Building Together, September 2022, Featuring Guest Co-Host Xiomara Levsen

West Liberty, Iowa - Building Together

Welcome to our September 2022 back-to school episode of Building together, a podcast about how community members, businesses, organizations, governments, and schools are working together to make West Liberty, Iowa, and surrounding areas a better place in which to live, work, learn, grow, and play. (www.weleadiowa.org)
We had fun with our longer episode last month, but we are back to our just-under-an-hour format!

Building together is produced as a service by WeLead, West Liberty Economic Area Development, a 501c3 non for profit organization that is here to promote and sustain the quality of life in West Liberty, Atalissa, and Nichols, to enable growth, to promote business development, and to foster a healthy business climate. Special thanks to West Liberty Auto Parts and the West liberty Good Fellas for making this podcast possible. My name is Ken Brooks, and I will have the pleasure of hosting each episode of building together. Each month, I will also have a guest co-host. This podcast's co-host is Xiomara Levsen, editor of the West Liberty Index! Listen as Xiomara and Ken discuss the state of West Liberty, talk about upcoming events, and interview special guests! Check out this month's line-up:
Xiomara Levsen, the Index, and latin dancing
West Liberty Community Schools - Superintendent Shaun Kruger
Chamber Chat - West Liberty Chamber of Commerce - Charles Brooke
City of West Liberty - David Haugland, City Manager
Muscatine County - Santos Saucedo
Children's Festival, Great Pains Puppet Train - Eulenspiegel Puppets - Stephanie Vallez
Ask the Podcast (email [e-mail]) - Cara McFerren

Chapter

1. Building Together, September 2022, Featuring Guest Co-Host Xiomara Levsen (00:00:00)

2. Intro and Podcast Rundown (00:00:01)

3. Thank you to our sponsors, West Liberty Auto Parts and the West Liberty Good Fellas. (00:01:33)

4. Intro (00:01:55)

5. Xiomara Levsen, West Liberty Index (00:02:22)

6. Superintendent Shaun Kruger - West Liberty Community School District (00:07:00)

7. Chamber Chat with Charles Brooke - West Liberty Chamber of Commerce (00:22:15)

8. Questions about Germany (00:28:35)

9. City of West Liberty - David Haugland, City Manager (00:30:16)

10. Muscatine County - Report from Santos Saucedo (00:37:32)

11. Children's Festival and Great Plains Puppet Train - Stephanie Vallez (00:38:22)

12. Ask the Podcast - Introducing Cara Mcferren (00:43:31)

13. West Liberty, Iowa - Midwest Arts Scene (00:46:16)

14. Closing (00:55:05)