What Makes Us Greater Alec Williams

It's property tax season and many of you have seen your assessed value increase. Maybe by a lot. Here's an in-depth conversation that discusses the process and how our small community has set the bar in the country for home value assessments. James Werner and the team he's on has been able to help Lafayette understand their value and plan accordingly. James is also band leader of Graciously Departed, a Grateful Dead Tribute Band and also classically trained Artist who's nationally recognized. He operates Lafayette Atelier and trains people from all over the world on figure drawings. He's also one of the best neighbors I've had. Please enjoy this fun conversation.

Tetia Lee has impacted the cultural landscape of Indiana for greater than 20 years. She has worked across the state in a variety of roles including outreach director and professor. Lee has degrees from the School of the Art Institute, the American Academy of Art, the Florence Academy of Art, Indiana State University, and Texas Tech, respectively. Tetia has built a beautiful program in the Wabash Wall Murals, and many others, which provides beautiful artwork on buildings throughout our community. Enjoy the conversation and consider donating to this beautiful organization through the link provided here: https://theartsfederation.org/donate/

Recently the host, Alec Williams from Heartland Concept, was asked to join the Lafayette's Historic Preservation Commission. With little knowledge of the program but an understanding that Heartland Concept can do some good, we certainly agreed. This week's podcast is with Sean Lutes who is the President of the Historic Preservation Commission. We had a great conversation about what the Commission's responsibilities are and what it means to be in the a Historic District of Lafayette, IN. 

John Tyler Christopher is a Harvey Award nominated illustrator from Lafayette, In. His work has appeared on the covers of MARVEL’s Avengers Solo: Hawkeye, Star Wars, Figment, New Mutants, Annihilators: Earthfall, Dark Avengers, Spider-man, Venom; and the 50th Anniversary Spider-man Encyclopedia.

Take a listen to Pete Deiwert talk about his experience in Deiwert Insurance and his role at The Uncommon Gym where he's helping many in our community gain independence and health through CrossFit and other training. Enjoy the ride as we jump around topics like Jiffy Pop.

They are on the road while living out their purpose of Making Humans Smile.