Ben Napier is the co-host of HGTV's Home Town and Home Town Takeover. He joins Heath to discuss the work that he and his wife Erin have done to make their hometown of Laurel, Mississippi a thriving city. He also talks about how he's taken the lessons learned in Laurel and translated them to Wetumpka, Alabama and Fort Morgan, Colorado.

In addition to his work on HGTV, Ben once served as the president of Laurel's Main Street America chapter and ran for a city council seat. He, Erin, and their business partners own three small businesses in the downtown: Laurel Mercantile, Scotsman General Store, and Laurel Mercantile Scent Library.

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