Listen to @Opelika Chamber Chat with @AliRauch presented by @Glymm-Smith October 27

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
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and Oberlanka. Get ready to smile.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
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(00:30):
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(00:52):
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Speaker 3 (01:01):
Get ready to smile, Get ready to smile. Vince mischiev
a GMC. That's what they do. Chamber chat alley Raut.
She's already jumped in there.

Speaker 4 (01:10):
A good morning Alle, Good morning.

Speaker 3 (01:12):
How you doing.

Speaker 4 (01:13):
I'm doing great. You know, we got an Auburn wind,
we got a Packers win and a Noble Like win.
I mean, it was just a trifecta this weekend. And
feeling good. So happy to start, you know this Monday
as a victory Monday.

Speaker 3 (01:27):
Victory Monday. There you go. And what is going on
with the Chambercomera?

Speaker 4 (01:31):
Well, you know, I am. Actually We've got a slower
week this week, which is great because I'm actually leaving
town after today. I have the honor and privilege of
going up to Indianapolis and I'm going to be leading
a leadership summit of about forty Chamber CEOs from across
the state of Indiana and teaching them everything from how

(01:51):
to build a future ready chamber to AI to creating
a culture that can beat burnout because you know, we're
burnout is a real, real thing. And so I'm really
excited to do that and I'm honored to kind of
share kind of the very the many things that we've
done in here in here in Opalika that have led
us to where we are and get to share some

(02:13):
of that knowledge. So I'll be heading out of town,
but my team will still be here, rocking and rolling.
It is the final week of Reach and so our
reach campaign ends technically on Saturday. So for any of
you who have not yet been in touch with us
or explored an option right now, we have over a
million dollars in inventory in terms of various options price

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points that range from one hundred dollars to you know,
a few thousand dollars, and these are things that are
as targeted as being able to get in front of
just hr professionals to as widespread as promoting your business
among twenty thousand attendees at Snowbalaika or food Truck Friday.

(02:57):
So we are very excited. We are welcoming opalike A
Ford to the snowp alike A family. They are presenting
sponsor this year, so they'll be kicking off the parade
this year. And very excited to be working with Earl
and his team as we gear up for snowp alike
on Friday, December fifth. But really just want to encourage everybody.

(03:18):
We have called over eight hundred members in the last
few weeks alone, so it's been a really good opportunity
to make sure that we're connecting with all of our
members but our volunteers are certainly going to be hitting
it hard over these last couple of days to follow
up with you and and really there's just there are
endless opportunities for us to be able to serve you

(03:38):
and help you market and plan ahead for twenty twenty six.

Speaker 3 (03:42):
There you go. They need to read.

Speaker 4 (03:44):
They can contact Mackenzie at Opega Chamber dot com or
just give us a call at three three four seven
four five four eight six one. It's it's kind of
an all hands on deck situation. Our entire team is hustling,
and we're super grateful for Carlton Hunley with Lambert Moving
Systems for being the chair of this year's campaign. And
special shout out to Brenda Hellam's she is our lead

(04:07):
vice chair with Renaissance Bank right now, she's just doing
incredible things. And then our volunteer of the Week last
week was Stephanie Graham with Alpha Insurance.

Speaker 3 (04:15):
There you go, good job, all right. So we got
some ribbon cuttings late in the week. I see we do.

Speaker 4 (04:20):
We are going to be celebrating the D Lane Agency
ribbon cutting. I think they're located off of Second Avenue
at ten am on Thursday, October third, and then this Friday,
October thirty first, this will be a very exciting one.
I believe this will be may Or Fuller's final ribbon
cutting and it is to unveil and open the new
Springvilla Lodge out at Springvilla Park. So that'll be at

(04:42):
ten am on Friday as well.

Speaker 3 (04:44):
Okay, all right, so we got two ribbon cuttings at
the end of the week, all right, So we were
preparing for Christmas.

Speaker 2 (04:51):
I know that we are.

Speaker 4 (04:52):
We are preparing for Christmas.

Speaker 1 (04:53):
We have parade.

Speaker 4 (04:55):
Entries are closed.

Speaker 3 (04:56):
We already have a.

Speaker 4 (04:57):
Full parade, so we will have one hundred entries fill
in that parade, and so it be, it'll be perfect.
They'll be right out an hour long and then and
then everybody you'll have about forty five minutes to an
hour to get themselves situated at the base of the
tree for the tree lighting ceremony at seven thirty. We're
excited to be celebrating cooking with Cheese. Curd Bryson is

(05:20):
going to be our Grand Marshall this year. We're very
excited to celebrate with him. And yeah, it's just gonna
be a lot of fun.

Speaker 3 (05:27):
Good deal. Anything else with the chime, but we need
to go.

Speaker 4 (05:31):
You know, I don't think so. If anybody's into country music,
but also you know, a patriot at heart, I encourage
you to check out the Freedom Fest. Oh yeah, that's
coming up, So tickets are still available. We're proud to
be a sponsor of that, working with Jamie Poppol and
his team. But that is not this weekend but next weekend,
and so there'll be a concert on Friday night, they'll

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be a breakfast or veterans and a veteran's a parade
that Saturday morning as well. So it should all make
for a really great time.

Speaker 1 (06:03):
Ali.

Speaker 3 (06:03):
Thank you so much, girl, Thank you, good to see you,
Thanks for what you doing. Thanks coming back here every Monday. Okay,
chamber ted on the MARP presentity by glennsmiths Chevlet.

Speaker 1 (06:12):
And this has been opehlaikah chamber Chat presented every Monday
morning at this time by Glenn Smith Chevrolet GMC in Opelaika.
Get ready just smile.

Speaker 2 (06:25):
For work or play. It's Glenn Smith Chevrolet Silverado and
Colorado's ready to roll for Chevy Truck mont Ket going
in a powerful, new full size Chevrolet Silverado with discounts
up to thirteen thousand, five hundred oh test drive the
mid size Chevy Colorado's Big Performance A big discounts up

(06:45):
to five thousand dollars off. People from all over the
USA are coming to Glenn Smith Chevrolet. Get ready to
drive and get ready to smile. Glenn Smith Truck mont
is here. Get massive savings on GMC zerras and canyons.
Check them out. Full size GMC z eras up to
fourteen thousand, five hundred off GMC canyons up to five

(07:09):
thousand colleries. Or take a vattage of zero fors and
financing plus no payments until next year at Glenn Smith
GMC Obulaika now in our thirty third year. Get ready
to smile.