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Christopher Smith, Executive Director of the South Carolina Bar and Tavern Association joined me remotely to fill us in on the latest happening with liquor liability laws in South Carolina.

More venues and bars continue to close or struggle to afford liability insurance and the SC Justice Acts continues to be stalled.

With special sessions coming up and the June 11th South Carolina primaries around the corner I decided to release this episode a day early so more people could hear it and get out to the primaries to let our lawmakers know where we stand with our vote.

This might seem like just a South Carolina issue, but could very well happen in any state and in any industry. Small business owners across the country already sacrifice, scrap and give blood, sweat and tears to make their dreams come true, provide for their families, and employee members of the community, that they should not be put out of business by personal injury attorneys, legislators and insurance companies.

It is time to bring some personal responsibility back to our communities and country.

Please share with your friends and family here in South Carolina and beyond!

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Community Remembrance preserves truthful historic narratives, but also is working to emphasize the resilience of the Black community. 

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Pamela Adams and Charnise Mangle to learn more about the Community Remembrance Project and what led them to their contributions to this Project. We also discuss the impact of trauma across generations, and how the history of civil rights is or is not being taught here in the Upstate of South Carolina or across the country. 

To learn more about Community Remembrance Project please visit: 

https://www.remembranceprojectgvlsc.org/

and

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James (Jim) J. Hennigan, Esq joins the show in conversation today, to discuss GOAL Justice of Greenville, human rights, and more.  Jim currently runs his own LLC providing in-house counsel services on a wide range of subjects. His career has primarily been in corporate law, after receiving his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, and his law degree from Emory University. School of Law. 

Jim and I ask and try to answer some of the toughest questions facing our communities: 

What is Justice? 

What is affordable housing and who deserves this? 

What are basic human rights? 

Jim has been involved with GOAL here in Greenville since the beginning and felt a call to justice actions after a conversation with his son. 

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This week I am in Conversation with the founders of an Award-Winning local craft brewery where Greenville, South Carolina locals, families, dogs, and craft beer lovers traverse to. Tetrad Brewing Company is a true-to-style, small-batch craft brewery that started with a Mr. Beer kit, family and a pure love for high-quality craft beer. Stop into the taproom to experience the city's best local craft beer. 

Tetrad Brewing Co. owners Chad & John celebrate all things family and community. Listen in to hear how they Brew 4 Love. 

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Heath Dillard, President & CEO of VisitGreenvilleSC joins us in conversation.  This episode is not a sales pitch to come visit Greenville, SC (though we'd love you to check it out), but an informational conversation about tourism. 

Heath shares his career journey to VisitGreenvilleSC, and how a career in tourism during Covid prepared him to answer community concerns about the impact of tourism. We talk the tourism impact on our cities and states, how this can be misrepresented or misunderstood. 

Heath is also a member of the board of directors for Travel and Tourism Research Association. He has a heart not only for the place that is Greenville but the community that is Greenville. 

Join us in conversation to learn more about an industry that often faces opposition. 

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Jonathan Willis, Founder of Farm Fresh Fast, a meal prep and farm-to-table fast food joint in South Carolina joins me in conversation. 

Jonathan and I think it is time to get a little fired up (passionate) about where your food comes from. In this conversation, we learn about Farm Fresh Fast and some of their newest initiatives calling attention to how things are done behind the scenes, but we also get into the corporate greed of it all. 

But if you take only one thing away from this episode it should be... You Vote With Your Dollars; listen in and hear what I mean. 

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On this episode of Conversation Mill, I welcome two friends of mine, Jordan Wong and Josh Wilson. 

Jordan, a personal trainer, and professional powerlifter, took the leap to open his own gym when the facility he was working at shut it doors in the post-pandemic gym landscape. During the Covid lockdowns, Jordan opened his garage to friends and training clients as a temporary gym. From this one action, he created a culture that those of us who took advantage of his garage wanted to return to post-lockdowns. Resulting in Jordan opening Showcase Strength & Fitness, in Port Charlotte, Florida.

Josh, a personal trainer and powerlifter, followed not too far behind Jordan, opening his own private training studio, The Vault Strength & Fitness, in Sarasota, Florida. Bringing in other coaches looking for an elevated fitness environment to train their clients. 

Before becoming friends Jordan, Josh and I worked at the same 6-gym chain in Southwest Florida; until they were sold and I moved on.  We experienced changes in leadership (including my promotion and departure), booms in membership and droughts, the sale of the gyms, and ultimately Jordan and Josh experienced their locations closing. 

They took those experiences, their extensive knowledge of personal fitness, their skills, and their determination to work independently to create successful training facilities. Join us as we find out what their driving force is, and what makes their locations different than the big box gym down the street.

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In 2023, Real Estate Agent Stephanie Burger, had 61 transactions for a value of 25+ million. She is rated 5 stars and ranks in the .5% of over 3500 Greenville MLS agents. 

So it is not just my opinion that she is one of the best. Her ability to negotiate, be one step ahead, and bring her local expertise to the table gets her clients the home they are looking for or the sale they want. 

She joins me in conversation to discuss what home buyers are looking for here in the Greenville, SC market, but also what it takes to be successful in real estate, how important community is and more. 

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Table Rock Tea Company, Ltd. is artisan tea grown in the United States, gorwning in the shadow of the Table Rock State Park, in Pickens, South Carolina. 

Founders, Steve and Jennifer Lorch, are also the founders of Hydromissions International, so their roots for charitable giving run deep here at the tea company.  10% of ALL sales goes to charity through their ConnectiviTea™ Fund.  

Steve joins me in conversation and we talk much more than tea. Steve is an inventor, former surgical nurse, author and serial entrepreneur. His latest book All In (again): Unsolicited Advice From A Serial Entrepreneur is full of bit sized examples and stories to learn from small business success and failures. 

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Surgeon, Scott Porter, joins me on this first episode of season 4 to share how he founded Just Cause Apparel to replenish his surgery tank.  Now he is not only refilling his cup of hope but spreading that hope by giving back with the profits of Just Cause. 

Scott is the Vice Chair of Operations in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Prisma Health in Greenville, SC, and the Co-Founder of Just Cause Apparel. He attended the Yale School of Medicine and in the course of his career, has run a non-profit, Sarcoma Warriors. 

If you need some motivation to follow that dream you have always had or need some motivation to start that side business to replace your day job, this is your episode. Scott could make all the excuses regarding demands on his time, but he leveraged hiring a team that believes in his vision and his network to create a company whose mission is to give back. 

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