A.C.T. United provides education and training for churches, schools, community organizations and businesses to help end child exploitation. Through their "Youth Aware" and "#Reclaim" initiatives young people can be equipped. Jessica is a passionate advocate and was great in our interview.

Rick Ness is a financial planner with a deep understanding of how successful people structure their affairs to preserve wealth. He has seen situations where lack of planning or bad information has lead to horrible outcomes. This interview focuses on some general rules about Medicare and Medicaid. Failure to plan is planning to fail.

Angela Erickson has a heart for educators and the local 112 school district. As the new face of the District foundation she gets to express her talents and passion for quality educational experiences for 112 students.

Chaska City Manager Matt Podhradsky talks about the massive changes in process in Chaska along with his role as a "buck stops here" position in Chaska's city government.

Kellie Sites, director of the Waconia Area Chamber of Commerce discusses the many thing "brewing" in charming Waconia in West Central Carver County Minnesota.

Andy Mooney has made a huge impact in downtown Chaska in a very short period of time with their Red Banch Bakery. It shows how accurate they were in their assessment that this was something the community needed and would support. Andy also discusses how they've expanded and what his outlook is for small businesses in small towns. He's bright and engaging and it was a fun interview.

Tom Funk came to Victoria city government fairly recently and is enjoying many positive changes and developments the city has seen in the past few years. Victoria has several community building opportunities including a summer car show series, art fairs as well as an active social scene with new restaurants and bars. The housing growth has been incredible also. Tom was a great guest with strong opinions and yet an open mind.

Carver had grown from roughly 1200 people for decades to almost 5000 people today and there is no end in sight for the foreseeable future. New homes are popping up along Jonathon Carver Parkway and a brand new commercial building just opened next to Fleet Farm. Carver also just opened a brand new City office building in the historic downtown area this year. Courtney talks about her vision and desire for more community involvement on the front of these initiatives. She is smart, capable and enthusiastic about the city.

Denny Laufenburger discusses his tenure as mayor of Chanhassen through the end of the recession up to 2018. He talks about the momentous changes the city experienced with development and also the passing of it's most famous resident and how the city handled the onslaughts of people coming and going. His passion for service and love of Chanhassen is loud and clear.