Episode 1 Representative Chenele Dixon—Main Street Idaho Podcast Season 3
Release Date: 08/26/2024
Episode 15 Hyrum Pitt—Main Street Idaho Podcast Season 3
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Joining us in-studio to discuss the infrastructure and development projects in Southeastern Idaho is Hyrum Pitt. As the Business Development Leader for Headwaters Construction, Pitt discusses the rising costs of educational facilities, residential homes, and commercial buildings in the State of Idaho.
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Episode 14 Kelley Packer—Main Street Idaho Podcast Season 3
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Joining us for their first time on the Main Street Idaho Podcast is Executive Director of the Association of Idaho Cities, Kelley Packer. Here in-studio to discuss her involvement in the nonpartisan, nonprofit corporation, Packer details her advocacy for city governance and strengthening Idaho cities.
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Episode 13 Representative Josh Wheeler—Main Street Idaho Podcast Season 3
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Friend and returning guest for episode 13 of the Main Street Idaho Podcast, Representative Josh Wheeler of District 35 comes to discuss his efforts to promote entrepreneurship for Idaho's youth. In addition to his already impactful strides furthering Career Technical Education opportunities throughout Idaho, he's now turning his focus towards young adults in a new Lemonade Stand Bill.
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Episode 12 Wayne Hammon—Main Street Idaho Podcast Season 3
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CEO of the Idaho Associated General Contractors, Wayne Hammon, joins Brennan for episode 12 of the Main Street Idaho Podcast. As funding ramps up for infrastructure expansion across the state, Hammon explains how his 12-year role as CEO has furthered the growth of Idaho roads, bridges, schools, hospitals, churches, and facilities. Hammon additionally recaps how he and former Governor Butch Otter revitalized the essential spending for government infrastructure during the recession and how new legislation can further the growth of Idaho into the future.
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Main Street Idaho Podcast
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Episode 11 Bobbi-Jo Meuleman—Main Street Idaho Podcast Season 3
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President and CEO of the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce (BMCC), Bobbi-Jo Meuleman, is our special guest for episode 11 of the Main Street Idaho Podcast. Among her many accomplished roles, Meuleman highlights her past experience working with former Governor Butch Otter and current Governor Brad Little. Now advocating for businesses as the BMCC President & CEO, Meuleman explains how she plans to help businesses thrive throughout Idaho.
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Episode 10 Kate Simonds—Main Street Idaho Podcast Season 3
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Head of Lift Local Idaho, Kate Simonds, joins us for episode 10 of the Main Street Idaho Podcast. As an emerging leader in the Gem State, Simonds outlines the mission of Lift Local Idaho to improve quality of life, economic development, and inform Idaho communities of public policies. As Idaho continues to see growth from outside the state, Simonds advocates for local option taxes to give voters the agency to decide what their community needs.
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Episode 9 Idaho Superintendent Debbie Critchfield—Main Street Idaho Podcast Season 3
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Joining us in-studio for episode 9 of the Main Street Idaho Podcast is Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction, Debbie Critchfield. The Superintendent makes a pit stop to Idaho Falls while touring throughout Idaho educational facilities for her quarterly evaluations. Among the recent funding improvements for schools and infrastructure passed by the Idaho Legislature, Critchfield outlines her own recommendations to bolster school safety, how to handle excessive student absences, and promoting parent choices for their children's education.
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Episode 8 MWEG Director Emma Addams—Main Street Idaho Podcast Season 3
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The Idaho Main Street Podcast takes the show on the road to Salt Lake City, Utah, to chat with the Director of the Mormon Women for Ethical Government. Addams details the beginnings of the nonprofit organization, as well as its goals to empower women from all denominations to approach government ideology through a lens of ethical peace making.
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Episode 7 Alex Adams—Main Street Idaho Podcast Season 3
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The newly elected Director of the Idaho Health & Welfare Department, Alex Adams, is our special guest for episode 7 of the Main Street Idaho Podcast. As the former Budget Chief for Governor Little, Adams lends his background leading the zero-based regulation initiative to discuss how the Idaho Legislature has streamlined regulatory processes. He additionally highlights the immediate steps he's taken as the new director to improve child welfare for adoptions and foster care.
info_outlineWe're back for episode 1 of our third season for the Idaho Main Street Podcast. Joining us in the studio is Representative Chenele Dixon, our new Executive Director. Representative Dixon sits down with our host, Brennan Summers, to discuss her recent primary election, how out-of-state dark money is negatively shaping Idaho politics, and the current and future issues facing the Idaho Legislature.