What Makes Us Greater

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.

Awesome discussion with Stefani Goetz and a dive into their passion project, 21 Petals Flower Farm.

Welcome to the very first podcast from What Makes Us Greater. The beauty of this podcast is that you will be along for the learning journey we take. In this episode we explore who we are, our small business in Lafayette, IN and why we started a podcast. Rate, subscribe and share. Enjoy the journey with us.