The Chamber Connect Podcast

We have an extra hilarious episode this week as Tara and Blake are joined by Casey and Sandi Adams of Fitt Life, winner of the Celebrate Business Small Business Award, to talk about their journey starting their business, how they've grown, their plans for the future, and more!

Join us every week as we interview interesting people and small business owners from our community.

This week Blake & Tara interview the Celebrate Business Awards, Non-profit of the year winner Robert Shankle of Impact Lufkin. Robert gives us some updates on how things have changed since he was on the podcast last year, what their plans are for the future, and how the community can help.

This week Tara and Blake interview Britany Vinson of Tome Catering and winner of the medium sized business award for 2021. Britany talks about how and why she started Tome Catering, how she's scaled her business, and all the ways she goes above and beyond to take care of her employees.

This week on the Chamber Connect Podcast, Nathan Pruitt of Georgia Pacific joins the show to chat with Tara and Blake about Georgia Pacific's role in the community, and how they are preparing for tomorrow's workforce.

Georgia-Pacific LLC is an American pulp and paper company based in Atlanta, Georgia, and is one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of tissue, pulp, paper, toilet and paper towel dispensers, packaging, building products and related chemicals.

This week Blake and Tara interview Nancy Windham, President and CEO of the Texas Forest Country Partnership to shed some light on this organization and how important it's role is in regionalism and representing our community.

Welcome back to the Chamber Connect Podcast! It seems like everywhere you turn businesses are hiring and struggling to find employees. This week Blake and Tara sit down with Robert Williams of Express Employment to talk about the state of the employment market and how they help businesses find quality candidates.

This week on the Chamber Connect Podcast, Blake and Tara are joined by Nathan Gann, owner of Gann Medford Real Estate in Lufkin to talk about what might be driving the real estate market in East Texas, economic development, and much more!

This week we have a special two part episode of the Chamber Connect Podcast! In part 1 Tara and Blake interview Clay Alverson of The Men's Fieldhouse to learn about all the great things this organization is doing to give men in our a community a helping hand when they need it the most. In part 2 we sit down with Ryan Williams to talk all about the Brandon Belt 100k Grand Slam Fishing tournment coming to our area on February 3-5, 2022.

This week Tara and Blake interview Ashley Berry, Executive Director of the East Texas Cancer Alliance of Hope, a fantastic non-profit located here in East Texas that assists those impacted by the financial burden of cancer treatment.

Click Here to learn more about this organization and ways you can help support those in need.

This week on the Chamber Connect Podcast, Tara and Blake meet with Heath Foust, Executive Director, and Victoria Hutto, Sales and Marketing Director of Pinecrest Retirement Community. Join us every Monday for new episodes!