May 13, 2025 • 14 mins
The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce's HYPE program creates a community for young professionals through social events, professional development, and nonprofit engagement. Rebranded five years ago, HYPE (Helping Young Professionals Emerge) focuses on building connections and making Manhattan a place where 18-40 year olds want to live, work, and play.
• Program operates through five pillars: play, engage, develop, connect, and Love MHK
• Monthly "HYPE Happy Hour" on the last Thursday and "Lattes with Leadership" provide regular connection opportunities
• Robust mentorship program pairs members with established business leaders for one-on-one development
• Collaborates with GMCF Young Trustees on nonprofit engagement, including annual Nonprofit Happy Hour
• Membership costs $50 annually, with special rates available for students and certain career fields
• Approximately 300 members across Gary, Riley, and Pottawatomie counties
• Creates belonging that helps retain talent in the Manhattan area
• Next HYPE orientation scheduled for July 8th at the Manhattan Public Library
For more information, visit hypemhk.com or email amove@manhattan.org
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Philanthropy Today is brought to you by the Greater
Manhattan Community Foundation.
In this episode we feature arecently broadcast segment of
the GMCF Community Hour, asheard on NewsRadio KMAN.
We are back with the GMCFCommunity Hour here on NewsRadio
KMAN and our next segment isabout a program that is based
(00:22):
through the Manhattan AreaChamber of Commerce, about a
program that is based throughthe Manhattan Area Chamber of
Commerce, and we'd like to sharea lot of efforts with what
happens with the chamber here onthe GMCF Community Hour.
We have two guests here to talkabout it.
She is the Talent StrategiesManager.
That's a great title.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Allison Thank you?
Speaker 1 (00:37):
How are you today?
Speaker 2 (00:38):
I'm great.
How are you?
You're wearing purple, I amwearing purple.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Yeah, and you don't even have the purple mic.
That's Kay Terrell's job overhere on the other side.
Good morning, kay.
Good morning, glad to have youaboard.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Thank you, glad to be here, yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Kay, let's talk a little bit about this, because
you're the chair of Hype forthis year.
Is it a one-year term?
It's a two-year term, two years.
The chair of our steeringcommittee.
Okay, and this is really just afun group, isn't it?
Speaker 3 (01:05):
It is an incredibly enjoyable group, a lot of really
fun people to work with.
Allison leads us from thechamber standpoint and all we do
is plan ways to engage with ouryoung professionals and enjoy
each other's company.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Yeah, Allison.
How did Hype get started?
Allison, how did Hype getstarted?
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Yeah, so Hype has actually been around for quite a
while.
There was a kind of informalyoung professionals group that
we had that had several members,and then when Jason Smith came
to the chamber about five yearsago, we rebranded and we became
Hype, helping youngprofessionals emerge, and so
that's when the group reallystarted growing and started
developing with distinct pillars, and so that is when it really
(01:51):
started and really started togrow.
So I would contribute it tothat.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
What's the purpose of HYPE?
Speaker 2 (01:57):
The purpose is to help young professionals in our
community connect with otheryoung professionals and make
Manhattan a great place for themto live, work and play here.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Is it largely a social organization?
Would you consider it that?
Speaker 2 (02:09):
I would consider the social component a big part of
Hype.
I think it's a good first stepfor people to get engaged and
get connected with other members.
But there are other elementsthat we have that fold into Hype
.
So we do a lot of professionaldevelopment through hype.
There's opportunities for youto develop yourself through one
(02:33):
of our pillars.
We deal with the philanthropicside, getting to know our
nonprofits here in the community.
We have places where you canrecruit other hype members.
So it just depends on what yourinterests are.
There's really a place foreverybody within the group.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
I know there's a lot of crossover between the
foundation's young trustees, andso this is really kind of a
neat collaboration.
I don't know how muchcollaborating you actually do,
but it does give everybody thatparticipates, I think, a really
good sense of beingcommunity-minded.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Yeah, absolutely.
Gmcf has been a fantasticfounding investor of ours since
really the start of hype, and itgives our members that are
interested in engaging with thenonprofits an opportunity to
dive a little bit deeper and getto know those more through the
(03:29):
young trustees, and so we'vedeveloped quite a few events to
be collaborative.
One of our biggest ones rightnow is the nonprofit happy hour
which we've put on.
This is our second year in arow and we've had at least 30
nonprofits show up, and reallythe point of that is for a
nonprofit to showcase some ofthe unique opportunities they
have, whether that's boardmember positions or volunteering
(03:51):
opportunities or just ways thatthey can raise awareness for
some of their causes and thatyoung professionals can get
engaged.
So we can bridge that gapbetween the two.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
You know I'm way too old to be a member of HYPE.
I don't know.
You do have some age parameters, correct?
Speaker 2 (04:07):
We are usually between the ages of 18 and 40.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Yeah, I'm way outside of that scope, but I did crash
the nonprofit party.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
But we, as we mentioned, we don't card.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
It's one of those things.
It's been a long time sinceI've been carded.
I actually would appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
We really welcome anybody that's willing to engage
with a young professional orpour into a young professional.
So we say 18 to about 40 in theareas of Gary, Riley and
Pottawatomie counties.
Anybody that wants to live,work or play here in Manhattan,
it's open to you.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Kale, when you approach someone who's maybe new
to town or not familiar withHyper, you'd like to see them
get involved.
That's between that 18 and 40year range.
What's your sales pitch to themto get them?
Speaker 3 (04:51):
active, stayed and left town and come back.
I think any way that you cancreate a sense of belonging and
a place of meaning where youlive, work and play, I think our
chances of retaining thattalent and keeping them here in
(05:14):
our area grows substantially.
I was one of those youngprofessionals that moved to
Manhattan in 2021.
I knew some folks, but I reallydidn't have a deep connection
to Manhattan when I firstarrived, and so I got involved
with Hype and it was one of thebest decisions that I've ever
made.
I had a chance to meet othermotivated and engaged young
(05:35):
professionals that want to makeour home a better place and to
create a sense of belongingagain, and I would just
encourage them to come and havea conversation and see what our
program is all about and thatusually, if we can get them to
join us for one event or another, most oftentimes we have a
member that is committed.
How frequently do you meet?
(05:58):
So we have some recurringprogramming.
Allison mentioned that wecertainly are a social club of
sorts.
Every month, we have Hype HappyHour, which is the last
Thursday of the month, and thatis obviously a very popular
event for our youngprofessionals.
We get to socially engage.
(06:18):
There's no formal programmingor any other schedule per se
other than a chance to have acocktail or other beverage with
our young professionals andrelax after work.
We've also grown tremendouslywith our Lattes, with Leadership
event and that is generallyhosted at Brothers Coffee and we
(06:38):
have leaders from around thecommunity with various topics
that come in at eight o'clockand share a message or some
other community event orimportant message that's taking
place.
So those two events have beensomewhat of our structured
month-to-month programming andwe've made a real effort, I
(06:58):
would say over the last twoyears to build in some of our
other areas of professionaldevelopment and other community
impact initiatives that we caneducate and bring our members
into.
That are a little more sporadicin programming.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Allison, you just referred to professional
development.
What are some of thoseactivities that you're involved
in with HYPE?
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Yeah, absolutely.
The first one is we'verestructured our group launch,
which used to be a reoccurringprogram and now we're doing it
quarterly, but it focuses onsome of the topics that come
from our chamber strategic planso that young professionals can
deep dive into that.
So we just had our first one onhousing and what it means for
young professionals to beinvested in the housing
(07:42):
conversations here in Manhattan,and the next one, on June 3rd,
will be focused on child careand what child care is doing for
our community, especially withthe new child care accelerator
that's coming, and so I thinkit's important for young
professionals to be involved inthat conversation.
We also offer a really robustmentorship program through Hype,
(08:02):
and so as a member, as amembership benefit, you get to
be paired with an establishedbusiness leader here in our
community and grow with themone-on-one, and I think that
that's really beneficial becausethey've got a lot of knowledge
that they can share with you,and sometimes you don't always
get that out of a happy hour.
And then we've also tried tofold in some of our larger
(08:24):
chamber initiatives.
So we had a track at the firstever MHK Professional
Development Day and it wasspecifically geared towards
young professionals, and I thinkthat that's really important
because after you know you growout of hype, you're going to
need to still continue to beengaged, and so meeting other
professionals in our communityis really important.
(08:47):
So having that track andgetting to socialize at that
event I think is reallyimportant.
And then, lastly, we try tosupport the Kansas YP Summit.
So not only are we meetingyoung professionals in our
community, but we're goingoutside of our community to meet
other Kansas youngprofessionals, um where they are
, and get to know them a littlebit more, because, um, they will
(09:11):
maybe one day move to Manhattan, kansas, and it's important
that um we know them and, um, asKayle mentioned, if the more
young professionals we have, thebetter our community is going
to be.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Yeah, if um a young person, cale, wants to get
involved, you approach them.
Like I said, you know you'vegot your little elevator speech
that you do and you invite themto events.
Is there a formal process?
And other than being within theage of 18 to 40, what is that
like?
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Yeah, we would encourage and invite any of our
young professionals if they'reinterested in learning more
about hype, coming up on July8th.
We have our annual hypeorientation event scheduled
where we can get a little bitmore personalized with someone
who is new to town, new to thehype program, wants to
understand a little bit more ofhow we engage with our
(09:58):
membership.
So that's perfectly timedcoming up on July 8th for them
to join us at the ManhattanPublic Library More details will
be coming from there, but wehave, you know, approximately
300 members in.
Our program is open to allbusinesses, all young
professionals, like Allison said, generally ages 18 to 40.
(10:21):
We welcome anyone to contributeto our program in that manner.
There are other ways to getinvolved with our pillars.
Allison mentioned that wegenerally achieve our mission
through five pillars and thoseare focused on the areas of play
, engage, develop, connect andour Love MHK pillar, which
(10:42):
exposes our group to a littlebit more of our philanthropic
side in Manhattan.
And so if you, you know, arewanting to be more engaged with
our programming and have alittle bit more impact in our
program, there are endless waysto get involved with those
committees or even share one ofthose committees all the way up
to our steering committee.
Is there a membership fee?
There is a membership fee andwe've had a lot of discussion on
(11:06):
how best to meet our youngprofessionals where they are.
A good bulk of our groups areprovided membership by their
organizations and I think thatspeaks to the level of
commitment from the businesscommunity in Manhattan and
specifically the efforts fromthe chamber in supporting our
local organizations and thepositives that we can achieve
(11:31):
through that.
Our annual membership is $50for young professionals.
We do have some incentiveprograms for students or other
particular career fields if youare involved in those areas.
We've been working verydiligently to improve our
relationship with Fort Riley,with the university, with some
(11:53):
of our other very impactful andimportant entities in our in our
area, and finding the best waythat we can meet those
individuals where they are andmake sure that we are providing
them a space to get connected,and so that's certainly been an
ongoing conversation, you know,within our group as well.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
Allison.
I'm certain that we just kindof scratched the surface of
everything associated with hype,but what are some other things,
maybe, that you'd like to addbefore we move on to our next
segment?
Speaker 2 (12:20):
Yes, cale mentioned, we do have a website so you can
visit us at hypemhkcom or youcan just contact me directly
it's a move at manhattanorg.
Just email me, we'll get youconnected and get you somebody
to go to an event with.
Sometimes, when you go to eventsa little bit intimidating, a
little bit scary, we have youngprofessionals that are willing
(12:41):
to to go beside you and make youfeel welcome in our community.
But one thing I want to mentionis that our just members are
innovative, bring new ideas andstrategies to town, and we just
want to make them feelcomfortable and engaged within
our community, because they'rereally going to be the next
generation of Manhattan'sleadership.
So we really try to do a goodjob of bridging the gap there.
(13:04):
But I do think that sometimeswith young professionals, things
feel daunting or things feelscary, and I think that this
group really does a good job ofjust.
If you ask the right questionsand you meet the right people,
it's going to be reallycomfortable for you to stay here
, especially if you're a studentor you're military or staying
here.
It's really an invitingcommunity and I think that even
(13:27):
our partnership with the YoungTrustees and GMCF really does a
good job of helping you findyour area of expertise, where
you want to stay, and helpingyou get involved.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
So yeah, OK, terrell, thanks for your efforts on this
and spreading the good word.
So thank you.
I'm sure it's going to make,it's going to mean a lot to you
down the road.
Probably does now, doesn't?
Speaker 3 (13:48):
it.
It does.
Like I said, I was a new youngprofessional to our community,
um, and, and the hype programoffered me a space to meet
people and get connected, um,and I'll forever be thankful for
that.
And, uh, manhattan is certainlyhome, um, and they're a big
reason for that, allison, thankyou?
Speaker 2 (14:03):
Yeah, of course, I think it's a great opportunity,
a great program and very muchlike Kale, I moved to the area
and it's really been a greatplace to get to know people, so
I welcome anybody that's wantingthat opportunity.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
Our next segment features Mary Ice.
We're going to be speakingabout the Symphony in the Flint
Hills coming up here in just acouple of moments.
This is the GMCF Community Hour.
We do this every Monday morningat 10 on NewsRadio KMAN.
Philanthropy Today is brought to you by the Greater
Manhattan Community Foundation.
In this episode we feature arecently broadcast segment of
the GMCF Community Hour, asheard on NewsRadio KMAN.
We are back with the GMCFCommunity Hour here on NewsRadio
KMAN and our next segment isabout a program that is based
(00:22):
through the Manhattan AreaChamber of Commerce, about a
program that is based throughthe Manhattan Area Chamber of
Commerce, and we'd like to sharea lot of efforts with what
happens with the chamber here onthe GMCF Community Hour.
We have two guests here to talkabout it.
She is the Talent StrategiesManager.
That's a great title.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Allison Thank you?
Speaker 1 (00:37):
How are you today?
Speaker 2 (00:38):
I'm great.
How are you?
You're wearing purple, I amwearing purple.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Yeah, and you don't even have the purple mic.
That's Kay Terrell's job overhere on the other side.
Good morning, kay.
Good morning, glad to have youaboard.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Thank you, glad to be here, yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Kay, let's talk a little bit about this, because
you're the chair of Hype forthis year.
Is it a one-year term?
It's a two-year term, two years.
The chair of our steeringcommittee.
Okay, and this is really just afun group, isn't it?
Speaker 3 (01:05):
It is an incredibly enjoyable group, a lot of really
fun people to work with.
Allison leads us from thechamber standpoint and all we do
is plan ways to engage with ouryoung professionals and enjoy
each other's company.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Yeah, Allison.
How did Hype get started?
Allison, how did Hype getstarted?
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Yeah, so Hype has actually been around for quite a
while.
There was a kind of informalyoung professionals group that
we had that had several members,and then when Jason Smith came
to the chamber about five yearsago, we rebranded and we became
Hype, helping youngprofessionals emerge, and so
that's when the group reallystarted growing and started
developing with distinct pillars, and so that is when it really
(01:51):
started and really started togrow.
So I would contribute it tothat.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
What's the purpose of HYPE?
Speaker 2 (01:57):
The purpose is to help young professionals in our
community connect with otheryoung professionals and make
Manhattan a great place for themto live, work and play here.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Is it largely a social organization?
Would you consider it that?
Speaker 2 (02:09):
I would consider the social component a big part of
Hype.
I think it's a good first stepfor people to get engaged and
get connected with other members.
But there are other elementsthat we have that fold into Hype
.
So we do a lot of professionaldevelopment through hype.
There's opportunities for youto develop yourself through one
(02:33):
of our pillars.
We deal with the philanthropicside, getting to know our
nonprofits here in the community.
We have places where you canrecruit other hype members.
So it just depends on what yourinterests are.
There's really a place foreverybody within the group.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
I know there's a lot of crossover between the
foundation's young trustees, andso this is really kind of a
neat collaboration.
I don't know how muchcollaborating you actually do,
but it does give everybody thatparticipates, I think, a really
good sense of beingcommunity-minded.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Yeah, absolutely.
Gmcf has been a fantasticfounding investor of ours since
really the start of hype, and itgives our members that are
interested in engaging with thenonprofits an opportunity to
dive a little bit deeper and getto know those more through the
(03:29):
young trustees, and so we'vedeveloped quite a few events to
be collaborative.
One of our biggest ones rightnow is the nonprofit happy hour
which we've put on.
This is our second year in arow and we've had at least 30
nonprofits show up, and reallythe point of that is for a
nonprofit to showcase some ofthe unique opportunities they
have, whether that's boardmember positions or volunteering
(03:51):
opportunities or just ways thatthey can raise awareness for
some of their causes and thatyoung professionals can get
engaged.
So we can bridge that gapbetween the two.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
You know I'm way too old to be a member of HYPE.
I don't know.
You do have some age parameters, correct?
Speaker 2 (04:07):
We are usually between the ages of 18 and 40.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Yeah, I'm way outside of that scope, but I did crash
the nonprofit party.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
But we, as we mentioned, we don't card.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
It's one of those things.
It's been a long time sinceI've been carded.
I actually would appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
We really welcome anybody that's willing to engage
with a young professional orpour into a young professional.
So we say 18 to about 40 in theareas of Gary, Riley and
Pottawatomie counties.
Anybody that wants to live,work or play here in Manhattan,
it's open to you.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Kale, when you approach someone who's maybe new
to town or not familiar withHyper, you'd like to see them
get involved.
That's between that 18 and 40year range.
What's your sales pitch to themto get them?
Speaker 3 (04:51):
active, stayed and left town and come back.
I think any way that you cancreate a sense of belonging and
a place of meaning where youlive, work and play, I think our
chances of retaining thattalent and keeping them here in
(05:14):
our area grows substantially.
I was one of those youngprofessionals that moved to
Manhattan in 2021.
I knew some folks, but I reallydidn't have a deep connection
to Manhattan when I firstarrived, and so I got involved
with Hype and it was one of thebest decisions that I've ever
made.
I had a chance to meet othermotivated and engaged young
(05:35):
professionals that want to makeour home a better place and to
create a sense of belongingagain, and I would just
encourage them to come and havea conversation and see what our
program is all about and thatusually, if we can get them to
join us for one event or another, most oftentimes we have a
member that is committed.
How frequently do you meet?
(05:58):
So we have some recurringprogramming.
Allison mentioned that wecertainly are a social club of
sorts.
Every month, we have Hype HappyHour, which is the last
Thursday of the month, and thatis obviously a very popular
event for our youngprofessionals.
We get to socially engage.
(06:18):
There's no formal programmingor any other schedule per se
other than a chance to have acocktail or other beverage with
our young professionals andrelax after work.
We've also grown tremendouslywith our Lattes, with Leadership
event and that is generallyhosted at Brothers Coffee and we
(06:38):
have leaders from around thecommunity with various topics
that come in at eight o'clockand share a message or some
other community event orimportant message that's taking
place.
So those two events have beensomewhat of our structured
month-to-month programming andwe've made a real effort, I
(06:58):
would say over the last twoyears to build in some of our
other areas of professionaldevelopment and other community
impact initiatives that we caneducate and bring our members
into.
That are a little more sporadicin programming.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Allison, you just referred to professional
development.
What are some of thoseactivities that you're involved
in with HYPE?
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Yeah, absolutely.
The first one is we'verestructured our group launch,
which used to be a reoccurringprogram and now we're doing it
quarterly, but it focuses onsome of the topics that come
from our chamber strategic planso that young professionals can
deep dive into that.
So we just had our first one onhousing and what it means for
young professionals to beinvested in the housing
(07:42):
conversations here in Manhattan,and the next one, on June 3rd,
will be focused on child careand what child care is doing for
our community, especially withthe new child care accelerator
that's coming, and so I thinkit's important for young
professionals to be involved inthat conversation.
We also offer a really robustmentorship program through Hype,
(08:02):
and so as a member, as amembership benefit, you get to
be paired with an establishedbusiness leader here in our
community and grow with themone-on-one, and I think that
that's really beneficial becausethey've got a lot of knowledge
that they can share with you,and sometimes you don't always
get that out of a happy hour.
And then we've also tried tofold in some of our larger
(08:24):
chamber initiatives.
So we had a track at the firstever MHK Professional
Development Day and it wasspecifically geared towards
young professionals, and I thinkthat that's really important
because after you know you growout of hype, you're going to
need to still continue to beengaged, and so meeting other
professionals in our communityis really important.
(08:47):
So having that track andgetting to socialize at that
event I think is reallyimportant.
And then, lastly, we try tosupport the Kansas YP Summit.
So not only are we meetingyoung professionals in our
community, but we're goingoutside of our community to meet
other Kansas youngprofessionals, um where they are
, and get to know them a littlebit more, because, um, they will
(09:11):
maybe one day move to Manhattan, kansas, and it's important
that um we know them and, um, asKayle mentioned, if the more
young professionals we have, thebetter our community is going
to be.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Yeah, if um a young person, cale, wants to get
involved, you approach them.
Like I said, you know you'vegot your little elevator speech
that you do and you invite themto events.
Is there a formal process?
And other than being within theage of 18 to 40, what is that
like?
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Yeah, we would encourage and invite any of our
young professionals if they'reinterested in learning more
about hype, coming up on July8th.
We have our annual hypeorientation event scheduled
where we can get a little bitmore personalized with someone
who is new to town, new to thehype program, wants to
understand a little bit more ofhow we engage with our
(09:58):
membership.
So that's perfectly timedcoming up on July 8th for them
to join us at the ManhattanPublic Library More details will
be coming from there, but wehave, you know, approximately
300 members in.
Our program is open to allbusinesses, all young
professionals, like Allison said, generally ages 18 to 40.
(10:21):
We welcome anyone to contributeto our program in that manner.
There are other ways to getinvolved with our pillars.
Allison mentioned that wegenerally achieve our mission
through five pillars and thoseare focused on the areas of play
, engage, develop, connect andour Love MHK pillar, which
(10:42):
exposes our group to a littlebit more of our philanthropic
side in Manhattan.
And so if you, you know, arewanting to be more engaged with
our programming and have alittle bit more impact in our
program, there are endless waysto get involved with those
committees or even share one ofthose committees all the way up
to our steering committee.
Is there a membership fee?
There is a membership fee andwe've had a lot of discussion on
(11:06):
how best to meet our youngprofessionals where they are.
A good bulk of our groups areprovided membership by their
organizations and I think thatspeaks to the level of
commitment from the businesscommunity in Manhattan and
specifically the efforts fromthe chamber in supporting our
local organizations and thepositives that we can achieve
(11:31):
through that.
Our annual membership is $50for young professionals.
We do have some incentiveprograms for students or other
particular career fields if youare involved in those areas.
We've been working verydiligently to improve our
relationship with Fort Riley,with the university, with some
(11:53):
of our other very impactful andimportant entities in our in our
area, and finding the best waythat we can meet those
individuals where they are andmake sure that we are providing
them a space to get connected,and so that's certainly been an
ongoing conversation, you know,within our group as well.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
Allison.
I'm certain that we just kindof scratched the surface of
everything associated with hype,but what are some other things,
maybe, that you'd like to addbefore we move on to our next
segment?
Speaker 2 (12:20):
Yes, cale mentioned, we do have a website so you can
visit us at hypemhkcom or youcan just contact me directly
it's a move at manhattanorg.
Just email me, we'll get youconnected and get you somebody
to go to an event with.
Sometimes, when you go to eventsa little bit intimidating, a
little bit scary, we have youngprofessionals that are willing
(12:41):
to to go beside you and make youfeel welcome in our community.
But one thing I want to mentionis that our just members are
innovative, bring new ideas andstrategies to town, and we just
want to make them feelcomfortable and engaged within
our community, because they'rereally going to be the next
generation of Manhattan'sleadership.
So we really try to do a goodjob of bridging the gap there.
(13:04):
But I do think that sometimeswith young professionals, things
feel daunting or things feelscary, and I think that this
group really does a good job ofjust.
If you ask the right questionsand you meet the right people,
it's going to be reallycomfortable for you to stay here
, especially if you're a studentor you're military or staying
here.
It's really an invitingcommunity and I think that even
(13:27):
our partnership with the YoungTrustees and GMCF really does a
good job of helping you findyour area of expertise, where
you want to stay, and helpingyou get involved.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
So yeah, OK, terrell, thanks for your efforts on this
and spreading the good word.
So thank you.
I'm sure it's going to make,it's going to mean a lot to you
down the road.
Probably does now, doesn't?
Speaker 3 (13:48):
it.
It does.
Like I said, I was a new youngprofessional to our community,
um, and, and the hype programoffered me a space to meet
people and get connected, um,and I'll forever be thankful for
that.
And, uh, manhattan is certainlyhome, um, and they're a big
reason for that, allison, thankyou?
Speaker 2 (14:03):
Yeah, of course, I think it's a great opportunity,
a great program and very muchlike Kale, I moved to the area
and it's really been a greatplace to get to know people, so
I welcome anybody that's wantingthat opportunity.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
Our next segment features Mary Ice.
We're going to be speakingabout the Symphony in the Flint
Hills coming up here in just acouple of moments.
This is the GMCF Community Hour.
We do this every Monday morningat 10 on NewsRadio KMAN.
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