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Erie County Executive Christina Vogel, along with Countywide Engagement Officer John Stehlin joins us for their July monthly conversation

Brian Marshall, VNET's vCIO talking about the 7th Annual Tech Summit, Thursday, July 9th

Heather Caspar, Michelle Jaggi, and Kyle Blackmer joined us to discuss the Genesis Housing Program.

Join us for a conversation with Elizabeth and Amanda on a Sunny Wednesday afternoon.

On Tuesday, The Joel Natalie Show had comprehensive coverage of the Making Waves on Main Street: Big Bold Ideas That Push the Boundaries Revitalization Conference sponosred by the Pennsylvania Downtown Center and hosted by the Erie Downtown Partnership. Our guests included:

• Julie Fitzpatrick, PDC Executive Director
• Samantha Pearson, PDC Healthy Communities Program Manager
• Rick Vilello, Pennsylvania Deputy Secretary Community Affairs and Development, DCED
• Spud Marshall, My Creative Community
• Sean Fedorko, Radius CoWork Community Leader
• Marcus Jacobs, Borough of Wesleyville Borough Manager

On Monday, local historian and Civil War expert George Deutsch returned to highlight the historical context of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. We also recognized the three regiments from the Erie area who participated in the Battle of Gettysburg, in July 1863.

Erie Mayor Daria Devlin returned to The Joel Natalie Show for her monthly conversation. Hunter Lytle, the city's Special Events Coordinator joined the Mayor to go over the details for the upcoming Independence Day celebrations, while the Mayor discussed the pressing business of the city's finances and other issues.

On Wednesday we welcomed local playwright Lisa Rawson of Peeshk Productions LLC. Her play, "Old-School Living (In Our Old School)", has been performed six times across the U.S., and the upcoming 7th production will be performed on her old high school stage in Conneaut Lake on July 10-12th. Meanwhile, her second play will be produced at the Station Dinner Theatre in August. We learned Lisa's story and process of getting creativity to the stage.

We are one month from the largest bicycle event in Erie County each year: Lake Erie Cyclefest. To talk about the events and their impact are Sarah Bennett, Executive Director of Asbury Woods Nature Center, and Sydney Dietz, Event and Marketing Manager of the Erie Sports Commission.

Nicole Ferringer, Business Services Manager of PA CareerLink-Erie County & Oil Region comes to chat about the workforce