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entrepreneurial book club where Stephanie never read the right book and Stephanie was terrible at this book I really suck at book club I did I'm what I just had a visual I just had a visual proud of it hello and good morning morning live from ashp TV it is Marty and Stephanie nice on time in in a cable room here look at the studio it's great wow we're moving on that my friends we miss your ostentatious Studios very ni professionally Lush and plush and all that stuff right nice and comfortable yes complete with cat dog empty 30 packs in the corner partridge in a pear tree they still have that skeleton I don't know what I got they do they still have P tree yeah not The Partridge Family in the PE tree we are definitely not The Partridge Family off with very bad jokes on this Wednesday morning we're there it's halfway through the work week and this so holiday well green screen green weekend coming Up's day any plans for you I yeah I'm working on weekends what else is I know any partying time at all this is what we do anything yeah Friday I'm going to be over at dos we've got our Irish party um it's basically in turned into this house party people come you want to sing karaoke sure we got that for you oh you want to play little game of Music bigo we got that for you you want to dance a little bit we got that for you also so yeah it's our Friday night social we do that at dos that'll be from 8 to 11: and then all weekend is knockout Irish dancers uh bag Pipers live music vendors will there be video evidence of a Stephanie jig probably no uh this jig don't jig anymore little Jameson you never know liquid encouragement Stephanie you know I find that jumping usually gets me in trouble that's a bad hashtag you you not good you know it's not good um I I finding myself like Tiger Woods every weekend's a new injury I I need another surgery which you up for 60 kiddo let me tell you oh my God I don't know what happens I know well congrats to Yarmouth to Yarmouth last week they did an amazing job with St Patty's Day Parade so good they do such a wonderful job every year desmine and the crew yarma chamber everybody involved in that was really great um Tim raan came down to to broadcast also he awesome so it was great to see that also that was actually Brad too so folks could make it could watch so that was great um so if I can say hello to a you people this morning absolutely so my friend Randy's in in uh in California and she just got home from heart surgery and she's watching and uh good morning hope you're feeling better she got out of the hospital the other day and there's an earthquake the same day four point something on the rck scale nothing like welcome home right yeah right hi welcome so and also to my friends in Aruba zelene Gilbert everybody welcome to the show again International audience the ambassador of Tourism always Marty I'm trying to tag you on this but I think that you've blocked me from tagging you on purpose blocked you already show I was like I think Marty doesn't want to be tagged by me that's fine what's going on in the greater horest chamber well tonight we have our St Patrick's Day party it's the combination of the Cape Cod the Yarmouth and the greater horis Chamber of Commerce we're having our St Patrick's Day party it's an annual event at the emerald Resort Irish village 5:30 to 7 there's still some openings for walk-in so if you want to come in we're green though is there like the time how long is that going to be around for isn't that going to be flipping to something else uh I guess so uh think uh time get in there the function facilities will be changing I believe probably in a year or so oh it makes me sad a little bit but the events are still on the place is still open there's still booking events so no hesitation this year and hopefully next to so perfect we keep going on so Cindy good morning to you Dave hegner thank you for joining us on the show handcrafted by Erin will also be at knockabout all weekend long she makes these amazing hand knitted crafts and I know we're were just talking about surgery she just had back surgery so she's been at home crafting for the last three months she's probably going to roll in with a truckload of stuff to sell so go support Erin she's gonna lose her damn mind she hasn't seen people in months okay so it might be wa while seeing Patty's Day weekend Oh 100% she's like what people come talk to me so help they'll be a sign it's amazing what you do with the the stuff you do on the weekends at knockout too we've been having a lot of fun and you know what this little fun vendor fair turned into a farmers market I was at the farmers market conference last week at Clark University um and it was just so great to get together with other Market professionals and just talk about your trials and your tribulations um but also to just talk about like good food and access to Farmers and better quality uh stuff I mean I never thought I would be sitting here having a conversation for 25 minutes with a mushroom vendor figuring out how I'm going to get them wholesale so that I can have them at my market just to clarify there's a different kind of mushrooms go back to we eat these ones yes okay just want to be sure now you know we've this audience here it's a company uh a farm out of Carver and so he's Cava so he's been uh trying to make relationships with our different restaurants so it's wonderful that I'm now in this capacity as being the uh director of the chamber so that I can kind of Point him in different directions with our restaurants we're working on our first restaurant Week ever that's awesome and we've been talking about it for so long but we've actually picked dates and sent out emails and it's gonna and I've got the marketing team working on it so it's like real you know what I mean when it's like almost real for an event so what you're doing uh love live local Cape Cod Beer's done a lot of stuff espe withans too knock about look how they picked up things that wiy opens up again as soon too there's a lot of talent out there a lot of lot of folks musician wise also well it's this conversation we need to have because I think everybody's a little bit scared everybody's a little bit freaked out everything that's going on with the government and the stocks and I'm not coming and I'm not going to visit I've been getting those calls for the first time ever it was really exciting to get calls of I'm gonna be there in September what is this I'm gonna be there in August what is this I'm not coming yeah I can't afford it or whatever the most random of conversations yep and the bridges are still open Kids Nothing's no problem with that too so well it it is a little bit scary right we don't know that uncertainty a little bit before a summer season I think we always get a little bit superstitious in this time where a lot of superstition is happening of what's going to happen here this summer right ABS absolutely so five years ago next next today we started St I started this job five years ago and a week later we shut down I didn't realize that you started your your chamber Journey so here is here's my job and there's my job look it's going away so I became a part-time gig for about a year but um you're still here so yeah today is the day that the world went down five years ago and they said we're back 95% I don't know if I buy that so much I mean we've definitely shifted our mindset for sure I'll never forget because in January prior before the shutdown I just got back from Aruba I was at Miami airport and I'm watching a bunch of tourists coming from China all masked it's like what is going on oh yeah and my husband had been watching all of it because I'm I'm married to a paranoid um and so we a TV series yeah married to a paranoid next up next reality show Survivor 2 100% so we were um I had just gotten laid off from the radio station MH and we had planned this big trip to Spain and so we we we went we took the kids we went anyway we went to Spain and dor France it was wonderful uh but my husband made us every single one of our backpacks had a thing of hand sanitizer on it all of us had masks on and then when we got home the next day that was it no more flights in and out we really got home by the skin of our teeth can we imagine all this five years ago things have changed in such a short time right it's only five years ago yeah um even a year after we sort of opened up a bit you and I would be still paranoid about sitting so close to I know I know Banks anybody you know I worked uh I did a radio station job briefly covering up microphones cleaning the microphones although one guy wanted to use Windex on the microphone I said that's probably not a good idea no we do not spray liquids near Electronics that's that's a no no sir a good idea but too funny but then figuring out how to connect with people with clean feed and I'm working with the college and trying to be able to still maintain getting on the air without being in the room so that was that was incredible that time and I'm so glad it's over but also we worked around it right we showed our our vigilance we showed our strength if anybody it's the kids that were affected the most I believe 100% pretty much the social interaction was interrupted y uh life stopped just instruction by a zoom class I mean it was just uh I don't think that that harm can ever recovered so to speak yeah the New York Times actually posted a really nice article this weekend I was talking a little bit with about it with Hank yesterday about some of the things that came out of covid um and it was what that was the biggest thing that hurt us we found that we could work by Zoom but not school by Zoom yes it just did not function the way it needed to especially for our younger kids good morning Miss Mari Cindy I'm not superstitious I'm just a little stitious thank you I love my my my Michael Scott West thanks for joining us this morning I've got Marty burmel president of the greater henus chamber with us this morning say that what president you are I'm exactly directed with a fancy title you have the president title I'm the president yes you know give me this job for a few years I'll demand a presidential title soon yeah what's the difference dising with the name plate it looks better on LinkedIn is that what it is yeah I guess so I never it's a longer title on the business card it was really funny because when I took this job I did not know what I did not know and I was kind of talking to you about it on the underbelly of things and saying what do I need to know and you're like you no no Stephanie it's a different world run away it's a different world and you were kind about it but you should have spoken up a little more sorry I was being prart friendly I needed a friend thanks no I'm kidding I'm really enjoying it but creating is where I I do a great job creating and and recreating certain things that we sort of go for a long time yeah um it's just a process to get going again getting people out about we're around someone sometimes someone sneezes we're still probably jumping out of the table right it's just like oh my goodness I was on the plane obvious and it's like oh my goodness speaking of planes did you see Southwest is taking away the free bag yeah well they have enough financial difficulties anyway I believe so we need the free bag you're gonna be having more of a financial difficulty because I think that's the only reason why people decided to fly with you in the first place how there PR changed over the years they were so popular for many years everybody has to go through that EB and flow of figuring it out they're they're talking now five years later after Co that to bring back the party in airports to bring back that great exciting surprise back because they're trying to get bodies in the airports to frequent the stores the restaurants to find other ways and avenues I mean this is what we do all day long is figure out how to support our businesses how to support tourism how to make that happen Marty and I do this every day and and your average person doesn't really even understand it's happening around them right when we're here moving the pieces to see if things will work better that way we too at Barnesville airport Gateway Airport um the Allen Cafe Express is gonna be opening up a cafe I believe in May so if you're ever taking a flight or actually just easy in and out for parking um grab and go Foods too for lunch so that just quick plug for I love Erica she is just phenomenal they do such a great job at the island Cafe capod Classic Car Club Marty what's up bud The Father's Day car show we started reservations on that uh oh my goodness two months ago we're probably 60% sold out for registrations already see so that makes me happy it's a great event I feel like that's a good sign of Summer right absolutely uh the you know what the best part is we part of the registration process is you have to send us a photo of the card you're you're entering into the the show yeah and it's amazing watching some of these the passion these folks have well you're a car guy yes I am so you would enjoy that I'd be like that looks cute she's shiny like we do things very differently it's like March Madness where I pick the team based on like the color of their Jersey or if they've got a cute boy It Forward like I don't I do not make the decisions like you do in that respect the amazing part also is we had to shut down during during the co years for two years too so um having 50 or 60,000 people go up and down Main Street to see the cars presented for over a period of five hours is just amazing too just Roberts good morning Stephanie good morning Mr Coffee Mr Coffee are you known as Mr Coffee yes coffee memes I love it what's up HW I need to get you on the show book a time and uh we will talk about your your endeavors and what's going on with you it's good to see your face here so Father's Day car show this is exciting and I know right this is what we're looking for I leave in 10 days eight oh I'm sorry EXC eight and Counting that's the countdown clock I didn't see the digital the corner there I'm like listen pal and we got a taste of it yesterday yes we did of course my my furnace broke on Saturday still broken not good colder inside my house than it is out in my front lawn so what's in the cup not enough to start the answer is no I've got an annual meeting tonight with our friend Chrissy over in Sandwich we're going to be Tree House nice great place too so looking forward to it it's going to be a decent evening nice breeze um our friend Michael Anthony is gonna be ferrying people in and out in his gorgeous car um and we've got I've got a little bit of music a little bit of entertainment I read the show The Run of show looks fabulous Chrissy excellent excellent everybody all the winners of the awards have walk up music that I've got to get together can people still register tonight I think people can still get a ticket if they want to chamber.com go on there and just plug away your event is tomorrow night my event is tomorrow night you can no longer come we have shut down a registration I am sorry uh we've got a great group we've got a red carpet um very nice I know arriv Ral right so I got to thank our friends over at fleeting moments taking photos and um we got like little chocolates from gy as partying gifts I know we've got a photo booth we've got a couple of other SLE things up our sleeve and we're going to be talking about Restaurant Week once again something that I got to create that is actually going to happen this season it's a lot of work to do that too so man it's a lot it's a lot of work so kudos to you and also great for the restaurants to Showcase their weet too yeah and I'm thrilled and that's goingon to kick off um that's gonna end right around Father's Day so that bading up to your car show come to mash B come out to eat so also not just on a car show on Sunday which is Father's day but the Saturday before the cap V classic Club has their event at Patriot Square amazing it's an amazing event also so it's a car show weekend yeah so bring that well you know you always wonder when you're driving around here because none of us talk to each other sometimes and you're just like whoa what do they have flags on their car for it's like the Lobster Pot or why are all these classic cars in town as you're driving around nobody bothers to stop and investigate what's happening sometimes yep even though we ride around with little computers in our hands isn't that something I remember a bag phone years ago what happened my daughter was asking me something the other day and I was like you have you're holding computer why are you asking me this well I thought you might know I'm like I do I look like I have a medical degree I don't know so I have an eyewatch and the first time ever I answered a phone call on my watch I was like Dick Tracy World here you're crazy well yeah when you can't find your phone it just happens to be there take this call it's okay I call my mind fit I didn't charge her so I left her at home you're looking good thank you right working on it working on it I think we're always in search of that that Quest that spring slim that like okay we got to do something different it's the coffee diet coffee in the world for me what's up Sandy good morning she said I can't wait for the car show um what did she say oh do you need a non- crappy contractor Cindy we will talk about that yes we will that's a good advertising model right well she's got C designs and uh she's really good it's almost like the um what Angie's List of contractors so she knows who to use who's going to show up on time it's Spring right we're talking about building things growing things we should have an Angie's List for Cap Cod something similar Stephanie's list yeah no it's it's I think it's a great idea Cindy's got this one covered whatever it is Cindy we'll support you in this awesome that's great we definitely should have a just a referal list we refer our members anyway so right and members refer members so we started with the highest chamber what we call the Brazilian local business Group which is um a lot of small businesses that are need to be learning how to incorporate get their permits and stuff we help them and in turn to become members of the chamber so many hard workers networking back and forth um it's been great we had a couple businesses open up now that've been able to get through some of the legal EAS and some of the The Strife of opening up a business these days permitting Al loone so many so the communication barriers have been broken a bit so it's been a wonderful thing and we're going to be emphasizing that going forward throughing the year so exciting more news coming up I know but I I want to impress upon all of you to lean on your local chamber because they're at the pulse of everything that's going on from permitting building and if we don't know we'll refer you to somebody in a chamber in the town that you're looking for that will because we all talk to each other and work really well together it's really nice yes you we play nice I know we do I've got a um a meeting with Marie Oliva next week because we she's amazing her and I are working together on an event and possibly bringing the canal region Chamber um farmers market so that's awesome I know we go before the uh select board be nice to us next week okay we've been working on this project I put in my permitting in November the select board announcement is being brought to you by right guys be nice to us we're trying add that into the hashtag trying we're trying exactly what's up Robert Dr Viva has a ring to it well I might as well I'm fixing all of the ailments as my son's like Mom what's this rash and by the way he was shirtless the other day because he had some sort of I don't know basketball Funk on him funk I think we should change okay boys are gross boys are gross and it was like this wash thing so I put medicine on him and that's why he didn't have a shirt on and someone was like get that boy a shirt you're playing sports you do sweat they're just gross he's in that sweaty smelly we're having our first fight kids boy time gross yeah things happen hockey players yeah it's that teenage years where it just they they smell no matter how much they bath they smell wow it's the male pick on show it is National working mom's day so shout out to all of our moms that do all of the jobs and our doctors nurses Cooks cleaners therapists therapists yes taxi drivers that's part of our chamber description too I think not the mom's part I was I was not a nice mom the other day the day before that my daughter was going back to college so I made a bunch of cookies I made like four dozen cookies well they are all gone by the way wow like I where that my boys and their friends just threw it up in the air and ate them like Pelicans well the next day my son oh feel good I knocked on the door 14 times are you going get up you're gonna miss the bus misses the bus I'm not going I'm like you were absolutely going to school and I go to get milk to put in my coffee and it's all gone oh like I am I am the simplest coffee it's not black it's just a splash of milk just to keep it honest of course there's none there he drank it all kids lactose intolerant oh I made him go to school oh I made him go to school I'm like you'll get up after you have your dissenter and you're going to school because you know better but even us weet misbehave with eating things that's 100% I know I know we do it to ourselves everybody we eat that pizza later extra slice it's no big deal slices right what's up thanks for joining us Cindy thanks for being here with us I got a shout out to mash PTV Channel 1072 in HD if you're not getting in an HD call 1800 Comcast and they will swap out your box for you at no charge for an HD yeah right every poor Marty poor here and makeup thanks so to it's good it is what it is I woke up and I I had like some sort of stress whatever I scratched my face and I my husband's like are you okay I'm like thanks that's so helpful good morning are you okay no good morning are you all right what happened that's even worse what happened he's one of those ones that it's like you've got something going on like a sty or whatever and he'll be like what's that why is that God that's perfect 3D version just coming at me like he is literally the worst I'm married to the worst human being ever but he fixes things so we'll keep him around this is quite a reality show we can have honestly this whole week has been cold in my home no heat disant Terry mean mom syndrome my my laptop broke on Sunday it's I don't know what's going on but something's got to change there's a shift in the energy yes that needs to happen is it the blood moon that we're getting tomorrow the E might be out of that word shift pretty soon we'll be changing the word on that so this stressful moment brought to you by ashb TV we're totally fine everything's going to be fine it's a very unstressful job the chamber world plus the other three other jobs that you did well yeah there's that you know what sleep what what I do sleep well though the minute my head hits the pillow to the moment I wake up I am out didn't you post last night at LinkedIn like 11 o'clock or something yes yeah see well I was still up yeah what time was you getting here I when you sleep Y no lecture from I got a solid four hours Marty that's fine I sleep like the Dead for solid hours we had trivia last night we had our Tournament of Champions going on at shipwreck we've got two weeks of it left and uh we had uh you can make up points night so if you won around they get to spin the prize wheel to win more points so one of the teams that was in like fourth or fifth place catapulted themselves into a second they're very excited about it so nice we should we should a prized wheel for topic 100% but what I did was I bought an overnight at margarit V nice so that is what they're winning this is what they keep coming back for because they want the overnight at Margaritaville includes a little water park time and I'm excited to give out that prize I am very much looking forward to doing some more stuff with Margarita B why not it's an amazing place what they've done to that facility is just amazing but I don't think you and I will be doing a show from the water park I I don't think it's a good idea that would be not good you don't need to see all this nobody does we get stuck in the water SL help Tria Ros buia imagine yeah I got bottoms on headlines we didn't want to make Cape incidents Facebook page Marty Stephanie stuck on a water SL got an incident they tried my God Mar what it is Christine we were just giving you uh a bunch of accolades and a shout out for our big annual meeting cheers to lots of coffee today of coffee we'll see you later for a beer at tree house looking forward to it are you singing tonight it's a good idea I don't know myber theme song my national anthem girl uh has driver's ed so um she's not going to be making my annual meeting THS play Old Canada I was like what don't start trouble we've been working um really well with mashby high school and I've really got to give a big shout out to Mr Looney I hung out with Mr rumberger yesterday and the two High School workers that we have for us are such go-getters MH when we were talking about the shutdown and covid and everybody's in their little space about this I got to tell you what this next crop of of amazing young adults I have such high hopes for they are they work they get it they've got a pulse on things they want to be involved uh their their civic Duties are being done considering everything they went through five years ago which is still amazing to me I think that they observed all the drama with their elders and then they were like we're not doing that yeah they have boundaries they uh have been showing up telling me their schedule and then actually doing it it was it's really refreshing they could show me a few things for the last four weeks consistent so I'm like I'm already missing you in May I've already said you're graduated can you please tell the Juniors that I need this level of responsiveness thank you it's great so future has some I really do I'm really excited us to the the crop of humans and and shout out to all of our Educators at uh mashby high school thank you very much I had a great conversation at barnable the other day uh Elijah was here talking about their performing arts and um some of their works that they were doing they got a small little Grant from The Mark Hennessy foundation and they're making amazing music but also the kids that are coming back it's it's just really nice to see the support that we get here on the cape now there's a name Mark Hennessy what a gentleman he was honestly right Slackers I believe is yeah um boy when I first came to the cape 20 22 years ago now we don't we don't I'm not counting your rings you're good my rings you're good Marty obal hula hoops we're all here we're good we're all here picking each other and working together well that's it what's up Cynthia thanks for joining us on the show this morning Susan I love Mr Coffee Mr Coffee right is that that name available I should grab that service you absolutely should good morning an thanks for joining us and it's Mercury and Gatorade oh that's what it was thank you Cindy I appreciate that so on my Facebook page my personal page I post coffee memes every day people are asking if I miss a day I have someone that's going to be sending me coffee rub from Tennessee uh so it's it's it's progressing it's like a rub it's it's interesting I'll start a theme Cap Cod coffee club or something I don't know too funny I found myself on on this talk show circuit would that be something I have been invited for the Cape Cod Women's Conference oh that great to speak on networking so that is coming up well I got a phone call last night invited to another one I'm like oh no now I've made the circuit so I'll be giving these talks on branding and networking and I would love for you to join me at a couple of these I've got a couple this month a couple next month and uh I don't know Marty I I think I think I might have found my fourth side hustle it's all good we'll get you these paper programs on Sunday mornings after this commercial time 3 two in the morning God Almighty yeah right if I'm here CD Now from Stephanie I could I could be like the next Mel Robbins watch out watch out but par part of the C chamber job also is the networking component the uh the exchange of ideas business cards just breaking the ice so to speak is the best thing for well and that's exactly it this is a conversation that I'm going to be giving I think there's a couple of seats left so ladies if you want to come and have this conversation with me it's Susan costell um and I'm looking forward to it but also maximizing that you know we all have a small amount of time in our day to utilize what your Chambers give you as a g together you know your your wine and cheese moments where you can have a conversation with other businesses but are you using that to its full potential so this is kind of the the conversation that I'm having to maximize those moments and and crafting your group of people and crafting your next um possible client or maybe you're finding the people that you need to find in your circle this is great too your group we're just mentioning now e for all all these great great just good people out there there's so many entrepreneurs who've got that idea but they just know how to go forward with that the chamber can support you also but eforall goes more in depth as you know you get paralyzed when it's like that because everybody's coming at you everybody's gonna tell you how to do things right yes it's like being in radio we will tell you until we're blue in the face here what you say how is great you should do all these things but actually deciding what is good for you and then making those moves can be daunting and uh I I got a couple of tips for you that's all figure it out for yourself uh but I will point you in the right direction good morning Miss Lauren can I just give Lauren from opis a big shout out we H it's Grant season right yes it is so our fabulous grant writer has been writing all these grants and and we've got three or four of them in uh for our big Ideas right we all think these are great ideas and it's we always need more money there's never there's never enough money to do the things that we want to do right it's always the budget we can't do that we want to do this and so we were in the process of writing this grant for one piece of of one of our businesses and our nonprofit and uh we were including Lauren and she said no Stephanie needs it for this write it for thises and I I just I love you I'm so thankful that you're in my space and it is because of eforall but it's also because we put ourselves out here every single day to support others and I love the fact that you were like no Stephanie needs that money for this and we believe in this project and I want to be a part of it but this project needs to happen so I can be a part of it it's good to have mentors and coaches too to push you along and guide you the right way too so take yourself out of things is if I can say anything to anybody do something for somebody else first before you take it for yourself I know that we get little visioned when we want something done sometimes but if you pull out and look at the big picture and work together collaboratively I think this is kind of the thing that we've missed here in America where we're you know it's all social media it's share and click so to speak but actually saying that doing this in person is also great like our networking events too 100% so you've got tons of business after hours business before hours yes next Thursday actually has a q me in for that you're welcome thank you so much next THS I like this um next Thursday we have our business after hours the Cape Cod 5 headquarters on on i road so it's a cool place if you've not seen it it's rare to get in there for an event so give a chance campus it's the campus yes so sorry I know definitely get in there you're invited yeah I'm a member we got you karaoke or yeah thanks smarty I know what I'm good for it's too funny we have a couple of things happening and you can always go to our chamber pages and click on events absolutely uh so this one we've got where working with seed we're also working with the town of mashpi uh for our businesses basic business fundamentals and this is put on by seed and this is absolutely free and this is free to anyone not just members so this is really nice and also following that is another um conference right after so it's a full day at Cape space shout out to Kim marshan who is opening Cape space for us so I've known for coffee she's known for her red shoes that's it she's got a red shoes on and she's ready to go so Kim was the EXA the board chair for the dentist Chamber of Commerce years ago when I got involved with chamber world so uh she's been a great help and mentor to me too so well and that's it and she's she's growing her networking groups as well 2005 we don't count rings once again we're good I like the Rings never have to identify your age here you're safe yes mother you're going to school today M we have a nice taser gun I can see you not the taser gun we have a nice filter on and this HD we're good nice filter yes City yeah we're all good not even sweating you're just glistening it's a yes shimmering like Edward Cullen in the Twilight series Shing in the morning what a tagline for a morning so we're getting together seed is put this on and uh so we'll start the morning with basic business fundamentals and we'll end with basic business financials and I know that can be scary sometimes and I know if you're in your business and you're growing and you're not sure if you need a loan or you're SK and you're just in a weird place and we tend to get this way this time of year so uh businesses I am talking to you but also people that are supporting businesses please shop locally we have places like the North Falmouth cheese shop that basically she's laid out everything going on in her business online and I know a lot of us do this at this point where we're just like but she is desperate for people to come and support her but she doesn't have enough money to pay her vendors to get enough product to get get more customers it's in that weird lull January was so hard I've heard from every single one of our business owners that said it was the worst month in their remembrance of business that's scary we have uncertainty in the world in a lot of ways too so people hesitant to really commit financially to certain things the stock market food cost we talked about eggs a couple weeks ago yeah so incorporating that cost expense increase to your uh food cost is also really high so you still move on but you know stuff to operate your business and and what does that what does that look like to you you know what I mean good morning Erica thanks for joining us on the show Michelle this is like watching a Stock Market ticker folks all these people that are are messaging here I'm watching this it's like look at this right I know sell we can't sell it Erica uh from we just gave you a huge shout out um for our our food vendors but she said I totally understand like this is where it's at and everybody can relate to that January lull that we had we're still digging out from it here in March so please get out there and support your local businesses as much as you can and take those times to to go and if you can buy it locally please do so very much so um our guide books and stuff are starting up for all of us so it's another thing that's the next project no stress this is what I'm learning right now the es and flows of the Season you think I'm like oh and this and then once annual meeting's over I'll be fine no it's Now guide book season and this is um actually it's it's it's challenging to do but it's also nice to Showcase everything as you put the thing together the booklet together and the online component for digital you're ahead of me and you've been doing this for longer so you have a pulse on it I it's tough to get everything together also you're s I'm sorry you're selling ads in in January when it's slow too yeah it's very tough to set to promote a business say listen get these ads now even though your cash flow has diminished that particular time of year but those visitors guide this I I mail probably 5 to 10 of them a week out to vacationers everywhere so it is something if you're a business you want your ad in um also we're Distributing this year to the mid Cape because we're anticipating people wanting to come and visit us from your area especially in a rainy day you can shop at the commons you can go to the Cap Cod Children's Museum we've got a lot of things for you to do here in Mash p and uh I one room Schoolhouse I got to have a little field trip with our high school students we went over and S Richard just serer over at our town archives and to just walk through the archives and see all of the amazing things that are in that little area uh but they'll pull everything out of their climate controlled basement and put it back into the one room Schoolhouse and it's definitely uh the oldest one on Cape Cod and definitely worth stopping through when you visit us here in Mash so the Chamber of executive directors I'll I'll toot everybody's I give an acknowledgement work so hard to get these books done yeah yeah uh besides the annual dinner and meetings like we're having you're having T tomorrow night tonight tonight right so um is so much involved in that it's showcasing basically what your chamers accomplished highlighting members for certain Awards it's a big thing but also our passionate about it to make it work too so but that's it it's that fine line of getting enough ads to pay for the magazine but then also getting real stories about your town in there right real highlights of what is happening and why people should come and visit us uh and then packaging that and making sure that it goes to the right places so that it does in fact Drive tourism to your space right your little slice of Cape Cod exactly it's a lot of work involved but the end result is really great too yeah um in hyenas we actually partnered with the Yarman Dennis Chambers of Commerce midcap magazine and that's gone really really well um the 35 40,000 books that we go through it's amazing crazy plus the online component too yeah U which is great you know for US tech or semi tiies I know you can just go to mashby chamber.com and see our last year's magazine and browse through it it's going to be a little bit bigger this year so that means I have to sell more things no big deal so you going to a magazine format another a booklet we have a booklet and uh online it's it's our digital magazine as well so it's always there year round in case you're curious different chambers have different formats that we use we actually went to a u a magazine format uh it's been successful sort of like a tabletop book nice but again everybody's different with stuff ours is just a visitor's guide and I think it works for us you know we'll grab it and we'll go through there we get your feedback what works what doesn't work yeah we're also working on having an in-person kiosk this year to be a little bit more accessible this summer nice um and we do we're working with another map company to have that that's the number one thing I get asked for do you have a map yes I do it's not a very detailed map but I have a map for you do I have a map come to the chamber yeah right and right now we just are downstairs in the cape space Lobby so I would like to get us out in public and have a few more opportunities to talk to people would you able here's the would you able to get an outside display put some brochures at without yeah so that's what we're working on right now hopefully somewhere near the rotary or a space inside of the mash B Commons there are a couple of opportunities for us right now so who's going to man that it's probably going to be me you wanted it you got it press button for Stephanie's phone call cellone hi it's me yes it's I live in a parking lot now what's up I'm not above anything Marty I'll do it if helps I live in a parking lot now you can't make it home this is where I do my show in a parking lot it's cool what do I need to do for an ad Cindy we will talk oh places yes in order to be part of Buzzards Bay Farmers Market we need the funds to Source it way more impactful in a community together and I so appreciate you Lauren I really do it's going to happen one way or another it's going to happen I don't know what it's going to look like right now but yes the canal the canal Farmers Market is happening so lot of work oh everybody puts those together but it gets gets the folks out it does and it gives my children a job I was like Lily guess what you're the market manager this year so complaints go to her no break from college here you go boom no she needs to pay for college how you think she's doing that cookie sales right hey shout out to our Girl Scouts on my honor I will try the toughest thing is saying you walking by can't have any oh well it is national girl scout day today it is and I still remember my Girl Scout honor uh my my little oath of being my little girl scout it's green season baby let's go what's your favorite cookie well they used to be called Samoas and now they're caramel delights because apparently that was inappropriate SOC we can't have that it's not no then we shouldn't be on the air no we definitely should be here but we're still here we're still here we're on Facebook we're with the old right we have to worry about Facebook and Linkedin a little bit of YouTube here and there that hasn't canceled us yet radio would have that button yeah we were five actually we probably need 30 second delay for us exactly there's a lot how do you know we're not doing that right now no so quick question for you when you were in radio what was the the worst song You Ever Had to play that you had to play Anything by nickel back I feel like it was always the nickel back yeah all the other oldie stuff didn't bother me I enjoyed that I worked for a blue station I worked for a country station that was painful all around so I just kind of lowered that down and only you know so I I was at what we call middle of the road format back in the80s there the good old middle of the road format um it's not real my first song I had to play was Disco Duck by Rick De and I'm like this is what my job is involved in you did it again I did it again Mari I'm sorry she was like now I'm gonna have Disco Duck stuck in my head yeah that quacking song yeah or Muskrat Love by the captain was not good that was not a good one you husband we could do a red edition of that absolutely not no no when we do he'll do one karaokey song with me and it's John primy only because John PR has one key and it's John Pry so he can for someone who is so musically gifted he cannot sing wow he cannot hold a tune he is just off so I brought up Disco Duck quack quack um and does anybody sing that karaoke request that no and was such a big hit for a long time no I had a lot of Chapel Rowan on Friday uh what else did we we had some good ones um Rosie loves to sing Joanie Mitchell although even Joanie Mitchell doesn't sound like Janie Mitchell anymore so uh what is your favorite what is your karaoke go-to out there just curious that's a good topic for the day right I'll do Elvis stuff sometimes yeah yeah you get up there you're not embarrassed no I mean me and I get some good up there oh my God embargo he is the champion of all bad ideas that's a business card line right champion of all bad ideas I get up there sometimes MCV I wonder if the cheese shop would be interested in a popup you know what I can absolutely connect to you Michelle I will I'll be happy to do so good morning Miss Cheryl I'm so sad I missed you over at Marie's Awards she had an award ceremony going on over at bad Martha uh my my SAT Sunday afternoon I know my Sunday afternoon got blown to Smither when my computer exploded then I had to we had to drive to hang him and bring it to the doctor Apple doctor and I was supposed to go to shipwreck and then I was supposed to stop at bad Martha and support all these wonderful Charities you know what it's like trying to get to everyone and support everybody's events I three in two hours a couple Saturdays ago and I just uh I had to rudely just disappear I didn't want to say goodbye but at least you showed your face I to go I feel like that's important just showing up sometimes is half I miss the best parts sometimes right it is what it is that's true although you notice whenever you go to a party that's kind of lame and then you leave early the the you missed it you missed it you should have been there blah yeah so actually one of the thing the events I had to go to was the core July had a ribbon cutting on Main Street Hy and tomorrow another wonderful business so she took a lot of great pictures so I what I miss I can see her photography stuff so and then Erica's got her belonging together books that is in that shop as well now so just a great ad to Main Street hyas too I love it they've done so much work and I cannot believe how cordel ey has exploded on the scene so again another wonderful place on cap yeah to visit we really do do not ever complain to me that there is nothing to do or you are bored because I do not want to hear it we Stephanie office exactly well that is how we've become the Hub this is why people text us and call us all the time because they know we know what is good yeah and they're too lazy to look online apparently I still got actually a couple weeks ago can you make me dinner reservations for two at 8 o'clock on I'm like girl here's phone number going you're nice time what time do I meet you there it's like me talking to my kids you have a computer in your hand oh unbelievable look it up yeah what's the craziest question you've received so far as a chamber director um I really haven't gotten anything crazy it's mostly what's the weather like what's the weather like what it how is it going to be on whatever it is October 11th I lady I don't know I'm not the Farmer's Almanac but I'm I'm laughing you know I said we're we're Cape Cloud it could be sunny it could be cloudy it could be spring weather you literally just don't know we are coastal especially being on the cape we got different bodies of water different temperatures we can go through this whole history about the meteor meteorologic stuff but yeah so Yarmouth could have five inches of snow Dennis could have two inches of snow it all depends what is the craziest thing you've been asked you've been at this longer than why is there no parking on Main Street hyas one of them that's the nicest one I've received so far I do not know yeah do you get people that call you about history stuff because you got the Kenedy Museum and this time of year we have the seniors call who are coming up from the south to come up here here the bus the bus tours um the redot ladies we've had we've had um you get a lot of fun ones you don't necessarily get the bus tours the bus tours are great um I had one person just talk to me for 25 minutes about you know the kennedies and then the Bri Grandpa father was involved with the brid meanwhile you're updating the website exactly the brid my her grandfather was helping build the born Bridge yeah I'm like wow you know so a lot of stories a lot of interesting things I can mention on there well you've got the the museum and I think most people I think associate henus with the kennedies for for whatever reason that is what it is one woman last year was Adam and she said she could go on the lawn of the household and have a picnic and I'm like I don't believe that's possible ma'am no people are living there still yeah I don't think that's possible I I'm a taxpayer I said well so are they so but I didn't want to get an argum right we have driven down several times to go park right near their house to watch the fireworks years pasted but people just uh they are what they are right it's part of this job yeah there's a lot that's part of this job radio years ago when uh Saturday night request you take that request line you never know you're answering it live and cold calling you don't know who's you're GNA answer see that was part of the f I I feel like radio prepared me for this job it do oh it could 25 years of the most ridiculous Fone calls I've ever fielded in my entire life and then clean them up and put them on the air so we queued up to 45 but the record player broke so what we have this we live through it see that's the FCC now I got sorry don't fire me don't fire me um traffic season it is construction season please pack your patience I think every place has got something going on wearmouth hyanis 151 right now everyone that's my favorite thing to go on the towy pages what's going on with the trees 151 used to be a rum now it's a a road condition we're worried about here 100% it is no longer the center of your scorpion bow it is something I have to drive through every day that is kind of resembling a scorpion bowl right now that could be medicinal Rel if you wanted to not too much before you're driving it was hysterical yesterday I go to leave my my street and they're like oh no ma'am your Road is closed you have to go the other way what wait what just shut it off I've got big cranes in my backyard right now doing I don't even know what I wonder if I can request them to cut down some trees for me while they're at it if right hey buddy you could hold up the signs like they did in Congress a couple weeks ago God not to get in politics but you hold up signs that could work I like that I that's a good campaign I never said it hopefully never happens at our annual meeting with the members put sign my God please don't give him any ideas he's coming to an annual meeting shout out to our friends here once again at Mash PTV for supporting us hosting goes wild absolutely if you want to use this studio be part of what they've got going on please be a member uh memberships are affordable and it's a great place to check out this facility is fabulous uh so definitely check out a membership at Mash PTV hi Miss Lori Lori good to see your face here I see that you're on a journey yourself of slim and triming looking good my friend congratulations I know every moment is a hard work yes yes just as I'm speaking about my high school workers I get the text message I'm staying at school today I have to do work it's perfect an rtb they'll always be samoas they're Caramel Delight sir you're rude objection all right let everybody know how to get a hold of you if you got something going on so.com is our website Marty aus.com is the uh email address and social media highest chamber yeah on Facebook Instagram and you if you have a classic car still time to get involved no time you can just go to highest.com and there's a drop down menu for registering for the uh Father's Day car show so ian.com to the website yeah that's your big one it's yeah this this year we're expecting 60,000 people how do you even deal with an event that size the first year we did this I was involved in it I was just absolutely overwhelmed I could not believe it's was like leaving Fenway yeah just towards of people but everyone's having fun they're walking their dogs the kids in carriages and just everybody's just having a great time yeah and again we opened this up uh on the in 2022 just after the covid lockdowns or SOA so was getting people out and about too open streets is coming up also in May and hyas on Main Street hyas Main Street uh business improvement district is getting involved with that with the greater High civic association so we'll have more information about that we can talk about that next time yeah I love things planned for spring I'm I'm looking for to it SE for potholes is Martin's 40th year of Martha's Vineyard drums oh Mary congratulations we absolutely love Martin he um you've got the drumming school there the School mhm so it's Martin's 40th year crazy Mash B chamber is turning 40 years old next year and that's a whole another Endeavor I just looked at it I was like oh God 2026 you sound like do stuff call me Martin I used to play Dr like I didn't do this wait a minute I Didn't Do It psycho thing oh you're the wrong drummer that's why she wee it plugs mashby chamber.com is where you can find us we have our new entrepreneurial membership so I know who got to say it slow uh if you want to join the mash chamber you can do so at a discounted prices but you get all the benefits of being a regular member including being part of our networking events and we have some sipping shops we have got some morning uh networking events which we're gonna include a free workout so we're going to be doing that over at the center one of our new members and basically come for a free workout once a month we'll have a business networking before work and then you can get on with your day we'll have coffee afterwards of course Marty there'll be coffee I do the cross unfit yeah CrossFit I do that that's called my regular life Marty the cross unfit is not a problem crawler coffee crawler don't make those movements Yem it's not 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for a little while oh God have a good one everybody thank you take care hold on hold done you started with the hands the hands five shows ago