Watonga Community Corner

Today, your podcast host Watonga City Manager Karrie Beth Little, supports Women’s History Month by celebrating a few female guests that are making history here in Watonga. Kenya Smith, first “hired” Watonga City Treasure, Tina Willis, Watonga Council-Woman and Debra McGee, hired Watonga City Clerk. Listen to each of their words of encouragement and shouldered support for women to recognize their influence upon each other and to their community. Each lady brings a great perspective on women’s gifts and influence. Karrie Beth shares eye opening facts about women’s role in history and where we sit today and the history women are making here in Watonga. Don’t miss this impactful sharing of women’s voice’s advocating for a better tomorrow. #BetterTogetherWatonga #Women’sHistoryMonth #BringAFoldingChair

In today’s episode of the Watonga City Manager Minute Monday Podcast, your host Karrie Beth Little, shares her vision for the City of Watonga and goals for our citizens for 2024. We talk about what continued community care looks like and the leap forward for our community members. Have you heard of Chazone (chazown)? We each have one and can discover it. Listen and find out how you can plug in and share in your vision for the future of Watonga. #bettertogetherwatonga #leapmorein24 #continuingourcommunitycares #defineyourvision #gogiver #chazown #visionquest

In today’s Watonga City Manager Minute Monday podcast, you host City Manager Karrie Beth Little shares about the many roads that lead to the Bridges of a sustainable future for our community. The city of Watonga hosted a workplace sustainability workshop and had a back to back session with WOWDB -Western Oklahoma Workforce Development Board- on the community impact sharing resources on “Bridges out of Poverty” workshop. She also brought as her special guest Watonga Fire Chief Robert Daugherty. He speaks about control burns and the information you need to know as a citizen and best practices for our community. Join us! We are #BetterTogetherWatonga

Can you still feel the Energy? It’s palpable! In today’s City Manager Minute Podcast, you host, Watonga City Manager Karrie Beth Little, WEDA coordinator, Kim Jenkins and myself, BrandLogix Mobile Marketing Teresa France, chat about March 2024 in Watonga Oklahoma and the upcoming Events planned for our city. We still feel the energy felt at the Community Dinner, “Leap More for 2024,” held at the Foley building last Thursday. If you missed it you missed an incredible evening; great food, incredible speakers, fellowship with conversation and you also missed the winning announcement of the “Watonga Lifetime Citizen Award.” Listen to the podcast and find out who was honored and all this persons contributions to the community of Watonga; and who also said “You can achieve anything when two people come together!” Listen to The Watonga City Manager Minute Podcast today! #BetterTogetherWatonga

In the Watonga City Manager Minute Monday Podcast, Host and City Manager, Karrie Beth Little talks about this weeks Community Events, highlighting the upcoming Community Dinner and tomorrow’s cooking class partnership with OSU Extension, Watonga Public Library and Watonga High School. Karrie Beth chats with special guest Friends of Roman Nose board officer, Mary Ann Teply about the upcoming March Trout Derby hosted by FORN and Roman Nose State Park. Don’t miss all the great details to enter for a chance to win a John Deere 8000 Watt Generator. You don’t have to be an angler to enter! So much great info on today’s Watonga City Manager Minute podcast. #BetterTogetherWatonga #RomanNoseStatePark #OklahomaDayTrip #FriendsofRomanNose #WatongaOklahoma #BlaineCounty #CityManagerMinuteMondayPodcast #TroutDerby

In this week’s Watonga City Manager Minute podcast episode; your host Watonga city manager, Karrie Beth Little, and BrandLogix Mobile Marketing Podcast Site host Teresa France, talk about the next few upcoming weeks in Watonga Oklahoma. There are some special event dates you don’t want to miss! We take a look back at the Community Cares Event this past weekend and the wonderful resources brought to our community and a quick look ahead this week. Don’t miss our short talk about these upcoming dates! Please reach out for Watonga City Mgr Min. episode ideas to BrandLogix Mobile Marketing at 918.884.5550 We are #BetterTogetherWatonga

Watonga City Manager Minute podcast host Karrie Beth Little brought together special guests; Darien Chebahtah, TOR director Tribal Opioid Response Project with Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes and Kimberly Jenkins WEDA director along with me, BrandLogix Mobile Marketing podcast site host, Teresa France to discuss this weekend's upcoming Communities Care Event; Saturday Feb.10th beginning at 10a. at the Watonga Armory.

The objective of the event is to bring together lifesaving resources by providing harm reduction strategies for people and families who are struggling with addiction and other crisis situations. All 44 vendors have a resource available for individuals or families in need or for a community member that may know someone who might need assistance currently or in the future. Our city, along with many others, see the problem we are facing and are reaching out to offer resources to our community. This event has something for EVERYONE...food, culture, kids events, addiction education resources, counseling, Narcan kits and a medication drug take back drop site location. It's a day of reaching resources and a collaboration with the City of Watonga and TOR Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal Opioid Response program, and so many others who want to save lives; reaching one person at a time. Side note a huge Thank you to Larry Roman Nose who asked what we could do as a community to bring more awareness to a growing problem. You’re a true leader. #BetterTogetherWatonga

In this weeks Watonga City Manager Minute Monday podcast, Karrie Beth hosts City Mayor, Bill Seitter, along with TB Ferguson, museum board president, Connie Burcham, and myself; BrandLogix podcasting site host, Teresa France to discuss the future outlook and path of the Ferguson home/museum. Discussions included: how do we move forward with revitalization of the museum, who is responsible of and to the museum, donations and membership, grant writing requirements/grant management along with support ideas and museum preservation. Questions posed by Ferguson Board President to the citizens of Watonga:

1) if you are in favor of the City of Watonga to continue with the management, at what cost will it be be to the community for other services ie: additional taxations or at what costs to other needed infrastructure services for community.

2) if you don’t agree the city should continue financial support of the museum and do not want added taxes to our community and prefer infrastructure should be the City of Watonga’s governing priority, are you willing to volunteer your time, visit the museum and write a check for support and become an “active member” at the Ferguson museum? All valid questions answered in today’s episode. We are #BetterTogetherWatonga

Do you have a business or have ever wondered where to start with marketing and/or advertising your product or service? In today’s Watonga Manager Minute Podcast, we talk about a marketing 101 class that is going to be held at the city offices this Wednesday, January 24th from 9 AM to 10:30 AM. If you own a business, small business, a home based business, are a nonprofit group or a church organization; you should be signed up for this upcoming Wednesdays class. Presentations will be given by Wright Media, The Watonga Republican, Chisholm Trail digital Printing dept. and BrandLogix Mobile Marketing. Each business will give us short presentation, and specials and information re: advertising and marketing will be given to each business signed up for the event.

Karrie Beth, and I also talk about the programs at the Watonga Public library each week and how those programs can be found on the City of Watonga’s website. We discussed community highlights; this past weeks community coffee, hosted at Watonga high school FCCLA room and the great turn out and also discussed was the upcoming Community Cares Resource Partnership that will be held February 10th from 10 AM to 3 PM at the Watonga armory. This is a free event to the public with amazing vendors who have partnered with WEDA, the City of Watonga and Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes to bring this educational resource event. Join us today and share this partnership information. We are #BetterTogetherWatonga

In today’s episode, Watonga City Manager, Karrie Beth Little talks with Vice Mayor and council member, Travis Bradt. Travis discusses the redistricting of our city, and the ins and outs of being part of the Watonga City Council. He talks about the pride he has for the city of Watonga and the future plans for our community. He also gives a brief overview of how the city council operated prior to having a City Manager and the benefits Karrie Beth has brought to the employees and to the financial health of our residents as our City Manager. We are #BetterTogetherWatonga