% for each
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  Speaker 31: style with added additional electrolytes. We actually worked with Dr.
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  Speaker 31: Jen Fields of UConn. She helps the sports nutrition kind
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  Speaker 31: of faculty member on the right kind of mix of magnesium, potassium, sodium,
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  Speaker 31: and kind of something that's really ideal and really hydrating.
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  Speaker 2: And the two flavors you've given me, right? So this
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  Speaker 2: one is the Passion.
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  Speaker 1: What is this one right here?
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  Speaker 31: So it's predominantly pineapple and then coconut water, certainly. Then
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  Speaker 31: there's some lime juice, and then there's a little hint
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  Speaker 31: of mango, and passion fruit. So it's really kind of
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  Speaker 31: very subtle, but a nice mix. I've also been heard
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  Speaker 31: it tastes great when you add.
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  Speaker 23: Rum, certainly.
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  Speaker 1: Sure, we'll find that out.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely. No, I can taste, like you can taste
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  Speaker 2: the flavors as they kind of go right through what
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  Speaker 2: you're saying. Was there a lot of iterations to get
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  Speaker 2: to these?
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  Speaker 31: Believe it or not, there was about, gosh, eight months
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  Speaker 31: or so of sort of kitchen table experience Figuring things
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  Speaker 31: out what we liked. And then we decided we don't
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  Speaker 31: do this for a living. Let's talk to someone who's
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  Speaker 31: done it for the past 30 years. And we actually
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  Speaker 31: hired a formulator who her job was to kind of
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  Speaker 31: take kind of our crazy ideas and put them together.
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  Speaker 30: And that's we also worked with Dr.
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  Speaker 31: Jen Fields on the right kind of mix of everything
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  Speaker 31: in the can. And so make sure that doesn't taste artificial.
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  Speaker 31: You can really kind of taste like the nice flavor.
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  Speaker 31: And it flavors and it's really, really hydrating and delicious.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that like we, you know, we watch,
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  Speaker 1: I watch Shark Tank.
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  Speaker 21: Yes.
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  Speaker 20: Right?
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  Speaker 2: And we see all these and we understand that people
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  Speaker 2: come on there and they show these beverages and they
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  Speaker 2: say how difficult, you know, it is to break in
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  Speaker 2: and everything. Have you found it really challenging? I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I know you found it challenging because I can see,
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  Speaker 2: but I think you like it. You like that challenge.
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  Speaker 31: I've never been more excited and passionate about anything in
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  Speaker 31: my entire life. I've worked in big consumer packaged goods
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  Speaker 31: in the past and spent 14 years, you know, working
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  Speaker 31: both in sales, consumer marketing, as well as in channel management.
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  Speaker 31: So dealing with wholesale, dealing with all types of different iterations.
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  Speaker 31: So it is challenging, but it's also fun and rewarding.
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  Speaker 31: I have the privilege of doing this alongside my dad,
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  Speaker 31: Bill Smith. who's a wealth of knowledge and super fun.
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  Speaker 1: To do this with.
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  Speaker 2: I think a lot of people in Southeast are going
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  Speaker 2: to get shooting at your dad.
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  Speaker 1: He's very involved.
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  Speaker 2: Your mom and dad both are involved in a lot
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  Speaker 2: of different things and really give back to the community
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: a lot.
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  Speaker 4: They do.
• 16:47
  Speaker 31: And so, you know, speaking of which, we really want to,
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  Speaker 31: with Seawall, we're working on giving back some of our
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  Speaker 31: profits to a couple of really great causes.
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  Speaker 30: Save the Sound and Save the Bay.
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  Speaker 31: We want to kind of bake it in even before
• 16:57
  Speaker 31: our first sales, which are going to really be happening
• 16:59
  Speaker 31: this spring. But We're having our first run today at
• 17:03
  Speaker 31: our co-packer.
• 17:04
  Speaker 30: Here in Rhode Island.
• 17:05
  Speaker 31: So we're having our first 7,500 cans made so that
• 17:08
  Speaker 31: we can kind of solicit some early feedback and some traction.
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  Speaker 30: We've had some distributors try the product, too, that are.
• 17:13
  Speaker 31: Excited to carry it when we kind of go with
• 17:16
  Speaker 31: our proper launch as well.
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  Speaker 1: That's awesome.
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  Speaker 2: When your dad had the idea and he called you
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  Speaker 2: and then you came up here, was there ever a
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  Speaker 2: point where you're like, what did I get myself into
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: or like?
• 17:27
  Speaker 31: We've had a couple of those moments, but thankfully they've
• 17:29
  Speaker 31: been short, and then we kind of work on the
• 17:31
  Speaker 31: next sort of milestone to hit. We've been thankful enough
• 17:34
  Speaker 31: to align ourselves with some really great people. We also
• 17:37
  Speaker 31: were able to go to the Cornell Food Venture Center
• 17:39
  Speaker 31: in upstate New York to help us do a couple
• 17:41
  Speaker 31: of prototype iterations. Also, when I was formerly living in Tennessee,
• 17:46
  Speaker 31: we did a blind sensory panel where we had target
• 17:49
  Speaker 31: consumers kind of come in and give us some kind
• 17:51
  Speaker 31: of feedback based on different iterations of the product. And
• 17:54
  Speaker 31: that's when folks there had kind of said where they
• 17:56
  Speaker 31: did enjoy the product, and it was really on the
• 17:59
  Speaker 31: water or on boats. And so that's what sort of
• 18:01
  Speaker 31: started and sparked this idea of having a beverage really
• 18:05
  Speaker 31: made for, you know, for boaters and people who love
• 18:07
  Speaker 31: being on the water. Yeah.
• 18:09
  Speaker 2: And do, like, I know that seltzers obviously are big. Like,
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: they've hit the ground running with their popularity and the
• 18:18
  Speaker 2: vodka stuff and that kind of thing. And you have
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: said that this is inspired by... like for boaters. So
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: can you, like, what's the, like, how does it fit
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: into their world?
• 18:27
  Speaker 30: Sure, of course. So it's really interesting.
• 18:29
  Speaker 31: We've done some research, and there's actually an interesting quote
• 18:31
  Speaker 31: from the Coast Guard that says four hours of sun, wind,
• 18:34
  Speaker 31: and motion produce fatigue. That's pretty much like 24 hours
• 18:38
  Speaker 31: without sleep. And people don't really understand that on a
• 18:41
  Speaker 31: fun day out and about, how exhausted you really get
• 18:43
  Speaker 31: by the.
• 18:44
  Speaker 30: End of the day when you're coming back in and,
• 18:45
  Speaker 30: you know, at the dock.
• 18:47
  Speaker 31: And we want a beverage that's really going to make
• 18:49
  Speaker 31: you feel great continually and And that you can have
• 18:52
  Speaker 31: and sip and enjoy throughout the day.
• 18:54
  Speaker 30: Have a couple of cans.
• 18:55
  Speaker 31: You know, at the end when you're done and responsible,
• 18:58
  Speaker 31: if you want to add an adult beverage to it
• 18:59
  Speaker 31: and you're of age, go for it. We always believe
• 19:02
  Speaker 31: in moderation and responsibility. But this is really something that's
• 19:06
  Speaker 31: meant to have the right mix of electrolytes to.
• 19:08
  Speaker 30: Help you feel great.
• 19:09
  Speaker 24: Yeah.
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: And do, like when you launched, you have like in
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: the plan, do you see, like how long does it
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: take you to take over the world?
• 19:20
  Speaker 16: Oh, gosh.
• 19:21
  Speaker 30: Well, we're not working on that.
• 19:23
  Speaker 31: Whatever we're trying to do is just be really consistent
• 19:26
  Speaker 31: in this area and be authentic. We really want to
• 19:28
  Speaker 31: kind of have a community of people who really love
• 19:30
  Speaker 31: us and really kind of want to put us consistently
• 19:33
  Speaker 31: in their cooler when they head out and about on
• 19:34
  Speaker 31: a great day, either at the beach or paddling on
• 19:37
  Speaker 31: a stand-up paddleboard or kayaking or on a boat. So
• 19:40
  Speaker 31: we just want to, person by person, if you like it,
• 19:44
  Speaker 31: please enjoy. It's a great beverage because, again, anyone can
• 19:47
  Speaker 31: grab it.
• 19:48
  Speaker 30: It doesn't matter what kind of their taste preference.
• 19:50
  Speaker 32: Are.
• 19:50
  Speaker 31: We kind of have a couple of different formulas of
• 19:52
  Speaker 31: citrus and of tropical.
• 19:54
  Speaker 10: Nice.
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: And so when you say that, like, you're going to
• 19:58
  Speaker 2: have it made into, you're going to have the first
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: 100 cans, right?
• 20:00
  Speaker 33: 7,500 cans.
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: 7,500 cans.
• 20:01
  Speaker 30: There you go.
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: And then, and so we use, will those get, like,
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: will you try to get them out and distribute them
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: and start selling them?
• 20:09
  Speaker 31: Oh, we do have our sales and use tax goes
• 20:11
  Speaker 31: into effect on Monday, the 11th. So we can legally
• 20:14
  Speaker 31: sell come on Monday. And right now our website, we
• 20:17
  Speaker 31: have pre-orders at seaworldbeverage.com.
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: Okay, all right.
• 20:20
  Speaker 31: However, we're really doing this as like a test and
• 20:22
  Speaker 31: learn to kind of start. And again, it's to get
• 20:25
  Speaker 31: potential retailers as well as distributors excited about the product,
• 20:28
  Speaker 31: talk to consumers. We're actually going to be at the
• 20:31
  Speaker 31: Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce, I believe, next Saturday at
• 20:34
  Speaker 31: the flagpole, distributing some samples and having some product for sale.
• 20:40
  Speaker 31: On the back of every single can, there's also a
• 20:42
  Speaker 31: QR code that kind of links to a survey to
• 20:45
  Speaker 31: kind of give some consumer feedback.
• 20:46
  Speaker 30: So we're going to really get some learning.
• 20:48
  Speaker 31: So people, depending on what they like or dislike, we've
• 20:52
  Speaker 31: got some opportunity to make some changes, if.
• 20:55
  Speaker 30: Needed, before kind of our spring launch.
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: So I want to go back to the flavors again.
• 20:58
  Speaker 34: So.
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: This is– I tried the passion fruit, and this one
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: is– the other one is the– Yeah, so.
• 21:05
  Speaker 31: The tropical is mostly, you know, pineapple juice. It's a
• 21:08
  Speaker 31: water pineapple juice, coconut water, lime juice, and then some
• 21:12
  Speaker 31: of the natural flavors that we have are a little
• 21:13
  Speaker 31: bit of passion fruit and mango, and then it kind
• 21:16
  Speaker 31: of gets to our electrolyte stack. The other one is
• 21:20
  Speaker 31: a citrus style. We call it Seabright Citrus. It's carbonated water,
• 21:24
  Speaker 31: clarified orange juice, coconut water concentrate, lime juice– And then
• 21:29
  Speaker 31: there's a bit of yuzu flavor in there, too, just
• 21:32
  Speaker 31: to kind of make it crisp and tart and really.
• 21:34
  Speaker 26: Kind of delicious.
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: It definitely is refreshing. I can definitely see it on
• 21:37
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  Speaker 1: Intimidating talk. What a great song.
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  Speaker 2: Aye, aye, aye.
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  Speaker 1: Got to put that, got to lock that up.
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  Speaker 13: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: And it's a very exciting time for you, as we
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  Speaker 2: were talking about. But, like, so we talked about you
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  Speaker 2: packaging it and having 7,500 cans made and getting it
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  Speaker 2: out there. How did you figure out, like, how did
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  Speaker 2: to be.
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  Speaker 1: On it and do all that?
• 29:15
  Speaker 13: Good question.
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  Speaker 31: Thankfully, my dad has kind of a whiz with numbers,
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  Speaker 31: which is fantastic because it's not necessarily me. We worked
• 29:22
  Speaker 31: on appropriate economics and kind of unit economics of what
• 29:25
  Speaker 31: makes sense for a consumer, too. We've done a lot
• 29:28
  Speaker 31: of questions, consumer discovery of trying to find the right fit,
• 29:31
  Speaker 31: that when we sell this product, ideally in a four-pack,
• 29:34
  Speaker 31: it would be something that people would want to consistently
• 29:36
  Speaker 31: put into a cooler and bring on board and not
• 29:39
  Speaker 31: break the bank. So we're working and kind of had
• 29:41
  Speaker 31: discussions with some distributors so far as well of a
• 29:44
  Speaker 31: retail suggested sale price of $ 3.
• 29:47
  Speaker 30: 49 per can. It might flux up. It might flux down.
• 29:51
  Speaker 30: We're working on it.
• 29:52
  Speaker 31: But right now, to start, about $ 3.
• 29:53
  Speaker 35: 49.
• 29:53
  Speaker 30: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And do you think that, like, your journey so far,
• 29:57
  Speaker 2: do you see that that is– Do you think it's
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  Speaker 2: typical for, like, a beverage that you are creating? Or
• 30:03
  Speaker 2: do you think that you guys have, you know, fast-tracked it?
• 30:06
  Speaker 3: Or is it normal?
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: Like, do you think the timeline's normal?
• 30:09
  Speaker 31: Our timeline of 15 months from idea to physical product
• 30:13
  Speaker 31: is pretty quick. I think for a small and scrappy
• 30:15
  Speaker 31: team of folks who haven't, you know, between my dad
• 30:17
  Speaker 31: and I, we haven't done this before. But thankfully, we've
• 30:20
  Speaker 31: worked with local companies. Mystic resident, Anthony Caporale.
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: Oh, know Anthony very well.
• 30:26
  Speaker 2: Great guy.
• 30:26
  Speaker 31: Yeah, he's a wonderful guy. He's on our team as
• 30:28
  Speaker 31: a beverage advisor, which is excellent.
• 30:30
  Speaker 16: Yeah.
• 30:31
  Speaker 31: So he's got a tremendous amount of knowledge and has
• 30:34
  Speaker 31: been completely helpful with us.
• 30:36
  Speaker 18: Yeah.
• 30:36
  Speaker 31: And then kind of to help us from the marine
• 30:38
  Speaker 31: side of things and the marine knowledge, we've been working
• 30:40
  Speaker 31: with Jeff Marshall, who's one of my dad's.
• 30:43
  Speaker 30: Best buddies.
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  Speaker 3: He's awesome.
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  Speaker 31: He's formerly owned the Mystic Shipyard for over 25 years.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, he's our Christmas tree cutter, tree down guy.
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  Speaker 16: He's amazing.
• 30:52
  Speaker 26: He is awesome.
• 30:53
  Speaker 31: We're incredibly lucky and blessed that we really like and
• 30:56
  Speaker 31: enjoy the folks we work with.
• 30:57
  Speaker 30: That's what kind of makes it so fun.
• 30:59
  Speaker 2: And so, you know.
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: What is your dream?
• 31:03
  Speaker 2: You know, if we have this conversation through a year
• 31:05
  Speaker 2: from now, what would you love to see?
• 31:07
  Speaker 1: Where would you like to see C1? Like, what would
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: it be?
• 31:09
  Speaker 31: I would really love for the folks in this area
• 31:12
  Speaker 31: and kind of southeastern Connecticut and Rhode Island to really
• 31:14
  Speaker 31: kind of see it as like the hometown hero.
• 31:17
  Speaker 26: Yeah.
• 31:17
  Speaker 31: I would love for people to really find a lot
• 31:19
  Speaker 31: of affinity and enjoyment. We're looking to, you know, launch
• 31:22
  Speaker 31: with two styles. But as we grow, continue to have
• 31:25
  Speaker 31: a right mix of product that people really love and
• 31:27
  Speaker 31: enjoy and want to bring a part of their lives.
• 31:30
  Speaker 35: Yeah.
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  Speaker 10: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And do, you know, because this area has produced some
• 31:34
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• 31:35
  Speaker 13: We have.
• 31:36
  Speaker 41: Right?
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: I mean, there's Fisher's Island Lemonade. Yep. And that's been
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: tremendously successful.
• 31:41
  Speaker 21: Yes.
• 31:42
  Speaker 2: And so hopefully you guys can join that line of,
• 31:45
  Speaker 2: you know, well-known southeastern Connecticut fare.
• 31:48
  Speaker 30: Absolutely.
• 31:49
  Speaker 26: Yes.
• 31:50
  Speaker 30: Absolutely. Ronnie did a great job with that brand. It's incredible.
• 31:53
  Speaker 2: And are you going to see, like, do you, so we're, again, like,
• 31:58
  Speaker 2: it would make it into grocery stores.
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: It would be.
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: Into liquor stores, package stores, right, because people would buy
• 32:05
  Speaker 2: it to mix with, they would be grabbing it, your
• 32:07
  Speaker 2: boaters would be grabbing it, so it would be sold
• 32:09
  Speaker 2: at the marinas as well?
• 32:10
  Speaker 30: Yeah, in a perfect world, absolutely. Also kind of coastal
• 32:13
  Speaker 30: specialty retail.
• 32:15
  Speaker 31: Really, we're looking at some of the provisioning as well
• 32:17
  Speaker 31: that goes through different companies that way. We've also had,
• 32:22
  Speaker 31: there's a company that's based out of Boston that has
• 32:25
  Speaker 31: tried some of our products so far and it's under
• 32:27
  Speaker 31: consideration as well, which is a big kind of a
• 32:30
  Speaker 31: provisioning house too, which is great. So we're really excited
• 32:33
  Speaker 31: of where we are now and where we're going. This
• 32:36
  Speaker 31: past summer, we actually were a part of an eight-week
• 32:38
  Speaker 31: program affiliated with UConn's Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• 32:43
  Speaker 31: that really helps kind of hone our kind of go-to-market
• 32:45
  Speaker 31: strategy and really kind of kickstart us to be able
• 32:48
  Speaker 31: to get done everything we've gotten done in a short
• 32:50
  Speaker 31: amount of time.
• 32:51
  Speaker 1: And I think that's really important.
• 32:52
  Speaker 2: There are definitely resources out there for people who have
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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Billy.
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  Speaker 3: Good morning, Bruce.
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  Speaker 26: Yeah, great to be here.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: That gets you all worked up, right, Mike?
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  Speaker 26: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, during the groundbreaking, you had Mike there, and
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  Speaker 2: and it was quite a day. And it was quite
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  Speaker 26: Oh, 100%. It was a big moment for us. You know,
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  Speaker 26: it's our miracle.
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  Speaker 50: This Vista Point expansion project is going to really transform
• 42:08
  Speaker 50: Fairview as an organization and really put us on the
• 42:10
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  Speaker 50: It was a very hot day. It was a hot day.
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  Speaker 16: To be in.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think that's why people were okay with the
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  Speaker 2: heat because, you know, you're wearing the USA jersey and
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  Speaker 2: Mike's there, so it made it all better.
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  Speaker 1: It was a great day. Congratulations on that.
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  Speaker 26: Yeah, thank you.
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  Speaker 50: It legitimized all the work that we put into planning
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  Speaker 50: three years, three years' worth of time, effort, energy to
• 42:47
  Speaker 50: plan to get to groundbreaking, you know, I don't know
• 42:52
  Speaker 50: that I always appreciate when you're watching the news and
• 42:55
  Speaker 50: you see a ribbon cutting ceremony or a groundbreaking ceremony,
• 42:59
  Speaker 50: how much work that the organization has put into that moment.
• 43:04
  Speaker 50: And so it was just great to be a part of.
• 43:07
  Speaker 50: And now we just continue moving forward because we have
• 43:09
  Speaker 50: a lot of other goals to accomplish.
• 43:11
  Speaker 35: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So you call I think Vista Point is called a
• 43:15
  Speaker 2: life plan community.
• 43:16
  Speaker 1: What does that mean?
• 43:17
  Speaker 26: Yeah.
• 43:17
  Speaker 50: So the official designation is a CCRC, a continuing care
• 43:22
  Speaker 50: retirement community. The lay term would be a life plan community.
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  Speaker 50: It's basically a premier upscale retirement community for individuals 62
• 43:34
  Speaker 50: or better, where they typically come in in an independent
• 43:38
  Speaker 50: living manner. And it's a very stimulating, dynamic lifestyle, multiple
• 43:43
  Speaker 50: restaurants and activities and social programs and outlets for them.
• 43:49
  Speaker 50: But as they age in place, there's opportunity to provide
• 43:53
  Speaker 50: health care in whatever levels that the individual needs, whether
• 43:59
  Speaker 50: it's short-term or long-term, et cetera. So we wrap our
• 44:02
  Speaker 50: arms around the residents and we welcome in them into
• 44:06
  Speaker 50: the community, and we're there to take care of them
• 44:10
  Speaker 50: for the rest of their life. And it's a really
• 44:12
  Speaker 50: nice community of friendship and support and health care.
• 44:16
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I was talking to somebody yesterday. It
• 44:19
  Speaker 2: was floored. I don't know how we got in the conversation,
• 44:21
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• 44:24
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  Speaker 20: Sure.
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  Speaker 2: And we were talking about Carol O'Connor from All in
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• 44:31
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• 44:35
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• 44:37
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• 44:40
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• 44:45
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• 44:48
  Speaker 2: And so I think my point is, is that we
• 44:50
  Speaker 2: are where they were and we don't look like them anymore.
• 44:54
  Speaker 2: And like from a healthier perspective. But that has a
• 44:56
  Speaker 2: lot to do with what you're trying to do or
• 44:59
  Speaker 2: your community and where people go.
• 45:01
  Speaker 26: It is so true.
• 45:02
  Speaker 50: You know, the baby boomer generation is upon us in
• 45:05
  Speaker 50: very large numbers. They've tended to take better care of themselves.
• 45:09
  Speaker 50: They've been more informed, more educated about healthy lifestyles. So
• 45:13
  Speaker 50: folks are living longer and healthier than previous generations here
• 45:17
  Speaker 50: in America. But the statistics say that 70 percent of
• 45:21
  Speaker 50: people who do reach the age of 65 are going
• 45:24
  Speaker 50: to need some form of health care services and support.
• 45:29
  Speaker 50: During the aging process. And so we're happy to be
• 45:33
  Speaker 50: there to, you know, fulfill that role. The wind is
• 45:37
  Speaker 50: at our back, so to speak, in this industry due
• 45:40
  Speaker 50: to the large size of the baby boomer population that's
• 45:43
  Speaker 50: coming in. But you're right, Bruce, folks who come into
• 45:47
  Speaker 50: these types of communities like Vista Point at Fairview, they're healthy.
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  Speaker 50: They're young, relatively speaking. The average age of our depositor
• 45:55
  Speaker 50: right now is 77 years old. And these folks are
• 45:59
  Speaker 50: living lives just like you and I. They're getting in
• 46:01
  Speaker 50: their cars. They're shopping. They're being a part of their communities,
• 46:04
  Speaker 50: going to churches. And so that lifestyle is going to
• 46:09
  Speaker 50: continue when they move into Vista Point. They're not going
• 46:11
  Speaker 50: to stop living. They're going to live even more. And
• 46:15
  Speaker 50: they're going to be surrounded by a lot of great
• 46:17
  Speaker 50: friends and people.
• 46:18
  Speaker 21: Yeah.
• 46:18
  Speaker 10: The.
• 46:22
  Speaker 2: And I think what you just said, they're not coming
• 46:23
  Speaker 2: because they need care. Like, it's a great way to,
• 46:26
  Speaker 2: you know, as you get older, you ditch the house, right?
• 46:30
  Speaker 2: And then you come into a community that's welcoming to
• 46:32
  Speaker 2: you with all of these amenities.
• 46:33
  Speaker 50: You know, the senior living sector can be confusing to
• 46:36
  Speaker 50: those who aren't too familiar with it. You know, there's
• 46:39
  Speaker 50: 191 nursing homes in Connecticut. This is not considered a
• 46:44
  Speaker 50: nursing home. A nursing home is a place of need.
• 46:48
  Speaker 50: A CCRC or a life plan community such as Vista
• 46:52
  Speaker 50: Point at Fairview, we are definitely a destination of choice.
• 46:57
  Speaker 50: So the consumer makes a decision not out of need,
• 47:02
  Speaker 50: but out of want and desire. They're healthy, they're independent,
• 47:06
  Speaker 50: and they want to come in and.
• 47:08
  Speaker 26: Live sort of a resort.
• 47:10
  Speaker 50: Lifestyle um in the past i've heard an analogy it's
• 47:14
  Speaker 50: like a cruise ship on land mentality where there's an
• 47:18
  Speaker 50: awful lot to do there's a lot of fun there's
• 47:20
  Speaker 50: great food um and and yeah it's it's it's working
• 47:26
  Speaker 50: very very well for us and of course we've been
• 47:29
  Speaker 50: here in groton connecticut for 134 years so literally serving
• 47:35
  Speaker 50: tens of thousands of individuals in southeastern connecticut over the course.
• 47:40
  Speaker 26: Of that time.
• 47:42
  Speaker 50: We're really proud of that history and that lineage. But
• 47:46
  Speaker 50: we've only become CCRC rather recently. Back in 2014 is
• 47:51
  Speaker 50: when we transitioned into the life plan model. And now
• 47:55
  Speaker 50: this VistaPoint expansion, it's just going to really transform this
• 48:00
  Speaker 50: organization in a spectacular way.
• 48:03
  Speaker 2: We only have a couple minutes left, but I want
• 48:04
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• 48:05
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• 48:10
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• 48:14
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• 48:16
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• 48:23
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• 48:26
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• 48:28
  Speaker 34: 100%.
• 48:28
  Speaker 50: You know, water is soothing to the soul. And when
• 48:33
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• 48:36
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• 48:40
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• 48:43
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• 48:45
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  Speaker 50: So the 193 units of independent living that we're building
• 48:58
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• 49:03
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• 49:08
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• 49:12
  Speaker 50: you know, there's going to be about 350 or 400
• 49:14
  Speaker 50: people moving into our community. We're very excited about that. And,
• 49:19
  Speaker 50: you know, we're going to be there for them. And
• 49:22
  Speaker 50: it's going to be a lot of fun.
• 49:23
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think, you know, we talk about it as
• 49:27
  Speaker 2: a senior living, but it's also people should know it.
• 49:29
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• 49:33
  Speaker 1: How significant is it beyond the people who live there?
• 49:36
  Speaker 50: Oh, there's no doubt about it. This is a $ 304
• 49:39
  Speaker 50: million expansion. It's going to be wonderful for the town
• 49:44
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• 49:48
  Speaker 50: just another premium destination for individuals to come, to live,
• 49:55
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• 49:58
  Speaker 50: a performing arts center, an indoor saltwater swimming pool, you know,
• 50:04
  Speaker 50: all the amenities that you would imagine both inside and
• 50:07
  Speaker 50: outside the building, tennis, bocce, pickleball, walking trails, hiking, gardening.
• 50:12
  Speaker 26: Yeah, it's going to.
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  Speaker 44: Music We are once again killing it here. I'm Bruce Flax.
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  Speaker 18: I'm president of the Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce here
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  Speaker 2: I really am honored to have several local chambers that
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  Speaker 2: the president of the Greater Norwich Area Chamber, and Lisa Fabian,
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  Speaker 1: Welcome, you guys. Thanks for being here.
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  Speaker 22: Good morning.
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  Speaker 26: Good morning.
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  Speaker 1: We're coming together.
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  Speaker 2: I thought it would be great to have us together
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  Speaker 2: You know, how are we really doing? So everybody can
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  Speaker 2: owners with regards to business in southeastern Connecticut?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, just jump right in.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah.
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  Speaker 7: I mean, there's a lot of activity going on.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, there you go.
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  Speaker 17: All right.
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  Speaker 7: Do you hear me?
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  Speaker 3: Yep.
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  Speaker 7: Okay.
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  Speaker 55: I feel like there's a lot of activity going on
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  Speaker 55: in all the businesses and the communities and such like that. But,
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  Speaker 55: I mean, a lot of the businesses right now are
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  Speaker 55: looking to expand or thinking about it, but they're very
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  Speaker 55: concerned about expanding.
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  Speaker 29: Yeah.
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  Speaker 7: You know, with a lot of the.
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  Speaker 55: Raising costs and insurance and different things in the area.
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  Speaker 18: Lisa?
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  Speaker 10: Lisa?
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  Speaker 22: I mean, in general, everything's more expensive right now, right? Yeah, exactly.
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  Speaker 48: But I'm encouraged that we still have a really strong
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  Speaker 48: foundation here in southeastern Connecticut and southern Rhode Island. I've
• 1:03:32
  Speaker 48: gone to more ribbon cuttings in the past six months
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  Speaker 48: than maybe in the past 10 years of working at
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  Speaker 48: the chamber.
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  Speaker 22: So is that a.
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  Speaker 48: Sign of entrepreneurial spirit coming to fruition and people opening
• 1:03:45
  Speaker 48: new businesses? Or is that a sign of people going
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  Speaker 48: out of business and therefore, you know, somebody failed and
• 1:03:52
  Speaker 48: someone else is coming in. I'm happy to say, because
• 1:03:54
  Speaker 48: we kind of keep track of this stuff, it's people
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  Speaker 48: that are retiring or that they've reached their goal or
• 1:04:00
  Speaker 48: they've sold their business and now they're going on to
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  Speaker 48: something else and they're trying something else.
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  Speaker 22: They're expanding.
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  Speaker 48: So I'm really optimistic and I'm not hearing negativity out there.
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  Speaker 10: Yeah.
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  Speaker 12: Tony?
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  Speaker 26: Well, let's be frank about it.
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  Speaker 41: Thanks to DB General Dynamics, they're the planning on hiring
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  Speaker 41: an additional 8,000 people over the.
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  Speaker 26: Next couple of years. And that has an impact.
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  Speaker 25: It's huge.
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  Speaker 41: And I agree with Lisa. We're practically doing too many
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  Speaker 41: ribbon cuts, really. I mean, we're kind of running all
• 1:04:32
  Speaker 41: over the place, which is good. And so we're trying
• 1:04:37
  Speaker 41: to take this opportunity to refine our presentation and to
• 1:04:42
  Speaker 41: basically be more efficient, not because we want to, but
• 1:04:46
  Speaker 41: because we have no choice.
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  Speaker 26: Because of the demand on our chamber.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that we see in the, Mr. Kim,
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  Speaker 2: you're right, we do see a lot of additional ribbon cuttings.
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  Speaker 26: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And it's interesting that the businesses that people are going into,
• 1:04:59
  Speaker 2: because some are unique, but some are also, they're around
• 1:05:03
  Speaker 2: and they're doing their own thing. But they're getting out there.
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  Speaker 1: And doing it.
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  Speaker 2: Even new products like we just had CWO in here
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  Speaker 2: who were doing a new drink. So people are active.
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  Speaker 2: But I think one of the points you guys made
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  Speaker 2: was that the costs are going up for people, and
• 1:05:19
  Speaker 2: so that is having an impact. I look at the
• 1:05:24
  Speaker 2: summer and how things went, and I think that business
• 1:05:27
  Speaker 2: overall for restaurants was fine, and even hospitality, like the
• 1:05:33
  Speaker 2: hotels were good too, but the retail wasn't as strong.
• 1:05:38
  Speaker 7: I think people.
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  Speaker 55: Are very cautious about where they're spending their money, but
• 1:05:42
  Speaker 55: they want to get out.
• 1:05:43
  Speaker 7: So I think that's one of the things that they're doing.
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  Speaker 55: I saw a lot of people at the concerts this year.
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  Speaker 55: There was a lot of farmer's markets that were happening
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  Speaker 55: this summer, and a lot of people were out there. So,
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  Speaker 55: I mean, I think people want to get out. They
• 1:05:52
  Speaker 55: want to be active in our community. They are active
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  Speaker 55: in our community, so that's something that's a really big plus,
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  Speaker 55: but they're not spending as much as they used to,
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  Speaker 55: I think.
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  Speaker 41: Well, that's a very good point. Waterford, for example, does
• 1:06:04
  Speaker 41: a free concert every year and every summer, They've been packed.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah.
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  Speaker 41: And I have to think that maybe it's because it's
• 1:06:13
  Speaker 41: free and because people can afford, obviously, to drive there
• 1:06:17
  Speaker 41: and take advantage of it. And I would love to
• 1:06:20
  Speaker 41: do some research to figure out if that's happening.
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  Speaker 26: In other communities.
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  Speaker 34: It is.
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  Speaker 26: Taking advantage of the free offerings.
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  Speaker 22: Well, why not?
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  Speaker 48: We live in the best place you could possibly live in.
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  Speaker 48: Every night of the week in the summer, your biggest challenge.
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  Speaker 22: Is, where do I go?
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  Speaker 48: Because there is a free concert. from Norwich to Groton
• 1:06:38
  Speaker 48: to Westerly, we're lucky here. There are some communities that
• 1:06:42
  Speaker 48: don't have that depth of attraction or that connection to
• 1:06:46
  Speaker 48: the arts or even the local governments that are investing
• 1:06:50
  Speaker 48: in some of these programs to make the quality of
• 1:06:52
  Speaker 48: life for those of us who live here as rich
• 1:06:55
  Speaker 48: and interesting as it is. So those are strong points
• 1:06:59
  Speaker 48: for us. Those are reasons why people want to live here.
• 1:07:02
  Speaker 48: Those are reasons why people in some cases want to
• 1:07:05
  Speaker 48: move here. But they also, in some cases, can't afford
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  Speaker 48: to be here. And I know we're going to talk
• 1:07:10
  Speaker 48: about some of that later.
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  Speaker 55: Yeah, and I also know it's an uptick in a
• 1:07:13
  Speaker 55: lot of the smaller towns as well. So even Plainfield
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  Speaker 55: and Ledger, they were actually doing a lot of the
• 1:07:20
  Speaker 55: concerts as well.
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  Speaker 7: So it's not just the large.
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  Speaker 55: It used to be Ocean Beach. It used to be,
• 1:07:23
  Speaker 55: you know, Norwich would have it, obviously, with the Rock
• 1:07:25
  Speaker 55: the Ducks. But it's more even the smaller towns are
• 1:07:28
  Speaker 55: doing it at their farmers markets. And that's kind of
• 1:07:31
  Speaker 55: pretty cool to see, to see the small bands that
• 1:07:34
  Speaker 55: are being highlighted now.
• 1:07:35
  Speaker 10: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Do you guys think if somebody said, um, if I
• 1:07:39
  Speaker 2: opened a small business in Southeastern Connecticut tomorrow, what would
• 1:07:42
  Speaker 2: you tell them?
• 1:07:42
  Speaker 1: Um, is this a good time to do it?
• 1:07:46
  Speaker 22: I'd say it depends on what type of business.
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  Speaker 48: First of all, I like to know what kind of
• 1:07:50
  Speaker 48: homework you've done and, uh, your research on, on the community.
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  Speaker 22: But I mean, generally speaking, yes, I'm going to, I'm
• 1:07:57
  Speaker 22: going to say yes. And I'm going to say, how
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  Speaker 22: can we help?
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  Speaker 16: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 41: They're from all over. They're not just local. I have
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  Speaker 26: Going into debt.
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  Speaker 23: If it's the wrong... Exactly.
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  Speaker 26: Have them realize that maybe this is not for them. Yeah.
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  Speaker 26: But there's a lot of good activity out there.
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  Speaker 22: And I agree with Tony on that. And I've talked to,
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  Speaker 48: who are gainfully employed, very, what I call very full-time jobs,
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  Speaker 48: but they want to start their own business and they
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  Speaker 48: don't have the money or the courage to just quit
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  Speaker 48: slowly while they're still drawing a paycheck at paying the mortgage,
• 1:09:36
  Speaker 48: paying their car bills, and then get their clientele up,
• 1:09:39
  Speaker 48: go to chamber functions, develop a business base with the
• 1:09:43
  Speaker 48: goal of of three to five years being able to
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  Speaker 48: real passion project and make a true profession out of it.
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  Speaker 22: And good for them. I love to see that kind
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  Speaker 34: Yeah.
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  Speaker 55: And I love the fact that these academies are starting
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  Speaker 55: because during the pandemic, they did give a lot of
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  Speaker 55: money out. And a lot of people were starting businesses
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  Speaker 2: Do you guys think, and we talked about increased costs,
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  Speaker 2: and we see everything going up right now. Do you
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  Speaker 2: see the businesses passing those increased costs along?
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  Speaker 26: Well, the cost of living is certainly much, much higher.
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  Speaker 41: It's hard to pinpoint. I mean, it's obviously the gas
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  Speaker 41: pump and, you know, the basic stuff. But I think
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  Speaker 41: there's a certain amount of gouging going on as well,
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  Speaker 41: taking advantage of things. the attitude or the mentality people
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  Speaker 41: expect to pay more.
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  Speaker 26: So they're being charged more.
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  Speaker 41: If you notice at the grocery store, all the products
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  Speaker 41: have reduced in size.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 26: And the price has gone up.
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  Speaker 2: That's a tricky thing they do.
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  Speaker 26: And it's very prevalent.
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  Speaker 22: I think it's a survival skill.
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  Speaker 48: I mean, realistically, we can't expect restaurants to absorb the
• 1:11:00
  Speaker 48: kind of cost increases for food that they've that have
• 1:11:03
  Speaker 48: been passed on to them they have to pass it
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  Speaker 48: on to the customer they have no um option to
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  Speaker 48: do that if they want to survive if they want
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  Speaker 48: to continue serving the community i personally haven't seen the
• 1:11:16
  Speaker 48: gouging i don't doubt my colleague over here i haven't
• 1:11:19
  Speaker 48: experienced that i've experienced small business owners saying with messages
• 1:11:24
  Speaker 48: on their menus and even with some of their invoices
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  Speaker 48: due to x y or z we have no choice
• 1:11:30
  Speaker 48: but we have to.
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  Speaker 22: Increase our fees.
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  Speaker 48: Even us at the chamber, we just finally, for the
• 1:11:37
  Speaker 48: first time ever, started passing on the credit card fee
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  Speaker 48: to people.
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  Speaker 22: We were probably the last holdout.
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  Speaker 48: The 3%, you know, if someone wants to charge their
• 1:11:45
  Speaker 48: sponsorship or their dues or whatever, we.
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  Speaker 22: Would eat that.
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  Speaker 48: When you start to really look at over the course
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  Speaker 48: of the year what that adds up to, it's significant.
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  Speaker 22: So you don't want to pass it on. You want
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  Speaker 22: to be.
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  Speaker 48: As congenial and affordable and everything else, but There does
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  Speaker 48: come a tipping point where you have no choice.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I do think in the state of Connecticut, and
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  Speaker 2: I have to check this, but I think it's against
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  Speaker 2: the law.
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  Speaker 1: In the state, right?
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  Speaker 22: It is if you can prove it.
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  Speaker 2: But I do think that I see a lot of
• 1:12:14
  Speaker 2: the restaurant owners really working hard. I mean, they're the
• 1:12:17
  Speaker 2: hardest working people to keep a restaurant going, but they
• 1:12:21
  Speaker 2: also are trying to figure out ways to get people
• 1:12:25
  Speaker 2: into their restaurants. You really have to cater to the locals.
• 1:12:28
  Speaker 2: That's something that's super important. and they're doing some different
• 1:12:32
  Speaker 2: kind of events, bringing in live music, that kind of thing.
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  Speaker 2: And I think in terms of passing those costs along,
• 1:12:37
  Speaker 2: the higher costs, that I think people who are coming,
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  Speaker 2: the first thing they're doing is eating, and so they'll
• 1:12:43
  Speaker 2: pay that higher price, but it leaves them less discretionary
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  Speaker 2: income to go shop or to do other things, and
• 1:12:47
  Speaker 2: that's where those free concerts come in as well.
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  Speaker 55: Yeah, I think a lot of the businesses that are
• 1:12:51
  Speaker 55: challenged to be creative, more creative on it, when you're
• 1:12:54
  Speaker 55: saying about bringing in some of the businesses online, that
• 1:12:57
  Speaker 55: the restaurants bring in local music and such, there's a
• 1:12:59
  Speaker 55: high cost for them to bring in local music. So
• 1:13:03
  Speaker 55: they have to be really selective on what they're trying
• 1:13:05
  Speaker 55: to do and think outside of the box. But a
• 1:13:07
  Speaker 55: lot of the challenges, and I think you guys can
• 1:13:10
  Speaker 55: agree on this, is that there's a lot of other companies,
• 1:13:12
  Speaker 55: like in the manufacturing world and stuff, there's incentives that
• 1:13:16
  Speaker 55: larger companies are offering their employees. So now the smaller
• 1:13:19
  Speaker 55: businesses that maybe can't afford music to pay them a
• 1:13:21
  Speaker 55: higher wage, they have to kind of think outside of
• 1:13:23
  Speaker 55: a box and create some career path for them and
• 1:13:25
  Speaker 55: create some incentive for them to stay. That family, you know,
• 1:13:29
  Speaker 55: feel about a small business and trying to hold them
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  Speaker 55: in is one of the incentives.
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  Speaker 7: I don't know about what you guys are seeing on that, but.
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  Speaker 41: Well, I will say my hat's off to anyone who
• 1:13:40
  Speaker 41: starts a restaurant. It's got to be the hardest business
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  Speaker 41: to be in. And I admire these people. They work
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  Speaker 41: their butt off. They do.
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  Speaker 26: A lot of the work themselves. You know, they're really
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  Speaker 26: amazing people. They're hardworking.
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  Speaker 41: And it really is a credit to the whole enterprise,
• 1:14:00
  Speaker 41: the free enterprise system.
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  Speaker 26: But it's tough. It's very, very difficult right now.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, 100%.
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  Speaker 26: Yeah, it's... We will do anything for a restaurant.
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  Speaker 41: We give some free memberships to especially the downtown New
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  Speaker 41: London ones just.
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  Speaker 26: To get them for a year, to get them.
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  Speaker 48: I mean, for us, when I look at a restaurant,
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  Speaker 48: I think that is at the top of our list
• 1:14:28
  Speaker 48: for businesses that we can deliver a tremendous return on
• 1:14:32
  Speaker 48: investment when it comes to chamber dues.
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  Speaker 22: I think you're right.
• 1:14:38
  Speaker 48: Awesome to do that in New London. And I think
• 1:14:40
  Speaker 48: there's businesses that truly deserve it. I can sell a
• 1:14:45
  Speaker 48: restaurant membership all day long. And I think it's because
• 1:14:49
  Speaker 48: not just the good fortune of being in a community
• 1:14:52
  Speaker 48: that benefits from tourism for a good chunk of the year.
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  Speaker 48: I think for us at least, it's our gift certificate program.
• 1:15:00
  Speaker 48: We created our own currency. We are trying to tell people,
• 1:15:05
  Speaker 48: don't go buy a gift card at some generic pharmacy
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  Speaker 48: or grocery store and send it to your your friend
• 1:15:12
  Speaker 48: in a birthday card because you're going to pay a $ 7.
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  Speaker 22: Fee when you buy that. And then when the restaurant.
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  Speaker 48: Uses the gift card, it's a Visa card or it's
• 1:15:21
  Speaker 48: a MasterCard, and then that company gets 3%. So everyone's
• 1:15:25
  Speaker 48: nipping away at that purchase of.
• 1:15:27
  Speaker 22: The $ 100 gift card.
• 1:15:29
  Speaker 48: Our gift certificates, the restaurants get the full $ 100. Last
• 1:15:33
  Speaker 48: year we did $ 252, 000 in sales. That's us paying checks
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  Speaker 48: to our members. And when I look at the list, it's.
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  Speaker 22: The restaurants that do the most.
• 1:15:42
  Speaker 48: And that's, I guess it speaks to like my goal
• 1:15:46
  Speaker 48: of supporting these restaurants that work so hard is to
• 1:15:49
  Speaker 48: show them tangible results. I want to make sure at
• 1:15:52
  Speaker 48: the end of the year that I can say, you
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  Speaker 48: made 6,000.
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  Speaker 22: On the gift certificates. We brought in X number of
• 1:15:58
  Speaker 22: hundred people through the dining passport. And I like numbers.
• 1:16:01
  Speaker 22: I like data.
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  Speaker 55: Yeah, and I think also supporting, and I think we
• 1:16:05
  Speaker 55: as Chambers, as a collective, we also support them on
• 1:16:08
  Speaker 55: their marketing because they don't have a marketing department.
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  Speaker 2: Like we do.
• 1:16:12
  Speaker 55: We have to do a lot in-house, right, because we
• 1:16:14
  Speaker 55: have a small team with Chambers. And we support them
• 1:16:19
  Speaker 55: with their marketing because they can't do it themselves. So
• 1:16:23
  Speaker 55: that's when they sign up with the Chambers, we're going
• 1:16:26
  Speaker 55: to have to help them.
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  Speaker 7: A lot of the restaurants, we have to help them
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  Speaker 7: with their marketing.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that, you know, the dynamics have changed
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  Speaker 2: with regards to social marketing and how the chambers can
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  Speaker 2: support and the social marketing that I think we've all built.
• 1:16:40
  Speaker 2: You know, the Mystic Chamber, Ocean, all you guys have
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  Speaker 2: built up, you know, social marketing that really is effective.
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  Speaker 2: So when we're going out there, you know, we had 9.7
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  Speaker 2: million views on Facebook last year. And that's, you know,
• 1:16:55
  Speaker 2: that's helping our local business and getting people to keep
• 1:16:58
  Speaker 2: views on the area, and keep eyes on things. And
• 1:17:01
  Speaker 2: it's something collectively that we all do that's super important.
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  Speaker 7: It's a collective effort, too, because in our region, that's
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  Speaker 7: what we're trying to do. We're trying to bring people here.
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  Speaker 7: People are coming to visit.
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  Speaker 55: Whether they're going to the casinos or not, we want
• 1:17:13
  Speaker 55: to try to get them out of there, also into
• 1:17:15
  Speaker 55: our towns.
• 1:17:17
  Speaker 7: At the same time.
• 1:17:18
  Speaker 55: So there's plenty to do when you're visiting the larger
• 1:17:22
  Speaker 55: venues that are here.
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  Speaker 2: Hey everybody, I am Bruce Flax. I'm president of the
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  Speaker 2: If anybody has a question for any of us, you
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  Speaker 2: can call 860-464-9490. And now let's take the business owner
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  Speaker 2: out of it for a minute and talk about the employee,
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  Speaker 2: because we can create all the jobs we want, but
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  Speaker 2: somebody has to be able to afford to live here.
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  Speaker 2: Can a 25-year-old graduating from college realistically build a life
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  Speaker 2: in southeastern Connecticut?
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  Speaker 4: Go.
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  Speaker 7: Not without the help.
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  Speaker 22: Yes, if they live at home in mom's basement.
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  Speaker 26: Exactly. Well, I think they can.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 41: But, you know, let's be realistic. It is expensive to
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  Speaker 41: live in Connecticut. But we have wonderful services. So it's
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  Speaker 41: like the public is always demanding more. Someone has to
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  Speaker 41: pay for it.
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  Speaker 21: Yeah.
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  Speaker 26: So, you know, it's a balance for all politicians. It's,
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  Speaker 26: you know, you have to figure out what's realistic and
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  Speaker 26: what's not.
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  Speaker 41: But, you know, let's be frank about it. Connecticut is
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  Speaker 41: a beautiful state. There's a lot of good stuff happening
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  Speaker 41: in Connecticut. And particularly right now and for probably the
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  Speaker 41: next 10 years, southeastern Connecticut, eastern Connecticut will boom.
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  Speaker 26: I mean, it's really, and, you know, EB has, their
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  Speaker 26: salaries are not bad. They have benefits. Now, you don't want.
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  Speaker 41: Everyone working at EB necessarily, and there has to be
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  Speaker 41: a supply chain and which there is.
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  Speaker 26: But look, I.
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  Speaker 41: Started working with mowing lawns for something like two-something an hour.
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  Speaker 2: It was a no-motor lawnmower, right?
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  Speaker 26: No, it wasn't that long ago, Bruce.
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  Speaker 41: But, you know, we all had our starts, and we
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  Speaker 41: did things that we probably wouldn't want to do today.
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  Speaker 2: Well, listen, I cleaned bathrooms on the mass turnpike.
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  Speaker 3: Yikes.
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  Speaker 2: For Howard Johnson. So that's a character builder.
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  Speaker 3: Wow.
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  Speaker 2: There you go. So it all builds character. But I
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  Speaker 2: don't know if we're all built that way anymore.
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  Speaker 26: Well, you know, I hear that all the time. And
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  Speaker 26: I will tell you that I just.
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  Speaker 41: Find a lot of promise with young people. There's some
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  Speaker 41: incredibly creative, hardworking, eager young people.
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  Speaker 40: A lot.
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  Speaker 2: Well, as a father of five, I know I have
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  Speaker 2: five very hard working.
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  Speaker 26: There you go.
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  Speaker 2: Lisa, where are you going?
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  Speaker 22: You've raised them well, Bruce. You've raised them well.
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  Speaker 39: Thank you.
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  Speaker 22: Yeah, I think, you know, there's been an attitude shift.
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  Speaker 48: There's expectations of employers that didn't exist, you know, 20
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  Speaker 48: years ago in terms of flexibility, in terms.
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  Speaker 22: Of, you know, remote work.
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  Speaker 48: It's now almost a benefit that people want.
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  Speaker 22: Right out of the gate.
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  Speaker 48: How many days a week am I allowed to work
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  Speaker 48: at home and do this?
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  Speaker 20: Yeah.
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  Speaker 48: It's wonderful if you can offer that, but if you're
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  Speaker 48: a public-facing organization like a chamber with tourists coming in
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  Speaker 48: every day and businesses coming in asking for help or whatever,
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  Speaker 48: it becomes a challenge to kind of balance that desire
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  Speaker 48: for people to want to be productive at home, which
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  Speaker 48: I have every belief that they are doing work.
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  Speaker 22: They're not doing their laundry.
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  Speaker 48: Or goofing off or anything, but sometimes you just need
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  Speaker 48: another person in the office with you because of the
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  Speaker 48: sheer volume that your organization is generating, and that's That
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  Speaker 48: becomes the challenge for us as a small employer.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 7: No, I agree with that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that, you know, Tony, you were talking
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  Speaker 2: about electric boat. But when the people are getting hired
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  Speaker 2: for electric boat and they're starting, where are they living?
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  Speaker 2: They're not able to– and it's not a negative thing.
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  Speaker 26: I think Lisa said it in their family's basement.
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  Speaker 48: Listen, they get roommates and they stay at home longer
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  Speaker 48: than they did before to save money. Until they get
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  Speaker 48: to a point that, again, mom or dad help them
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  Speaker 48: out to get their first real place. It's a huge
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  Speaker 48: accomplishment when a person is able to get their first
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  Speaker 48: condo or even rent their first apartment by themselves. And
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  Speaker 48: if you look at the age that people are doing
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  Speaker 48: that now, it's much later than it used to be.
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  Speaker 1: But is it a housing problem or an income problem?
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  Speaker 8: Yes.
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  Speaker 16: Yeah.
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  Speaker 22: It's an inventory problem.
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  Speaker 26: Well, you're... Close to what I would say.
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  Speaker 41: Look at, we're always going to have a housing crisis
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  Speaker 41: if we don't build more housing. And the amount of
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  Speaker 41: housing that's getting built in Norwich, in your area, look
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  Speaker 41: at Route 2 there in Stonington.
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  Speaker 26: Michael Leach's property. It's amazing what's happening there.
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  Speaker 22: Lots of housing going in.
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  Speaker 41: And New London has hundreds of units in the works.
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  Speaker 26: And So what will happen is with EB, it goes
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  Speaker 26: up and down.
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  Speaker 41: Over my lifetime working here, I remember EB as low
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  Speaker 41: as 7,000 employees.
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  Speaker 26: And what happened?
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  Speaker 41: The casinos cropped up. And so a lot of people
• 1:35:05
  Speaker 41: then went to work at casinos. But when the big
• 1:35:10
  Speaker 41: demand for submarines slowly slows down.
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  Speaker 26: You know what?
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  Speaker 41: There'll be plenty of housing because a lot of these
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  Speaker 41: people will leave.
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  Speaker 22: Well, that's a bummer.
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  Speaker 27: Jeez, Tony.
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  Speaker 26: But it's the free enterprise system.
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  Speaker 48: I hear you, but we have real challenges now. We
• 1:35:29
  Speaker 48: have real challenges. Do we have the real opportunities, and
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  Speaker 48: how can we as chambers affect and support some of
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  Speaker 48: those opportunities? Because while that housing in Pawkatuck is on
• 1:35:43
  Speaker 48: the rise, and there's a lot of it, and there's
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  Speaker 48: mixed feelings about it, depending on who you are in
• 1:35:47
  Speaker 48: that community... Can people that are getting hired right out
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  Speaker 48: of college or even five years out of college afford
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  Speaker 48: to live there?
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  Speaker 41: No, but young people forever, at least in my lifetime, have.
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  Speaker 41: Join together and two or three people will rent an apartment.
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  Speaker 22: And that's what I said. We have to.
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  Speaker 48: They have to stay at home or they have to
• 1:36:07
  Speaker 48: have roommates and be willing to suck it up for
• 1:36:09
  Speaker 48: a period of time because, unfortunately, we just don't have
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  Speaker 48: enough housing for that young group of workers that we're
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  Speaker 48: trying to retain in this community.
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  Speaker 34: I think.
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  Speaker 48: Once we get some of our commuter rail pieces in place,
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  Speaker 48: that's going to play a part.
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  Speaker 26: Big part.
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  Speaker 22: Because then people from.
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  Speaker 48: Whatever province, people from other communities will be able to
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  Speaker 48: come to us.
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  Speaker 21: Yep.
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  Speaker 48: That's going to solve a lot of problems for us.
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  Speaker 48: It's going to help change lives for a lot of people.
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  Speaker 21: And so.
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  Speaker 48: You know, when you look at big picture solutions and
• 1:36:46
  Speaker 48: how chambers can play.
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  Speaker 22: A role and work collaboratively, you know, I'm.
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  Speaker 48: Thinking that type of thing because that helps the businesses.
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  Speaker 22: It helps the families. It helps the school district. It
• 1:36:57
  Speaker 22: helps everybody.
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  Speaker 31: Yeah.
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  Speaker 7: And I was actually pleasantly pleased.
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  Speaker 55: Some of the downtown apartments that they just built for
• 1:37:06
  Speaker 55: the housing, there was a lot that the feedback to me,
• 1:37:09
  Speaker 55: there was a lot of single young people.
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  Speaker 7: Individuals there that were moved in.
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  Speaker 55: And I was actually surprised because I was thinking it
• 1:37:16
  Speaker 55: was going to be older, a two-person. But they're starting
• 1:37:21
  Speaker 55: to build, and that's one of the things they have
• 1:37:22
  Speaker 55: to build is the infrastructure around it. They have to
• 1:37:25
  Speaker 55: build the walkability. There is a bus stop right there,
• 1:37:28
  Speaker 55: so that part's great. They just put in a little
• 1:37:30
  Speaker 55: supermarket down there. So these are the things that we
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  Speaker 55: have to start to think about when we're building the
• 1:37:35
  Speaker 55: housing is really trying to think about who we're moving
• 1:37:36
  Speaker 55: in to support.
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  Speaker 7: The families that are down there, because a lot of
• 1:37:40
  Speaker 7: them don't drive. A lot of the younger generations don't drive.
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  Speaker 22: Or they don't want to drive.
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  Speaker 7: They don't want to.
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  Speaker 48: You can blame them if you can find all of
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  Speaker 48: your needs within a downtown and you can live in
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  Speaker 48: a downtown. Downtowns are still highly desirable. We bought a
• 1:37:52
  Speaker 48: building last year in downtown, our second building in Westerly,
• 1:37:55
  Speaker 48: the ugliest building in town. We're working on making it
• 1:37:58
  Speaker 48: a stellar property a year from now.
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  Speaker 22: What are we putting upstairs?
• 1:38:02
  Speaker 48: We're taking an empty space and we're putting two apartments upstairs.
• 1:38:05
  Speaker 48: We are getting in the rental business.
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  Speaker 22: It's crazy.
• 1:38:08
  Speaker 48: But that's the number one need right now in our
• 1:38:12
  Speaker 48: community is housing. And where do people want to live?
• 1:38:15
  Speaker 48: They want to live downtown.
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  Speaker 21: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: No. But I think that also from the young person standpoint,
• 1:38:21
  Speaker 2: you know, my kids are paying a very high, I
• 1:38:25
  Speaker 2: think probably three times the rent that I was paying
• 1:38:27
  Speaker 2: when I was living in Boston, you know, in downtown.
• 1:38:30
  Speaker 3: Boston.
• 1:38:31
  Speaker 2: And they're paying towards rent, so they're paying somebody else.
• 1:38:36
  Speaker 2: They're not able to, they want to buy houses. The
• 1:38:38
  Speaker 2: young people want to buy houses who are married, and
• 1:38:40
  Speaker 2: they can't find anything, you know, in Mystic, Groton, Stonington.
• 1:38:45
  Speaker 2: And are pushing their way out, which is not a
• 1:38:48
  Speaker 2: bad thing, but they want to live where they grew
• 1:38:50
  Speaker 2: up and they want to stay. And it's very, very challenging.
• 1:38:54
  Speaker 2: And there are other households who are having to work,
• 1:38:58
  Speaker 2: you know, two 40-hour-a-week jobs, 40, 20-hour part-time just to
• 1:39:02
  Speaker 2: pay the bills.
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  Speaker 36: Right.
• 1:39:04
  Speaker 2: So it's hard.
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  Speaker 26: I want you to call my two kids, men.
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  Speaker 35: Yeah.
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  Speaker 26: And tell them that. I wish they would live locally,
• 1:39:12
  Speaker 26: but they're not.
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  Speaker 35: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: They're poor.
• 1:39:14
  Speaker 26: New York and Florida.
• 1:39:16
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 1:39:17
  Speaker 26: So but, you know, you're right.
• 1:39:19
  Speaker 1: It's challenging.
• 1:39:20
  Speaker 26: It is challenging.
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  Speaker 15: Yeah.
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  Speaker 48: I mean, my first job out of college, I commuted
• 1:39:24
  Speaker 48: an hour every day to Hartford to the Hartford.
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  Speaker 22: Chamber of Commerce. I didn't think anything of it.
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  Speaker 48: I was right out of college, bright eyed, excited to
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  Speaker 48: be in the industry, wanted the city life, wanted to
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  Speaker 48: be around.
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  Speaker 22: Different people, different opportunities. But now that's really not.
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  Speaker 48: Realistic, a commute of an hour each way, given the
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  Speaker 48: to go from that extreme to now people in that
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  Speaker 48: same age bracket, they want to stay home and do
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  Speaker 22: And part of it's the finances.
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  Speaker 2: And when they say somebody proposes 100 apartments down the street,
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  Speaker 41: Well, you know, it's a very good point because we're
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  Speaker 26: We've got a lot of retirees in Connecticut.
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  Speaker 41: And, you know, they're set in their ways, and they
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  Speaker 41: don't really want more traffic. We hear that all the time. But, hell,
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  Speaker 41: New London had no traffic for the longest time.
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  Speaker 26: I mean, that's an overstatement. But under the current mayor,
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  Speaker 26: Mike Passerell, I mean, there's confidence there.
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  Speaker 16: There's growth.
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  Speaker 41: There's, you know, a feeling there's a future. I mean,
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  Speaker 41: you know, and this housing is not cheap housing.
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  Speaker 26: That they're building.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 26: This is... And that's where young people are demanding quality.
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  Speaker 41: So they don't want to move in upstairs in a
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  Speaker 41: ramshackle apartment, which I did when I first got started.
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  Speaker 26: So I think it's all positive.
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  Speaker 41: Because if you don't have the supply, at some point
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  Speaker 41: you're going to just continue to pay more.
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  Speaker 26: Because the area is going to grow. So the key
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  Speaker 26: is build. Build more housing. And that will stabilize, if
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  Speaker 26: not even bring down, the costs.
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  Speaker 55: Do you guys feel that some of the younger generation,
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  Speaker 55: they want a small house to have all their toys, right?
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  Speaker 7: You know, that's one of the things, right?
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  Speaker 55: You know, the bunks, the parties, they want to go canoeing, fishing.
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  Speaker 55: You know, that's one of the things we try to
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  Speaker 55: highlight in our region, right? All the great additional things
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  Speaker 55: that we have. But do you find, I mean, is
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  Speaker 55: there enough housing for that, you know, for somebody to
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  Speaker 55: take over a small and renovate?
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  Speaker 7: Are you seeing anything like that?
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  Speaker 2: I would say that we, I think that there's a
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  Speaker 2: desire for it, like you're saying, but it's hard to find.
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  Speaker 48: Yeah, and the real estate's so expensive that people aren't
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  Speaker 48: going to use it to build a community of tiny
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  Speaker 48: houses or some of these other things that. that it's
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  Speaker 48: going to be used for its highest and best use
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  Speaker 48: by a developer that can afford the property. And really,
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  Speaker 48: that's the cry that you hear from some of the
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  Speaker 48: residents in Pawketuck who are saying, I'm not anti-more housing.
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  Speaker 48: I'm anti-more housing in Pawketuck in a concentrated area when
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  Speaker 48: we have a big town of Stonington.
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  Speaker 22: It should be spread out in the town. Pawketucks met
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  Speaker 22: its burden. And that's a valid viewpoint. It's a valid viewpoint.
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  Speaker 55: Well, Mayor Fred's looking at the tiny houses, though.
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  Speaker 48: I love the tiny house concept or the cottage concept
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  Speaker 48: where they have a common courtyard.
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  Speaker 22: Area and small.
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  Speaker 48: I think there's plenty of young people that would be
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  Speaker 41: Angie, it's interesting. You bring up a very important point.
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  Speaker 41: I was with a developer on Monday. He's doing a
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  Speaker 41: lot of building in the area. And his belief is
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  Speaker 41: that the future is going to require as many garages
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  Speaker 41: to do something, wanting to have the little workshop. It
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  Speaker 41: could be One big workshop for shared work or a
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  Speaker 41: couple of individual garages. This was literally on Monday, this developer.
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  Speaker 41: He really is a progressive. He knows what he's doing.
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  Speaker 55: Well, there's somebody, again, in Norwich, too, talking about that,
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  Speaker 55: trying to figure out a shared kitchen. So you have
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  Speaker 55: a lot of the cottage permits that people are making
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  Speaker 55: at home. They started their honey and.
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  Speaker 22: Their cookies and their baked goods and all.
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  Speaker 55: That, and now they just need a shared kitchen. space
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  Speaker 55: because they're outgrowing, which is a good problem to have.
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  Speaker 22: We have one in Westerly. Call me.
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  Speaker 48: But yeah, it's a challenge. It's definitely a challenge. I've
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  Speaker 48: never rented in my life.
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  Speaker 22: Never.
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  Speaker 2: Nobody either.
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  Speaker 22: Lived at home, saved my money, bought a house.
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  Speaker 5: Boom.
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  Speaker 22: I don't know that that's possible for a lot of people.
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  Speaker 7: My daughter's 31.
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  Speaker 22: Not until a lot longer years at home.
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  Speaker 55: Yeah, my daughter's 31 and she was renting and she
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  Speaker 55: liked that free, you know, that away from home kind
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  Speaker 55: of thing.
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  Speaker 7: She's an hour away and luckily I got her closer
• 1:44:31
  Speaker 7: because we were talking about that as well.
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  Speaker 55: But I had, I pretty much handed my house over
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  Speaker 55: and she pays the, you know, she took over the mortgage.
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  Speaker 7: She's doing everything she said. She's renovating herself. She's doing
• 1:44:40
  Speaker 7: all the things that she needed.
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  Speaker 55: But Would, at this age, and she makes really good money,
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  Speaker 55: but as a, you know, as a young adult, would
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  Speaker 55: she have been able to buy a house on her own?
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  Speaker 55: And the answer is probably no at this point in
• 1:44:53
  Speaker 55: her life. But it was opportunity, right?
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  Speaker 8: Yep.
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  Speaker 35: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And she took it.
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  Speaker 7: Good for her.
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  Speaker 41: The wonderful thing about this country is that it's, you know,
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  Speaker 41: if you think back, you guys are too young.
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  Speaker 34: Yeah.
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  Speaker 41: That have to come our way, and they will come
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  Speaker 26: You know, this country.
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  Speaker 41: Has that flexibility in its economy that really, you know.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Well, it is.
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  Speaker 2: Listen, having just been to Italy, I'll take America. I'll
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  Speaker 26: Oh, I'd take Italy.
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  Speaker 34: Well.
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  Speaker 26: I have a daughter-in-law who's from Italy.
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  Speaker 20: So.
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  Speaker 26: But I think the truth is we'd always come back.
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  Speaker 16: Welcome the president of the Greater Mystic Chamber.
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  Speaker 23: Of Commerce, Bruce Flax.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for that intro, board operator.
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  Speaker 23: A lot of heat.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of heat.
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  Speaker 2: Bruce Flack, President of the Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce.
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  Speaker 2: We're here on 94.9 News Now. We are into the
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  Speaker 2: second hour of our chamber roundtable with Tony Sheridan, CEO,
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  Speaker 2: Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut, Angela Adams, President of
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  Speaker 2: the Greater Norwich Area Chamber of Commerce, and Lisa Fabian,
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  Speaker 2: want to get in on the conversation, you can call 860-464-9490. So, again,
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  Speaker 2: thank you, the three of you, for being here with
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  Speaker 2: me this morning. I think it's a great opportunity for
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  Speaker 2: all of us to get together and talk about what's
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  Speaker 2: happening in southeastern Connecticut. And I think next up is
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  Speaker 2: I want to talk about what's coming. AI technology, workforce,
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  Speaker 2: regional opportunities. How many of us used AI for work
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  Speaker 2: this week?
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  Speaker 3: One, two, three.
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  Speaker 2: Me too. That's four. Four for four. Are you embracing it?
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  Speaker 26: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 20: I think.
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  Speaker 22: We're saving time. We're saving time with it.
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  Speaker 7: That's key.
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  Speaker 2: It's about saving time. But I've also heard a backlash
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  Speaker 2: of people who not only for people's property, like their
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  Speaker 2: intellectual property, but also from the environmental standpoint. And so
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  Speaker 2: there's a backlash of people who are saying You get
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  Speaker 2: into meetings for events and things, and we talk about
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  Speaker 2: how we're going to produce things and what's going to
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  Speaker 2: make them. And they're like, if it touches AI, I'm out.
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  Speaker 2: Have you guys seen that at all?
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  Speaker 48: We've had some comments on our social media pages. For example,
• 2:02:26
  Speaker 48: a restaurant will have a special or a line dancing
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  Speaker 48: or something, and they give us a flyer, and we
• 2:02:32
  Speaker 48: share that flyer on our page.
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  Speaker 22: And then you start to see the comments come up.
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  Speaker 13: Do better.
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  Speaker 7: I saw your comment.
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  Speaker 26: I saw that one too.
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  Speaker 48: Well, someone said, do better chamber. This is AI. And,
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  Speaker 48: of course, I jumped right on it. And I'm like,
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  Speaker 48: first of all, this isn't ours.
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  Speaker 22: It's our members. And our job is to promote our members.
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  Speaker 48: And not every business can afford a graphic designer or
• 2:02:50
  Speaker 48: an artist to have on staff or a marketing company.
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  Speaker 48: And we want to support small businesses. And if this
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  Speaker 48: is a way that they can save money, you know,
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  Speaker 48: we're going to put it out.
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  Speaker 4: There for us.
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  Speaker 55: Yeah, I want to say to that same person, if
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  Speaker 55: you'd like to help that member, why don't you do
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  Speaker 55: the marketing for them?
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  Speaker 22: You want to volunteer.
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  Speaker 48: Yeah, we have to use what tools are available to us.
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  Speaker 48: Having said that, we're super focused on the arts at
• 2:03:11
  Speaker 48: our chamber, and we want to protect our artists, and
• 2:03:14
  Speaker 48: we want to preserve the integrity of original work and
• 2:03:17
  Speaker 48: create new opportunities for them. And so that means we
• 2:03:20
  Speaker 48: have to double down our efforts to find ways to
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  Speaker 48: do that.
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  Speaker 26: Well, look it. It's like every other tool.
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  Speaker 41: Remember the turn of the century when we were all
• 2:03:32
  Speaker 41: panicked because none of the computers had it built in.
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  Speaker 26: Was it a zero?
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  Speaker 2: It turned into 2000?
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  Speaker 26: Yeah, when it turned over.
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  Speaker 41: And we've got brilliant people in this country. We'll figure
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  Speaker 41: this thing out. But I will say something. It's a
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  Speaker 41: bigger question, Bruce. Social media is a problem. And You know,
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  Speaker 41: any one of us can have our own newspaper. But
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  Speaker 41: that would mean that we have our own opinions. Everybody's
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  Speaker 41: entitled to their opinion. But no one is, you know,
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  Speaker 41: but there's no control, no ground rules here. These social
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  Speaker 41: media platforms, which I do.
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  Speaker 26: Not participate in, the staff does, but I don't.
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  Speaker 41: And they're 99% BS sometimes. The comments you get, you know,
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  Speaker 41: you have to remember it's another person's opinion.
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  Speaker 26: It's not a fact.
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  Speaker 41: And we are missing factual information right now. And we
• 2:04:35
  Speaker 41: have a very complicated society, and we need facts. We
• 2:04:40
  Speaker 41: don't need another opinion. We should listen, and listen respectfully,
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  Speaker 41: but That's not a fact.
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  Speaker 22: I hear what you're saying, Tony, sort of the noise
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  Speaker 22: versus news.
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  Speaker 48: And I think you're referring to news and world events
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  Speaker 48: and things.
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  Speaker 22: And I agree. Facts, please, not opinions.
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  Speaker 48: However, for businesses, small businesses, social media has been a
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  Speaker 48: game changer. I'm sorry for the newspapers because it's had
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  Speaker 48: a terrible effect on them and ads and things of
• 2:05:13
  Speaker 48: that nature. But social media is bringing customers in the
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  Speaker 48: door through the videos they create. And whether it's a retailer,
• 2:05:22
  Speaker 48: a restaurant, you're selling power tools, you name it. There
• 2:05:26
  Speaker 48: isn't a business or nonprofit out there that isn't using
• 2:05:30
  Speaker 48: it for the good uses, the productive uses to be
• 2:05:34
  Speaker 48: able to reach new audiences, create sales, sell tickets to
• 2:05:39
  Speaker 48: their fundraiser.
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  Speaker 22: I mean, it has completely changed the way that everybody
• 2:05:44
  Speaker 22: does business.
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  Speaker 48: So there are positives to it, not just, you know,
• 2:05:47
  Speaker 48: seeing your neighbor's kid that graduated or seeing a cute
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  Speaker 48: cat video or whatever it is. There are some real money.
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  Speaker 48: I can put something on social media and.
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  Speaker 22: It will sell out. I have this item.
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  Speaker 48: There's 300 of it, whatever. I don't have to do
• 2:06:02
  Speaker 48: anything else. It just sells out.
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  Speaker 22: There's a gift. That's a gift for us. So those
• 2:06:06
  Speaker 22: are the positives.
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  Speaker 48: And then the negatives. I had a business owner come
• 2:06:11
  Speaker 48: in this week. Literally, her body was shaking. She was
• 2:06:14
  Speaker 48: on the verge of tears and she was being bullied
• 2:06:17
  Speaker 48: unbelievably on a public forum and about her business.
• 2:06:22
  Speaker 22: One person had a bad experience. They posted it.
• 2:06:25
  Speaker 48: Fifteen other people piled on.
• 2:06:27
  Speaker 22: Some of the criticism didn't even apply to her business.
• 2:06:30
  Speaker 48: It was to a previous owner of the business. And
• 2:06:33
  Speaker 48: they were doing anonymous names. They weren't even using their
• 2:06:36
  Speaker 48: real names. So she couldn't even like reach out to
• 2:06:39
  Speaker 48: them or try to defend herself or anything while she
• 2:06:42
  Speaker 48: was getting her business was getting maligned. She was getting slandered, whatever.
• 2:06:45
  Speaker 48: And she came and said, what can you do to help?
• 2:06:47
  Speaker 48: I mean, she said, I don't know what else to do.
• 2:06:50
  Speaker 48: And this goes back to the do we have a
• 2:06:51
  Speaker 48: magic wand? Can we fix everything? No, but we can
• 2:06:54
  Speaker 48: sure try. We reached out to the administrators. A friend
• 2:06:58
  Speaker 48: of a friend was one of their friends on Facebook.
• 2:07:00
  Speaker 22: I call them up. Do you have this person's phone number, whatever?
• 2:07:03
  Speaker 48: And I got to two of the three administrators within
• 2:07:05
  Speaker 48: a half an hour and convinced them to kill the
• 2:07:08
  Speaker 48: post for valid reasons.
• 2:07:10
  Speaker 22: For valid reasons and they took it down. That was
• 2:07:12
  Speaker 22: a win. But you know how much time that was
• 2:07:15
  Speaker 22: and stress and anxiety? I was going to ask you
• 2:07:16
  Speaker 22: that question.
• 2:07:17
  Speaker 48: That person was watching their post from the night before.
• 2:07:20
  Speaker 48: She said she got no sleep and she presented at
• 2:07:23
  Speaker 48: the office the next day.
• 2:07:24
  Speaker 22: She was a wreck.
• 2:07:25
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 2:07:25
  Speaker 22: So it can turn ugly really quick and it goes
• 2:07:28
  Speaker 22: to do you respond? That's the first question.
• 2:07:30
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 2:07:31
  Speaker 22: How do you respond? Small business owners don't have the
• 2:07:34
  Speaker 22: PR training.
• 2:07:35
  Speaker 7: Well, they don't have the time to do it either.
• 2:07:38
  Speaker 2: But it is a science, like in terms of responding
• 2:07:40
  Speaker 2: and what you do. I know some PR people out
• 2:07:44
  Speaker 2: there who would say to you never, even in comments
• 2:07:47
  Speaker 2: on the day or whatever, just don't, you don't want
• 2:07:49
  Speaker 2: to start responding.
• 2:07:51
  Speaker 26: Give it air.
• 2:07:51
  Speaker 1: Give it air, right, exactly.
• 2:07:53
  Speaker 7: And it's a double-edged sword, I want to say, with
• 2:07:55
  Speaker 7: the AI as well.
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  Speaker 55: You have AI that's going in, and a lot of
• 2:07:59
  Speaker 55: times it's not even, a real person. So, unfortunately, you're
• 2:08:02
  Speaker 55: also battling with that. But I've had to do the
• 2:08:04
  Speaker 55: same thing. I've had to have different feeds shut down
• 2:08:07
  Speaker 55: trying to get to the administrators. But it is, to
• 2:08:10
  Speaker 55: Lisa's point, it is highly, highly effective for a lot
• 2:08:14
  Speaker 55: of the businesses and nonprofits too.
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  Speaker 2: No, it's a game-changer in the chamber. It's a game-changer.
• 2:08:20
  Speaker 2: what we use social media for and how we use
• 2:08:23
  Speaker 2: it has changed, and it greatly affects our membership.
• 2:08:27
  Speaker 1: And the community at large.
• 2:08:28
  Speaker 55: But the person that hides behind a keyboard, you know,
• 2:08:31
  Speaker 55: the keyboard, whatever they call them.
• 2:08:33
  Speaker 2: Trolls?
• 2:08:33
  Speaker 55: The keyboard trolls is the ones that I think some
• 2:08:36
  Speaker 55: people just do it just to tweak. And that's the answer,
• 2:08:39
  Speaker 55: or what is the answer?
• 2:08:40
  Speaker 7: Do you respond to that or not?
• 2:08:41
  Speaker 55: Because they're literally just trying to get people arguing on Facebook.
• 2:08:45
  Speaker 41: You know, as chamber CEOs, all three of us have
• 2:08:48
  Speaker 41: an obligation to, to really present the facts, be a
• 2:08:56
  Speaker 41: place where people can go to for good information, solid information.
• 2:09:01
  Speaker 2: 100%.
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  Speaker 41: The social media platforms that are out there, there are
• 2:09:08
  Speaker 41: no controls over them. They can take stuff down in
• 2:09:12
  Speaker 41: a split second, but they don't want to because.
• 2:09:15
  Speaker 26: It creates divisiveness and it creates... It creates people. I mean,
• 2:09:20
  Speaker 26: you know, there are people who surf, is that what
• 2:09:23
  Speaker 26: you call it?
• 2:09:23
  Speaker 2: Surf?
• 2:09:24
  Speaker 22: Troll.
• 2:09:24
  Speaker 2: They troll all day long on it.
• 2:09:28
  Speaker 26: And we can't allow ourselves to get into that trap.
• 2:09:31
  Speaker 2: No, but we as chambers have the integrity.
• 2:09:35
  Speaker 1: There's a confidence in us.
• 2:09:36
  Speaker 2: The people know, should know, that the chambers, what we're
• 2:09:41
  Speaker 2: doing and what we're putting out there has, you know, it's, Factual,
• 2:09:47
  Speaker 2: it's helpful.
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  Speaker 22: It's the best possible use of the tool. It's the
• 2:09:51
  Speaker 22: best possible use.
• 2:09:53
  Speaker 48: And none of that kind of dialogue would ever be
• 2:09:55
  Speaker 48: tolerated on any of our pages. We do have the
• 2:09:59
  Speaker 48: controls of our pages and the messages of positivity and
• 2:10:03
  Speaker 48: professionalism that we put out there.
• 2:10:04
  Speaker 41: So let me ask everybody a question. Why do you
• 2:10:07
  Speaker 41: think the social platforms are stagnant? Spending millions fighting any
• 2:10:14
  Speaker 41: rules or regulations in terms of accuracy, responsibility, acquisition, false acquisition.
• 2:10:21
  Speaker 41: They don't want to stop, to disallow that.
• 2:10:25
  Speaker 10: I agree.
• 2:10:26
  Speaker 41: So why do you think they're spending millions? millions, billions probably,
• 2:10:30
  Speaker 41: to prevent that from happening because it's creating a divisive community,
• 2:10:34
  Speaker 41: a divisive state.
• 2:10:35
  Speaker 22: And they found a way to make money.
• 2:10:36
  Speaker 3: Off of it.
• 2:10:37
  Speaker 26: And they're making a ton of money out of it.
• 2:10:38
  Speaker 22: Of course.
• 2:10:39
  Speaker 48: So as long as you're astute enough to recognize it
• 2:10:41
  Speaker 48: for what it is and use it for good purposes,
• 2:10:46
  Speaker 48: you know, carry on.
• 2:10:47
  Speaker 2: Yeah, we would be, personally, I feel we would be
• 2:10:50
  Speaker 2: doing our membership a disservice if we said, you know,
• 2:10:54
  Speaker 2: we're going to get off the highway. and just stop.
• 2:10:59
  Speaker 2: We're going to use it to the best of our
• 2:11:01
  Speaker 2: ability and to benefit our membership and to benefit the chamber.
• 2:11:07
  Speaker 2: There are people out there, and we all know there's
• 2:11:10
  Speaker 2: somebody out there who goes to restaurants and is very...
• 2:11:15
  Speaker 2: It's not healthy.
• 2:11:16
  Speaker 26: And has done a lot of damage.
• 2:11:18
  Speaker 2: Done a lot of damage and doesn't understand that. And
• 2:11:22
  Speaker 2: those are the kinds of things where I think that
• 2:11:27
  Speaker 2: They do it for the likes. They do it for the...
• 2:11:31
  Speaker 2: Figure out a celebrity of it and money. And, you know,
• 2:11:36
  Speaker 2: they're going to... We have that responsibility, as far as
• 2:11:40
  Speaker 2: I'm concerned, to not engage and to.
• 2:11:43
  Speaker 41: Well, let's take it a step further. What is our
• 2:11:47
  Speaker 41: responsibility there? Should we not come out front and.
• 2:11:53
  Speaker 41: Not in social media... but not in the day or
• 2:11:57
  Speaker 41: somewhere else or on our own websites and say, please disregard.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think they're going to listen. I think that
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  Speaker 26: I'm only asking the question. I don't have an answer.
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  Speaker 48: So when I see one of my members get trashed,
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  Speaker 22: I'm not lying.
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  Speaker 48: I'm telling the truth. I had a great experience. I'm
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  Speaker 48: not going to engage with the person. who is writing
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  Speaker 55: Yeah, and halfway down the feed, people forget what they're
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  Speaker 48: Or like this week when I called the person and said, okay,
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  Speaker 48: I'm going to take your buoy on the lobster trap
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  Speaker 22: And they did. So it worked, Tony. You know, you
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  Speaker 26: And how much time did you spend on that?
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  Speaker 48: It was worth it for that member, for that member
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  Speaker 22: I go in the trenches if that's what's necessary, for sure.
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  Speaker 7: And I agree with that, too.
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  Speaker 55: Yeah, you only have so much of a reach. So
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  Speaker 12: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: No, it's... We were talking also about AI. I wanted
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  Speaker 48: So for the first time, I've heard of a company
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  Speaker 22: And that used to be part of somebody's job.
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  Speaker 48: So that means either they kept that person on and
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  Speaker 55: You don't need anybody else to go up on the
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  Speaker 7: And have it all automated.
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  Speaker 55: You know, we're losing that, what is it, dehumanization? We're
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  Speaker 22: And that turns off some people.
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  Speaker 48: If you walk into a restaurant and it's click here,
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  Speaker 48: lot of times it's older folks, but again, that's going
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  Speaker 48: to shift too over time.
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  Speaker 7: Well, the younger folks aren't going to know how to
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  Speaker 7: communicate if that's the case.
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  Speaker 41: When Al Gore claimed he invented the internet, everybody laughed.
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  Speaker 26: Because he didn't. But he was engaged in getting it
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  Speaker 26: up and running. He didn't invent it.
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  Speaker 41: And Everybody was, oh, God, this is going to take
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  Speaker 41: away jobs.
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  Speaker 26: It's going to, you know.
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  Speaker 36: Right.
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  Speaker 26: Disaster. It didn't happen.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 26: In fact, it created more.
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  Speaker 7: It's going to still create more jobs.
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  Speaker 41: Yeah, but let's think about AI in terms of we
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  Speaker 41: all go to a doctor occasionally, I presume.
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  Speaker 26: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: I go to Dr.
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  Speaker 22: Okay.
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  Speaker 26: You go into a doctor. I just had lenses put in. Yeah.
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  Speaker 41: You go in there, and the doctor, she's got a microphone,
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  Speaker 26: And before I leave there, I have a report on
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  Speaker 41: That's amazing. That's absolutely amazing. And it's all done through AI.
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  Speaker 26: It's AI.
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  Speaker 55: And it's streamlining, which is great.
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  Speaker 26: And those are the kind of things that would make
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  Speaker 41: I say yes, but there will be more jobs created
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  Speaker 41: About that, and the seat runs pretty much empty in
• 2:29:39
  Speaker 41: a lot of cases. I don't have all the details,
• 2:29:42
  Speaker 41: but why can't we think out of the box here
• 2:29:47
  Speaker 41: and have a great transportation system, road transportation system, for
• 2:29:53
  Speaker 41: the kids and for the public. Let me just finish
• 2:30:00
  Speaker 41: for a second, Bruce. The second concern is rail. And
• 2:30:05
  Speaker 41: I'll talk about that in a minute, but you go ahead.
• 2:30:08
  Speaker 2: No, it's the rail that I think, you know, we're
• 2:30:10
  Speaker 2: looking at Southeast Connecticut 10 years from now. We need
• 2:30:14
  Speaker 2: that commuter rail to stop in Westerly. We need to
• 2:30:17
  Speaker 2: stop in Mystic. We need to be able to transport
• 2:30:19
  Speaker 2: people here off of I-95. And get them here safely.
• 2:30:22
  Speaker 2: And that is a, you know, if that was put
• 2:30:25
  Speaker 2: into place with consistent, you know, train times and delivering
• 2:30:32
  Speaker 2: people on the weekends here, that would be a huge,
• 2:30:36
  Speaker 2: enormous win.
• 2:30:37
  Speaker 48: Increase tourism and help the businesses that can't get the
• 2:30:40
  Speaker 48: employees because we can bring them in from outside the area.
• 2:30:43
  Speaker 7: That's a good point.
• 2:30:44
  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, like, we look at, like, our events, like
• 2:30:46
  Speaker 2: the Mystic Outdoor Art Festival or the Lighted Boat Parade,
• 2:30:49
  Speaker 2: and if we could bring people in by train, have
• 2:30:51
  Speaker 2: them spend the day up here and get back, just
• 2:30:54
  Speaker 2: think about how, you know, more opened up and free
• 2:30:57
  Speaker 2: Mystic would be.
• 2:30:58
  Speaker 26: So why can't we do that?
• 2:30:59
  Speaker 2: It's a great question.
• 2:31:01
  Speaker 1: I think that, well, there's a couple of issues, right?
• 2:31:03
  Speaker 2: One is that the Mystic train station has some limitations,
• 2:31:07
  Speaker 2: you know, in terms of.
• 2:31:08
  Speaker 26: No, no, but in the broader sense.
• 2:31:11
  Speaker 31: You have.
• 2:31:13
  Speaker 26: New London train station.
• 2:31:14
  Speaker 41: But why can't we get to that point where we
• 2:31:17
  Speaker 41: have lots of good commuter trains?
• 2:31:19
  Speaker 26: I think they should go to Westerly.
• 2:31:21
  Speaker 2: Yeah, agree.
• 2:31:22
  Speaker 26: But what's the hold up? It seems like a no-brainer
• 2:31:27
  Speaker 26: to me.
• 2:31:28
  Speaker 22: Funds and priorities, right?
• 2:31:31
  Speaker 41: How much do you think it costs to rebuild the
• 2:31:33
  Speaker 41: Gold Star Memorial Bridge?
• 2:31:36
  Speaker 48: Well, I don't know, Tony, but that's a necessity. So
• 2:31:40
  Speaker 48: it's up there on the priority list. There's nice to
• 2:31:43
  Speaker 48: have and need to have, and that is something that
• 2:31:46
  Speaker 48: we absolutely need to keep commerce and life in this
• 2:31:50
  Speaker 48: community going. Politicians haven't prioritized and put the funding behind
• 2:31:57
  Speaker 48: the commuter rail to this community to connect us the
• 2:32:01
  Speaker 48: way that.
• 2:32:01
  Speaker 22: We would like.
• 2:32:02
  Speaker 48: But there's more talks now than there have been in
• 2:32:06
  Speaker 48: probably the past 15 years.
• 2:32:08
  Speaker 22: There's more studies aligning. There's more Department of Transportation.
• 2:32:12
  Speaker 48: recommendations and reports and data being provided. There's more grassroots
• 2:32:18
  Speaker 48: community volunteers getting behind the effort and more meetings. And
• 2:32:22
  Speaker 48: there's more cross-collaboration between Connecticut and Rhode Island leaders to say,
• 2:32:29
  Speaker 48: we're not going to back off. We're not going to
• 2:32:31
  Speaker 48: let this stay on the back burner forever. So I
• 2:32:34
  Speaker 48: think we've never been better poised to get it across
• 2:32:37
  Speaker 48: the finish line than now.
• 2:32:38
  Speaker 8: Mm-hmm.
• 2:32:40
  Speaker 2: Do you think it's a funding problem, Tony? What do
• 2:32:41
  Speaker 2: you think the problem is?
• 2:32:42
  Speaker 26: Oh, I think it's a cultural problem. It is funding.
• 2:32:45
  Speaker 41: Funding is connected with everything. But we love our car.
• 2:32:49
  Speaker 41: I love my car.
• 2:32:50
  Speaker 26: Yeah, but I think that.
• 2:32:51
  Speaker 41: But what we really are talking about here is efficiency.
• 2:32:55
  Speaker 41: I mean, with the amount of hiring at EB, think
• 2:32:58
  Speaker 41: about bringing a train from Westerly and from New Haven
• 2:33:02
  Speaker 41: that people could get on the train at 5.30 in
• 2:33:03
  Speaker 41: the morning. and get on the train here at 4
• 2:33:06
  Speaker 41: o'clock in the afternoon. They don't have to drive. Route 95,
• 2:33:10
  Speaker 41: let's be frank about it. Route 95, you're taking your
• 2:33:12
  Speaker 41: life in your hands.
• 2:33:14
  Speaker 2: No, but I will tell you that the youth of today,
• 2:33:16
  Speaker 2: they use that. My kids will take the train. They'll
• 2:33:20
  Speaker 2: go up to Providence, take the train to Boston. They'll
• 2:33:22
  Speaker 2: take the train to Logan. They use it. They're efficient
• 2:33:25
  Speaker 2: in that respect. So I think if we had it,
• 2:33:28
  Speaker 2: people would use it.
• 2:33:29
  Speaker 41: Lisa makes a good point. The politicians were never... all
• 2:33:34
  Speaker 41: that interested in developing the rail system. And they're interested
• 2:33:40
  Speaker 41: now because young people, as you said, Bruce, are interested in.
• 2:33:46
  Speaker 26: Taking the train. And here's what would happen. If we
• 2:33:50
  Speaker 26: start running, putting money into the rail, and people ride,
• 2:33:58
  Speaker 26: you have to get people to ride it, obviously.
• 2:34:01
  Speaker 41: Now you have a lobbyist You have a built-in lobby.
• 2:34:05
  Speaker 41: You have the amount of seniors we have in this area,
• 2:34:08
  Speaker 41: in this country. They love to ride a train. And
• 2:34:14
  Speaker 41: you think they'd let it get shut down or defunded?
• 2:34:19
  Speaker 26: They wouldn't because it keeps them safe.
• 2:34:22
  Speaker 41: They get in a car right now, and by the
• 2:34:26
  Speaker 41: time you get to New Haven, you're a nervous wreck.
• 2:34:28
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think it's the legislature in Hartford. I mean,
• 2:34:33
  Speaker 2: they have the ability to add those trains and give
• 2:34:35
  Speaker 2: the money.
• 2:34:35
  Speaker 26: I have a different take on that.
• 2:34:39
  Speaker 41: The legislators are representing us.
• 2:34:44
  Speaker 26: And if we don't speak up.
• 2:34:47
  Speaker 2: There's a lot of speaking up, I think.
• 2:34:50
  Speaker 26: It hasn't happened yet. Maybe it will.
• 2:34:52
  Speaker 48: I've been at at least three meetings in the past
• 2:34:55
  Speaker 48: year and a half that 100 to 200 people were
• 2:34:58
  Speaker 48: at those meetings saying it, and some of our elected officials,
• 2:35:01
  Speaker 48: to their credit... were there from both sides of the
• 2:35:05
  Speaker 48: two states. So I think there's some efforts being made.
• 2:35:08
  Speaker 48: People are going on the record. They're writing their letters.
• 2:35:11
  Speaker 48: They're putting in testimony. We, the people, can only do
• 2:35:16
  Speaker 48: so much. We've got to rely on those elected folks
• 2:35:19
  Speaker 48: to carry the torch and get it across the finish line.
• 2:35:23
  Speaker 48: Every time I drive down Route 11 and I have
• 2:35:25
  Speaker 48: to get off and go down 85.
• 2:35:26
  Speaker 22: I say, why did this road never get finished?
• 2:35:28
  Speaker 27: And you know what?
• 2:35:29
  Speaker 48: Every five years that comes up as a oh, we
• 2:35:31
  Speaker 48: should do this. Where's the funding?
• 2:35:33
  Speaker 22: Is it going to happen? Where's the study?
• 2:35:34
  Speaker 48: And nothing ever happens. That's on the list. There's plenty
• 2:35:38
  Speaker 48: of these projects on the list. Hopefully we get some
• 2:35:40
  Speaker 48: great leaders that shake things up a little bit.
• 2:35:43
  Speaker 26: Route 11 will never be finished.
• 2:35:46
  Speaker 63: It won't.
• 2:35:48
  Speaker 2: We are a... We've talked about, I think, one of
• 2:35:51
  Speaker 2: the things holding us back we would like to see.
• 2:35:53
  Speaker 2: What are our greatest advantages as a region? I certainly know...
• 2:35:58
  Speaker 2: The waterfront is certainly one of them. But what do
• 2:36:00
  Speaker 2: you guys see as the greatest advantages here? EB, for sure.
• 2:36:04
  Speaker 26: Are you referring to businesses or just geographics?
• 2:36:09
  Speaker 2: Geographic.
• 2:36:10
  Speaker 26: Geographic.
• 2:36:10
  Speaker 2: And what people were drawn to here?
• 2:36:13
  Speaker 26: Oh, I think our waterfront. I mean, think about it.
• 2:36:15
  Speaker 41: We're a beautiful state, and especially in eastern Connecticut.
• 2:36:19
  Speaker 8: Yeah.
• 2:36:19
  Speaker 35: Yeah, our resources.
• 2:36:20
  Speaker 13: You go up to.
• 2:36:20
  Speaker 41: Norwich and you look at the architecture in Norwich. I
• 2:36:23
  Speaker 41: was in the city hall the other day.
• 2:36:25
  Speaker 26: It dropped dead gorgeous.
• 2:36:27
  Speaker 56: Yeah.
• 2:36:28
  Speaker 22: For sure.
• 2:36:29
  Speaker 48: I think also people love downtowns and we have a
• 2:36:32
  Speaker 48: lot of gorgeous, vibrant downtowns that have a lot to offer.
• 2:36:36
  Speaker 48: I think the arts are a huge asset in this region.
• 2:36:40
  Speaker 48: Performing arts, visual arts, the events. And frankly, those of
• 2:36:46
  Speaker 48: us sitting at the table are responsible for a lot
• 2:36:48
  Speaker 48: of those events.
• 2:36:49
  Speaker 22: But we're not the only ones.
• 2:36:50
  Speaker 48: There are some awesome events that create a quality of
• 2:36:54
  Speaker 48: life here that's second to none.
• 2:36:56
  Speaker 22: I think the volunteers.
• 2:36:59
  Speaker 48: That we have in this community make this region super
• 2:37:03
  Speaker 48: strong and desirable. People feel like there's a place for them,
• 2:37:08
  Speaker 48: that they belong once they get here, that they're welcome,
• 2:37:10
  Speaker 48: that there's a place to plug in.
• 2:37:12
  Speaker 22: We have a lot going for us.
• 2:37:13
  Speaker 45: We do.
• 2:37:14
  Speaker 55: And, you know, we even look at it from a
• 2:37:16
  Speaker 55: tourism standpoint. I think we're doing a lot more collaboration
• 2:37:18
  Speaker 55: within the towns as well. So we're starting to promote
• 2:37:20
  Speaker 55: one another with all the towns.
• 2:37:21
  Speaker 45: Mm-hmm.
• 2:37:22
  Speaker 55: The Eastern Region of Tourism District, you know, we're on
• 2:37:25
  Speaker 55: that with CT Visit. They're starting to promote a lot
• 2:37:27
  Speaker 55: of the fun things that are within these small... quaint
• 2:37:30
  Speaker 55: little towns that people don't know about so people are
• 2:37:32
  Speaker 55: starting to come to visit i mean they have the
• 2:37:34
  Speaker 55: a lot of the spooky trails and and things that
• 2:37:36
  Speaker 55: are coming up for the holidays and uh and um
• 2:37:39
  Speaker 55: with all the parades that are going on now so
• 2:37:41
  Speaker 55: i think Us, you know, the four of us are
• 2:37:44
  Speaker 55: key contributors in that by trying to pull people together
• 2:37:47
  Speaker 55: and trying to share what are all the things that
• 2:37:49
  Speaker 55: people want to come visit.
• 2:37:51
  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I think that, and do you think that
• 2:37:53
  Speaker 2: we're being viewed, are we a collection of towns or
• 2:37:57
  Speaker 2: are we a region and are we adapting? Like, do
• 2:38:00
  Speaker 2: you think that?
• 2:38:02
  Speaker 26: I can answer that very quickly.
• 2:38:05
  Speaker 41: We're blessed with 22 governments for 260,000 people.
• 2:38:12
  Speaker 26: Think about that.
• 2:38:13
  Speaker 1: Well, just look at Groton alone.
• 2:38:15
  Speaker 26: We have Groton and Groton. And I still to this
• 2:38:18
  Speaker 26: day mix them up.
• 2:38:20
  Speaker 22: You have Stonington and Stonington Borough.
• 2:38:23
  Speaker 26: So I don't know.
• 2:38:25
  Speaker 41: There's something awfully cute about the local community.
• 2:38:30
  Speaker 2: The Yankee mentality.
• 2:38:31
  Speaker 26: There is. It's part of our culture.
• 2:38:35
  Speaker 41: I happen to be the first chair of the Council
• 2:38:38
  Speaker 41: of Governments when it was founded 100 years ago And
• 2:38:45
  Speaker 41: I was the worst in the world. I was like
• 2:38:49
  Speaker 41: accused of taking all the power away from all of
• 2:38:51
  Speaker 41: the mayors and first selectmen. It was a nightmare getting
• 2:38:58
  Speaker 41: the vote, the effort approved. And if it wasn't for
• 2:39:03
  Speaker 41: the state of Connecticut, it probably wouldn't have been approved. And,
• 2:39:07
  Speaker 41: you know, I love going up around Franklin and Norwich, and,
• 2:39:11
  Speaker 41: you know, there's some beautiful areas. You go down to Niantic,
• 2:39:14
  Speaker 41: think about what's happened in Niantic for the last, you know,
• 2:39:17
  Speaker 41: 10 years, thanks to our former senator, Paul Formica.
• 2:39:22
  Speaker 26: Yep.
• 2:39:23
  Speaker 41: So all of this is possible, but for the life
• 2:39:28
  Speaker 41: of me, I don't know why. We brag about having
• 2:39:32
  Speaker 41: a high-speed rail system, It has to go through New
• 2:39:35
  Speaker 41: London at 20 miles an hour.
• 2:39:38
  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, there's, well, the whole, yeah, yeah.
• 2:39:42
  Speaker 41: The shoreline east today stops and stays, stands there with
• 2:39:47
  Speaker 41: the motor.
• 2:39:48
  Speaker 26: Running in New London for hours. It could be to
• 2:39:52
  Speaker 26: Mystic and back.
• 2:39:54
  Speaker 34: Yeah.
• 2:39:55
  Speaker 26: You know, so.
• 2:39:56
  Speaker 41: It's really going to require a change of attitude.
• 2:40:01
  Speaker 26: And it's really hard.
• 2:40:02
  Speaker 41: It's not going to be easy because it's a cultural
• 2:40:04
  Speaker 41: thing that we have to deal with. But honestly, I'm
• 2:40:09
  Speaker 41: on a committee with Amtrak to look at a high-speed rail.
• 2:40:13
  Speaker 41: Now they're going to give it another shot. Last time
• 2:40:16
  Speaker 41: they decided to bring it through.
• 2:40:18
  Speaker 26: Old Lyme, which didn't go anywhere. But now it's... be rethought.
• 2:40:24
  Speaker 2: Someone can live in Norwich, work in Broughton, have dinner
• 2:40:27
  Speaker 2: in Mystic, go to a show in New London, and
• 2:40:29
  Speaker 2: spend Sunday in Westerly, right? That's southeastern Connecticut. So why
• 2:40:34
  Speaker 2: do we so often plan market and make decisions as
• 2:40:37
  Speaker 2: though people stop at the town line? I think that
• 2:40:40
  Speaker 2: we don't.
• 2:40:41
  Speaker 7: We don't.
• 2:40:42
  Speaker 26: I agree with that.
• 2:40:44
  Speaker 2: But there are others that do.
• 2:40:46
  Speaker 41: You know, I claim I have nothing to back this
• 2:40:49
  Speaker 41: up with. I think at least 50% of the residents
• 2:40:53
  Speaker 41: in the area, if it wasn't for those little green
• 2:40:56
  Speaker 41: signs along the highway telling you what town you're in,
• 2:40:59
  Speaker 41: you probably wouldn't know.
• 2:41:00
  Speaker 32: 100%.
• 2:41:00
  Speaker 36: 100%.
• 2:41:00
  Speaker 48: And our downtown is half in Pawketuck slash Stonington, Connecticut,
• 2:41:06
  Speaker 48: and half in westerly Rhode Island. And we put forth
• 2:41:09
  Speaker 48: a lot of effort to make sure that you don't
• 2:41:12
  Speaker 48: know the difference. So a visitor comes into our community...
• 2:41:15
  Speaker 48: The flower pots match on both sides.
• 2:41:18
  Speaker 22: That's because of us. The banners match on both sides.
• 2:41:20
  Speaker 22: That's because of us.
• 2:41:22
  Speaker 48: When we do an event on the Pawkatuck River, that's
• 2:41:24
  Speaker 48: bringing the two communities together. I think the mentality of
• 2:41:28
  Speaker 48: rivers dividing communities is something I rejected as soon as
• 2:41:32
  Speaker 48: I started my job, and we've used the river for
• 2:41:35
  Speaker 48: the duck race, for River Glow, to bring communities together.
• 2:41:38
  Speaker 48: So we don't recognize the state line. Our projects spill over.
• 2:41:43
  Speaker 22: We've got membership on both sides, and.
• 2:41:47
  Speaker 48: It's a model that works for us because it works
• 2:41:49
  Speaker 48: for the businesses. Their customers don't stop at the state line.
• 2:41:52
  Speaker 48: Why should our efforts?
• 2:41:54
  Speaker 41: You know, prior to my time as CEO, the business
• 2:42:00
  Speaker 41: leaders got together and decided they wanted one chamber.
• 2:42:04
  Speaker 26: And it worked for a while.
• 2:42:06
  Speaker 41: We still have a good number of members in the
• 2:42:11
  Speaker 41: Norwich area and Mystic area. And they were top leaders
• 2:42:16
  Speaker 41: of the community. It worked, and it still works to
• 2:42:20
  Speaker 41: a certain degree because we are a regional chamber. But
• 2:42:25
  Speaker 41: we are working with you guys.
• 2:42:27
  Speaker 26: We need to.
• 2:42:27
  Speaker 41: Find a way as chambers to work more closely together.
• 2:42:31
  Speaker 41: And there's ways to do it.
• 2:42:35
  Speaker 48: Well, one size does not fit all, that's for sure.
• 2:42:37
  Speaker 48: And I look at chambers like radio stations and newspapers.
• 2:42:41
  Speaker 48: Who do you want your message to go to? And
• 2:42:43
  Speaker 48: amplifying it on more than one channel is probably good business.
• 2:42:47
  Speaker 48: So being members of multiple chambers might make sense depending
• 2:42:52
  Speaker 48: on what your marketing objective is and who you're trying
• 2:42:55
  Speaker 48: to reach. And There's always more opportunities for us to
• 2:42:59
  Speaker 48: work together, and I consider it a privilege to work
• 2:43:03
  Speaker 48: in the same field as you. I've learned from each
• 2:43:06
  Speaker 48: of you, and I enjoy the collaboration when we can
• 2:43:10
  Speaker 48: find those chances.
• 2:43:11
  Speaker 3: Exactly.
• 2:43:12
  Speaker 2: And vice versa, and I think it shouldn't be lost
• 2:43:14
  Speaker 2: that it really is about the businesses. You know, we're
• 2:43:17
  Speaker 2: here to help businesses.
• 2:43:18
  Speaker 41: My point in bringing this up really relates to the
• 2:43:22
  Speaker 41: difficulty of really getting pulling these small communities together so that.
• 2:43:30
  Speaker 26: We think as.
• 2:43:31
  Speaker 41: A region and not be so fond of working in silos.
• 2:43:36
  Speaker 32: Yeah.
• 2:43:37
  Speaker 26: And it's almost, it's hard to do.
• 2:43:41
  Speaker 41: It's not going to, it's, you know, it won't happen
• 2:43:43
  Speaker 41: in my tenure at the Chamber, I can assure you.
• 2:43:46
  Speaker 45: Sure.
• 2:43:46
  Speaker 7: As far as.
• 2:43:49
  Speaker 55: Our chamber also works on trying to promote everything that's
• 2:43:52
  Speaker 55: going on in the region. So when I'm at an
• 2:43:54
  Speaker 55: event at Mohegan Sun and I have a three-day convention there,
• 2:43:56
  Speaker 55: I'm promoting the whole region.
• 2:43:57
  Speaker 7: I'm promoting the Mystic Chamber.
• 2:43:59
  Speaker 55: I'm promoting West Dilley and the businesses that are down
• 2:44:01
  Speaker 55: and the things to do. So I think we do,
• 2:44:04
  Speaker 55: and I think we all should be, and I.
• 2:44:06
  Speaker 7: Think we all are, working as a regional chamber.
• 2:44:08
  Speaker 55: I mean, we do something different, a little bit different
• 2:44:11
  Speaker 55: than what your chamber does, and Bruce does something different
• 2:44:13
  Speaker 55: than what Lisa does at her chamber. But I think
• 2:44:16
  Speaker 55: All in all, we have the same mission, which is
• 2:44:18
  Speaker 55: to support small businesses and to support the businesses or the.
• 2:44:21
  Speaker 7: Community within that.
• 2:44:22
  Speaker 55: And then we're also there to promote the resources with
• 2:44:25
  Speaker 55: the nonprofits in there to share their mission so then
• 2:44:27
  Speaker 55: we can help the community grow.
• 2:44:29
  Speaker 26: I agree with everything you said.
• 2:44:32
  Speaker 2: Well, the final five minutes, I thought it would be
• 2:44:34
  Speaker 2: fun to do like no speeches, 10 seconds, lightning answers,
• 2:44:41
  Speaker 2: quick answers.
• 2:44:42
  Speaker 1: We'll just go through each one of you.
• 2:44:43
  Speaker 2: One thing Connecticut gets right. What does Connecticut get right?
• 2:44:50
  Speaker 3: Angie?
• 2:44:50
  Speaker 22: That was not on his list, was it, Angie? He
• 2:44:52
  Speaker 22: pulled that one.
• 2:44:53
  Speaker 26: That's a good question.
• 2:44:54
  Speaker 1: What do we get right?
• 2:44:55
  Speaker 7: I think community.
• 2:44:56
  Speaker 41: I think we get education right, except for our bigger cities.
• 2:45:00
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 2:45:01
  Speaker 41: I think the education system in general is pretty darn good.
• 2:45:06
  Speaker 10: Yeah.
• 2:45:07
  Speaker 16: Any of you guys?
• 2:45:07
  Speaker 2: Nothing?
• 2:45:08
  Speaker 7: I think community.
• 2:45:09
  Speaker 10: Yeah.
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  Speaker 7: I think we try to build a community within.
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  Speaker 48: And I think preservations of the things that matter most.
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  Speaker 22: And in that I would put historic sites and traditions.
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  Speaker 7: Walking trails.
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  Speaker 26: Environmental stuff. Sorry, I didn't get it.
• 2:45:25
  Speaker 16: No, that's good.
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  Speaker 48: I like that you started with something positive first.
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  Speaker 2: Most underrated community in southeast Connecticut, and you can't pick
• 2:45:33
  Speaker 2: your own. So I'll answer first.
• 2:45:35
  Speaker 26: Underrated.
• 2:45:35
  Speaker 2: Underrated. I'll go northeast corner. There's a lot going on there.
• 2:45:40
  Speaker 48: I'm going to say, in my opinion, Putnam. Because I
• 2:45:43
  Speaker 48: go to Putnam for a lot of their events, and
• 2:45:45
  Speaker 48: they're killer. They're doing great stuff.
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  Speaker 22: I'm going with Putnam.
• 2:45:50
  Speaker 26: I'm going with New London.
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  Speaker 2: That's your community. You can't.
• 2:45:53
  Speaker 26: I don't live there. You're breaking the rules. I don't
• 2:45:55
  Speaker 26: live there.
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  Speaker 22: But your chamber services that area.
• 2:45:58
  Speaker 26: Oh, we service every area.
• 2:46:00
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 2:46:01
  Speaker 34: Noted.
• 2:46:01
  Speaker 7: I was going to say Ledgerton and Griswold.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. One thing this region needs more of.
• 2:46:09
  Speaker 10: Money?
• 2:46:09
  Speaker 35: Rail.
• 2:46:10
  Speaker 41: Rail, right?
• 2:46:10
  Speaker 26: Public transport.
• 2:46:12
  Speaker 3: Money.
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  Speaker 20: Housing.
• 2:46:13
  Speaker 2: Housing. One thing it needs less of.
• 2:46:17
  Speaker 7: Nimbism. Being more open-minded.
• 2:46:20
  Speaker 26: I would agree with that.
• 2:46:21
  Speaker 2: Property taxes.
• 2:46:22
  Speaker 22: Regulations on businesses.
• 2:46:24
  Speaker 41: You can't have a good progressive area without property taxes.
• 2:46:28
  Speaker 26: I'm sorry.
• 2:46:30
  Speaker 2: I'm not saying I'm not willing to pay my property tax.
• 2:46:33
  Speaker 2: I'm saying that the rate it's going up compared to
• 2:46:36
  Speaker 2: just say the rate of inflation is outrageous. And it
• 2:46:40
  Speaker 2: can't be sustained.
• 2:46:42
  Speaker 22: Agreed.
• 2:46:43
  Speaker 26: Did we all vote in the last election for our
• 2:46:47
  Speaker 26: local municipal.
• 2:46:49
  Speaker 35: Leaders? Sure.
• 2:46:51
  Speaker 26: Well, that was your chance to change.
• 2:46:54
  Speaker 2: It goes a little deeper. We don't have time for
• 2:46:56
  Speaker 2: that right now. It definitely goes a little bit deeper.
• 2:47:00
  Speaker 2: Are you optimistic about Southeastern Connecticut's next five.
• 2:47:03
  Speaker 1: Years, yes or no?
• 2:47:04
  Speaker 26: Yes.
• 2:47:05
  Speaker 22: Absolutely.
• 2:47:05
  Speaker 35: Yes.
• 2:47:06
  Speaker 32: All right.
• 2:47:06
  Speaker 2: That's great. And the final question. You've got 30 seconds.
• 2:47:10
  Speaker 2: A 25-year-old tells you they're thinking about leaving Connecticut. Make
• 2:47:13
  Speaker 2: the case for why they should stay and build their
• 2:47:14
  Speaker 2: life here.
• 2:47:15
  Speaker 22: That's not quick.
• 2:47:18
  Speaker 48: I need to talk to that 25-year-old. What's their career goal?
• 2:47:22
  Speaker 48: Do they have family in the area? Where do they
• 2:47:24
  Speaker 48: want to be in five years? I need more info.
• 2:47:27
  Speaker 2: Incomplete question.
• 2:47:30
  Speaker 26: The question is too parochial. People should travel. It's amazing
• 2:47:37
  Speaker 26: what you learn.
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  Speaker 41: And There's such a small percentage of people in this
• 2:47:42
  Speaker 41: country who.
• 2:47:43
  Speaker 22: Have a passport.
• 2:47:44
  Speaker 8: Yeah.
• 2:47:45
  Speaker 26: They haven't traveled.
• 2:47:46
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 2:47:46
  Speaker 22: No, I agree.
• 2:47:47
  Speaker 26: You were just in Italy.
• 2:47:48
  Speaker 2: I was.
• 2:47:49
  Speaker 41: Were you on the high-speed train from Rome to Florence?
• 2:47:53
  Speaker 2: Just a commuter from Montecatini to Florence.
• 2:47:57
  Speaker 10: Yeah.
• 2:47:57
  Speaker 31: Yeah.
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  Speaker 7: I'm going to look it in my daughter's eyes. She's 30.
• 2:48:00
  Speaker 55: And if she were to say it, she loves downtown Norwich.
• 2:48:04
  Speaker 55: There's something about it that she says it's wonderful. But
• 2:48:06
  Speaker 55: she likes her toys. She likes to go out.
• 2:48:08
  Speaker 7: She wants to kayak. She wants to fish. She wants
• 2:48:09
  Speaker 7: to hike.
• 2:48:10
  Speaker 55: We have a lot of that opportunity in this area.
• 2:48:12
  Speaker 55: So there's incredible hiking trails that are around, even Patchogue
• 2:48:16
  Speaker 55: State Forest.
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  Speaker 41: But that, I would argue, Angie, that is the stage
• 2:48:22
  Speaker 41: of her life.
• 2:48:24
  Speaker 2: Exactly.
• 2:48:24
  Speaker 7: Yeah, but he asked about a 25-year-old.
• 2:48:25
  Speaker 22: That's what you've got to know. What's that 25-year-old's interest?
• 2:48:28
  Speaker 22: My daughter, when she was 25.
• 2:48:30
  Speaker 48: Couldn't wait to get the heck out of here because
• 2:48:32
  Speaker 48: she wants to be in a big city, and she's
• 2:48:34
  Speaker 48: only lived in New York, Chicago, Columbus, Ohio.
• 2:48:38
  Speaker 22: So it depends what you're into.
• 2:48:40
  Speaker 26: My sons were the same.
• 2:48:42
  Speaker 48: I want them to be happy. So I start with
• 2:48:44
  Speaker 48: the questions, and then I want to drive them in
• 2:48:45
  Speaker 48: the right direction.
• 2:48:46
  Speaker 2: Well, listen, I want to thank you guys sincerely for
• 2:48:49
  Speaker 2: being here. It was great to have you all here
• 2:48:50
  Speaker 2: and have the two hours. Thanks for the invite. Together,
• 2:48:52
  Speaker 2: I want to thank Lindsay Smith and Billy Nelson. I
• 2:48:54
  Speaker 2: want to thank Lee for having me as the host.
• 2:48:58
  Speaker 1: We'll see you again soon. Thank you very much.