[0:17] Welcome to Thomasville Insights with the City of Thomasville. On the podcast,

[0:21] we'll talk to experts on everything from Thomasville history and events to daily

[0:25] operations and city business. All while having some fun in the process.

[0:34] Welcome to Thomasville Insights with the City of Thomasville. I am your co-host

[0:38] Ricky Zambrano and I've got my main man here, Austin Reames.

[0:43] » Ricky, what a great day to be alive. How you doing today?

[0:46] » Uh it it it is a good day. Got my workout

[0:49] in this morning and uh made it through.

[0:52] » That's right. Hey, >> That's the important part. Made it

[0:54] through. >> That's it and uh you know, new routines

[0:57] as we get to this side of August, uh a couple of new routines coming up here

[1:02] for uh our community. >> Yeah, it's back to school time so, you

[1:06] know, the traffic is flowing. Um as always, a reminder, please uh be

[1:11] be watchful of the uh school zones and uh you know, let's be

[1:15] watchful of the kids in the school zones because they're back to school.

[1:19] » That's right. That's right. So, uh we have a uh back to school uh themed

[1:24] podcast and um and uh again, we have um I'll go ahead and introduce them before

[1:29] we get to the interview, but we have our our guest on this show, Dr. Scott

[1:33] Sweeney, who's the superintendent and also uh you'll hear from Ashley Palmer,

[1:38] who is executive director of STEM and CTAE. So, STEM, just think science and

[1:44] CTAE, think vocational for those of us old people like myself. Uh and also, I

[1:50] had to throw in career development for Ashley Palmer as well.

[1:53] » It's a lot of titles. >> It's a lot of titles. They're both from

[1:56] obviously from the Thomasville City Schools. And uh some exciting man, I'm

[2:00] I'm really fired up up about their program.

[2:03] Really kind of we got the Youth Council, but just how they're how they're

[2:08] approaching this thing. >> You know, part of this program is for

[2:11] the city council to serve as mentors for each of the youth council members.

[2:16] So, they will actually rotate through each each city council member. They will

[2:21] have an opportunity in two different months to be mentored by a city council

[2:27] member. So, each council member will mentor each

[2:31] of the kids. It's 10 months, five council members.

[2:34] So, they'll rotate rotate through them two times.

[2:37] So, they will get access to them, connectivity.

[2:42] We've connected them with them and and and that's not something that's said in

[2:46] a in XYZ format. That is for the youth council member and the city

[2:52] council member to dictate the terms of how that mentorship works, whether it's

[2:56] a face-to-face meeting, whether it's just accessibility

[3:00] in regards to emailing them questions and talking to them, talking by phone,

[3:04] or whatever the case may be. So, that's the beauty of that is that you know,

[3:08] those kids will have that opportunity, like you said, to kind of get more

[3:11] insight into, you know, what is a daily life, what is the

[3:15] what it's like to be a city council member, what they deal with,

[3:19] how they how they connect with the community, how they listen to the

[3:22] community, and all those types of things.

[3:24] » Yeah, it's going to be exciting. Again, here we have coming up. We got the

[3:27] interview starting just now. Again, Dr. Scott Sweeting and Ashley [music]

[3:32] Palmer.

[3:36] » [music] >> And hello, welcome everyone. And I just

[3:39] wanted to welcome our special guest today. I have with me and with the show

[3:45] Dr. Scott Sweeting. >> Great to be here. Thanks for having me.

[3:48] » Yes, and newly crowned executive Ashley Palmer.

[3:54] » Hey, thanks for having me. >> Yeah. [laughter]

[3:56] So, congratulations on that. But, what is what is executive executive of what?

[4:01] » Executive director of STEM, CTAE, and career development.

[4:04] » All right. Yes. All right. Well, welcome you guys here. We're going to I'm going

[4:08] to talk to Ricky for a second. So, and then we'll we'll get going in the

[4:12] interview. So, >> Yeah. Yeah, you can do that. But, first

[4:14] I got to say that's a whole lot of names and titles and words and

[4:21] you know what that means. >> What does that mean?

[4:23] » It's not too important. >> Not too important. The more names

[4:25] [laughter] you get, the less important you are.

[4:27] Yeah. That would explain my why my title is

[4:30] very long. Yeah. [laughter]

[4:32] Exactly. >> The bigger the the bigger the business

[4:34] card, >> the more important you are.

[4:36] That's true. That's true. Oh,

[4:38] » [laughter] >> that's true.

[4:40] All right, Ricky. Let's I'm going to start with you cuz you're a part of this

[4:43] project. So, I wanted to pull Ricky in. And again, headed into 2026.

[4:50] Our fearless city manager Chris White asked the marketing team with

[4:54] implementing the city's first ever City of Thomasville Youth Council. And Ricky

[4:59] tried to join the Youth Council rather than guide it. But, anyway, that's

[5:02] another story. But, why is this initiative important, Ricky?

[5:07] » Well, I mean it it's the the bigger part of it is actually this process started

[5:12] dating back, you know, about 8 years, 10 years. And and Dominic [clears throat]

[5:17] Ford, our chief HR officer,

[5:20] was one of those that was kind of leading the way, doing the research. And

[5:25] so, there's been there's been layers done throughout the years. And you know,

[5:29] Chris White, you know, last year really committed to it and said, "Let you know,

[5:32] let's get this done." And you know, here's what was interesting that this

[5:36] gentleman sitting on my left shoulder was hired on when Dr. Sweeten took took

[5:42] over at the city school system. He came in to meet with me. And he's

[5:46] like, "You know, all these all this excitement all these ideas and

[5:50] all this that and I'm just like Yeah, we've got a we've got a big one

[5:55] that's going to really going to get you excited and then I mentioned to you he's

[5:58] like, oh my goodness.

[6:00] » [laughter] >> Is that what he really sounded like?

[6:02] » what he really sounded like. >> Took all the air out of the room.

[6:04] » Yeah, for [laughter] real. >> No wonder he's an executive.

[6:07] » I I think that's why we have to That's why we got to redo the municipal

[6:11] cuz they think he damaged it from the excitement.

[6:14] But but yeah, I mean obviously you know, as soon [snorts] as Ashley and I

[6:17] discussed it it was it was just like yeah, it's it's it's a no-brainer in

[6:21] regards to you know you know, how do we how do we how do we

[6:25] get that done? But but again going back a step, you know, when we when we look

[6:29] at this you know, we are tasked with being

[6:32] leaders of this community as an organization and

[6:37] you know, that starts with our city council. It starts with our our city

[6:40] leadership and you know, what a great opportunity this is in order to try and

[6:45] impact the future leaders of our community. So so really when it comes

[6:49] down to it it's it's just like the internship program attempts to do as

[6:52] well. You know, impact the local kids that are

[6:55] already in college. You know, we've kind of got a little system going here where

[6:59] you know, we've got the college internship. Now we've got the youth

[7:02] council that addresses

[7:05] sophomores, juniors and seniors. And and then below that, you know, we have our

[7:10] summer youth leadership academy that also is available to to kids that

[7:16] are in eighth and ninth grade. So you know, we've got got a little train going

[7:21] here of trying to make an impact the students in our community and and we

[7:26] certainly hope that as the years come we continue to see that.

[7:29] » Well, this is a partnership with Thomasville City Schools. Why is this

[7:33] partnership valuable? >> So so as we as we worked on this

[7:38] and as we did the research we found that the municipalities across the state that

[7:43] are that do have already a youth council in place have all

[7:48] partnered with a school system or a local school. You know, in some areas

[7:52] they may only have one school system and one high school.

[7:55] In our area we're blessed, we truly are blessed to have two two school systems

[7:59] that and a third school in Brookwood obviously that that you know, do a great

[8:03] job for the community and and and educating our students.

[8:06] But you know, we are we are the city of Thomasville. These [snorts] are partners

[8:11] within within our city limits and you know, this was the route this was the

[8:16] route to go. But the bigger part here is of why a school, why connecting with a

[8:21] school is having all the same kids under the same roof is important.

[8:27] It allows for a lot more it allows to for the schedule to work

[8:32] out the way we need it to work out throughout a year.

[8:34] It also allows for the opportunity for the school

[8:38] to take on other duties as well to continue to educate them on on the

[8:42] importance of civics. Allows the schools to monitor you know, how the process is

[8:47] going. So it should not just be a hey, you're on the youth council and when you

[8:53] graduate you're done. It's a process.

[8:57] » All right, well now let's make this interview not about

[9:01] Ricky and go to our guest. Um >> [laughter]

[9:04] » Now good job Ricky and but uh I do >> I don't need you to tell me it's a good

[9:07] job. I mean

[9:09] Yeah. >> All right. Um so let's let's try to make

[9:12] this show interesting and talk to our guest. Um so

[9:16] same question to you Dr. Sweety. Why why's this important for city schools?

[9:21] » I'll make this podcast more exciting. That's a high bar. I'm sorry. I will try

[9:26] my best though. But yeah, we are we're we're really excited as as as

[9:31] Ricky talked about, you know, providing these kids

[9:35] experience uh know, while they are still in high school,

[9:39] um giving them exposure, um career exposure, um the opportunity to bring

[9:44] mentorship, you know, through our Bulldog Plus One initiative. It's all

[9:47] about trying to uh be extremely intentional about giving

[9:51] kids um exposure to and opportunities and experiences to um different career

[9:57] paths. Um this obviously giving uh these kids um

[10:02] real-world application uh to be able to see what, you know, civic duty is all

[10:07] about and see if there's something that, you know, not only to be a well-informed

[10:11] citizen, um but also maybe it's a possible career path for them. And so,

[10:16] um like I've told Ashley, we've had many conversations about watching all what

[10:20] all these kids are doing um when they when they uh when they have one of these

[10:24] experiences opportunities, but living vicariously through them um and and

[10:29] feeling their excitement um for the learning that that that that that's

[10:33] occurring and the exposures that they're getting. Like I said, all before they

[10:37] even uh graduate high school. And so, um you know, that gets kids excited about,

[10:43] you know, their future, uh gives them purpose, and um

[10:47] in the same token, that's going to lead to better grades because all of a sudden

[10:50] school becomes uh more applicable to them, becomes important. Uh they see the

[10:55] value. And so, that's uh you know, that's that's that's the whole idea

[10:59] behind our um you know, our Bulldog Plus One initiative, which this is a this is

[11:03] just been a great addition to that. >> Ashley, you know, there was a there was

[11:06] a nomination process that was put in place.

[11:09] Um you know, talk to us about how the students were identified.

[11:13] » Well, so as you know, our students are obviously our of most importance for us,

[11:18] and we want to make sure [clears throat]

[11:20] that every student graduates with that clear purpose of enrolled, employed, or

[11:24] enlisted. And And And so, with that, uh our teachers, they're they're the ones

[11:29] that know the students the best. So, we asked them if they would uh

[11:33] nominate students. We uh they they put forth uh throughout the uh school about

[11:39] 10 to 15 students that they they nominated. And then the students had an

[11:43] application they had to fill out that listed uh references, that listed why

[11:47] they would be a good uh council member. And then uh we had a

[11:52] committee that met uh with staff uh at the school, teachers,

[11:57] administrators, uh myself. Uh Mr. Zambrano was there as well as an

[12:01] advisory role. >> Mr. Ricky

[12:03] » Yeah, Ricky. Ricky was there. >> Just Ricky?

[12:04] » Yeah, that's right. Well, yeah. >> My daddy is?

[12:06] » Hey. With [laughter] uh with an executive With an executive

[12:09] executive Mr. Ricky Zambrano. >> I don't know where he gave himself that

[12:12] title. That's the problem. >> I just I just gave it to you.

[12:15] » I [laughter] used to have it before. >> Thank you, Doc.

[12:17] » Oh, but he he was there. >> I like that one over what Austin likes

[12:19] to call me. >> [laughter]

[12:23] » No, other title. >> Three letter three word statement that

[12:26] he often makes about me. But it was a That was an important way to do it

[12:29] because we didn't want it Well, we really didn't want it to happen was it

[12:31] to be a popularity contest um of oh, this kid's elected cuz you

[12:36] know, he's the one that everybody likes the most or she's elected cuz everybody

[12:40] when everybody likes the most. And so, that was that was that was that was very

[12:43] key to to have a a selection process in that way that went through an

[12:45] application. We also want to be very intentional about making sure that we

[12:49] had equal representation of our grades and of our uh

[12:55] on-level students and our uh students that are in our [snorts] scholars

[12:59] program. And the reason that's important is because

[13:02] uh in the community, you know, you're going to have uh

[13:06] folks that work in many different fields, you know, and and I think that

[13:11] what has often maybe been felt is uh do all voices have a say in local

[13:15] municipalities and in local government. And so, that was what we were striving

[13:19] to to to achieve there. So, I think we're exposing uh students to this

[13:22] through this process that that uh for for many of them it'll be a very unique

[13:26] time learning about about the government. That was That was

[13:29] kind of an intentional process of selecting students

[13:33] that uh would be the best for the job.

[13:36] » I'll tell you what, the committee, um you know, having met the with the kids

[13:41] now a couple times, they knocked it out the park. Great

[13:44] great group of kids and we're really excited to work with them.

[13:47] » All right. Well, let's get to it, Dr. Sweeney. Tell us the names and and the

[13:52] years or just even the names of the youth council members.

[13:56] » Yeah, I'm very excited to to to to list these names. So, we've got

[14:01] Lily Bella Richardson. Uh we have Cameron Showkat.

[14:07] We have Jayla Brooks. Zachary Fan and John Adiyeye. So, very

[14:14] excited, very very very proud of these students. And like I said before, living

[14:19] vicariously through them. We're we're excited for them. So, can't wait to see

[14:23] all that they get to experience and and hear about you know, I plan on having

[14:27] them on my podcast eventually and and have them and and talk about their

[14:32] experiences and what they've learned. So.

[14:34] » Yeah, that's going to going to be fun and

[14:36] » Hey, is that a permissible? That That wasn't in the contract.

[14:40] » [laughter] >> Plug it. Plug it now.

[14:43] » That's like a That's a first. >> We're not in competition.

[14:47] » First, let's mark down that day. Hit that subscribe button.

[14:51] » Yeah, that's right. >> I didn't say it at the Bulldog Plus One

[14:53] Podcast. That's [laughter] what I didn't say about it.

[14:54] » Yeah, wherever podcasts are sold. >> Apple Music

[14:59] » Yeah, [laughter] that's true. >> We can have him to do the outro.

[15:02] » Or or can they come in and be host? >> That's [laughter] right.

[15:05] » They might replace us. >> Replace us.

[15:07] » Maybe they're AI like we were talking about.

[15:10] » They both have good, you know, strong voices. They are real audience. They're

[15:14] not AI. >> And I'm sure they could hit record

[15:16] better than us. >> That's [laughter] true. I was My record

[15:19] button was having a problem today. >> What has as as guys? You guys have got a

[15:22] more equipment. >> But but I will add on to this. You know,

[15:24] we went through that entire process and we come to find out when we

[15:29] presented the the the group to to our city council in in May

[15:34] that one of the students selected is the daughter of one of our employees.

[15:38] » Okay. >> Went through the entire process, did not

[15:40] did not even know that until at the city council meeting, you know,

[15:44] dad was there. Uh that's Jayla Brooks. Um so I mean

[15:48] that that that that was awesome. >> So uh

[15:51] Ricky, you got the next question? Is this one on me? So uh

[15:55] So Ashley, the earlier in the month the council participated in their

[15:58] orientation session and um they're going to later in the month they're going to

[16:02] participate in the field trip to our city facilities. Uh

[16:06] Tell us tell us about that part that that you're most excited about and and

[16:10] don't say the studio uh in the podcast room cuz you know, we

[16:14] know you'd be lying. >> the kids.

[16:16] » But uh >> How about you, Ashley?

[16:17] » Yeah, that's right. What are [laughter] you what are you excited about?

[16:20] » Well, besides the studio, no, so for me um

[16:24] it things for students can the classroom can often feel separate from

[16:29] real life, if if you will. And and we we really believe strongly at our school

[16:34] that uh our school exists for the community and the community for the

[16:37] school. And so having these students just gain this familiarity with the way

[16:41] local government works. Uh there are there are so many people in

[16:45] town um you know, grown and otherwise that don't

[16:48] don't have a complete under- standing and and this is the town we live in and

[16:51] this is a way that you can get involved and and these are things that you can do

[16:54] to serve your community and do it make it better. Thomasville has done such a

[16:57] great job of growing and and improving the this town. Uh I've watched we've

[17:01] watched. Uh you've been here. We we grew up here, Austin, and we've seen the

[17:05] changes. >> You struck you out, didn't he?

[17:07] » Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, struck me out in Little League. He sure did. Yeah. And uh

[17:11] still a little bitter about that, but that's okay, [laughter] you know. Um and

[17:13] I'd never seen a lefty before. What am I going to do with that, you know? Uh but

[17:16] for the kids, they're going to get familiarity at a younger age. You know,

[17:20] they're meeting community leaders, and these connections

[17:24] the networking that happens in that is what excites me the most because they're

[17:28] going to have an understanding at a younger age that we didn't have

[17:32] um at our age or their age when we were

[17:35] when we were when we were younger. And that's going to make a a huge difference

[17:38] in in their career choices, their career path, and the way they come back and

[17:41] serve and help their community. Even if they don't choose to work in government,

[17:44] they're going to be able to be involved in making informed decisions to make

[17:47] Thomasville a better place. >> And if I could just

[17:50] piggyback on that, I you know, we we've talked a lot about

[17:53] being in truly well, truly truly living out what it means to have have a

[17:58] village, you know, you need a village to raise it help raise a child, you know,

[18:01] it does take a village. And so, you know, that is that is

[18:05] what we are asking the community, you know, the school system cannot do it

[18:09] alone, right? And so, we need the community. We need businesses, we need,

[18:13] you know, other the school systems, you know,

[18:17] civic groups, community members to to help us raise

[18:22] these children and help them become, you know, productive members of society and

[18:27] and and you know, help find their their passion

[18:30] for what they want to do in life. And so, you know, that is that is we're

[18:34] being very very purposeful about that and and realizing that hey, we cannot do

[18:38] this alone. We we need we need the whole we need everybody. We need the city

[18:42] council, you know, we need, like I said, local businesses to help come in and

[18:46] give these kids these experiences and opportunities that are going to help

[18:49] them thrive. >> You know, we we talk about impact.

[18:53] And you know, what type of experience do you believe

[18:57] you know, this will have on their current educational experience?

[19:00] » Yeah, I think that obviously they they gain a much stronger civic knowledge,

[19:04] you know, through this specific program. As I mentioned before, you know, a real

[19:08] world application, Um, know, through your you know, city council, you guys

[19:13] get involved in, you know, doing some research, data analysis, you know,

[19:17] looking at public speaking, writing, budgeting, problem solving, you know,

[19:21] all these things that that kids need to learn at a young age, you know, critical

[19:25] thinking. Um, this is also going to give them, you

[19:28] know, the ability to test out, you know, their leadership, uh, gain help them

[19:32] gain confidence. Uh, like I said, you may have a Jayla Brooks there, might be

[19:36] future mayor, you know, who it's a it runs in the blood, so she's getting

[19:40] great experience now being able to do this while she's in high school. Um,

[19:43] this is going to, you know, obviously, doing all these things outside of the

[19:47] classroom is actually going to, uh, give them greater engagement, I think, in

[19:51] school, you know. Um, when students see that their ideas can influence, um, you

[19:55] know, parks and transportation and safety and recreation, all these things,

[20:00] they're going to be a lot more likely to engage in learning, uh, in the classroom

[20:04] cuz all of a sudden, what they're doing with their teachers in the classroom

[20:07] seems a lot more, um, important, seems, uh, uh, has purpose.

[20:11] Um, like I mentioned before, through Bullock Plus One, this is a part of that

[20:14] career exposure and mentorship, um, that we're providing for these students, you

[20:18] know, while they're in in high school. And of course,

[20:22] you know, people people want to hear from the youth, right? This cuz this is

[20:25] going to give these students a strong This is a stronger student voice that

[20:29] you guys are providing by by allowing them to be on the council. So, um, you

[20:33] know, this is a very well-designed council and it's going to give, um, you

[20:37] know, city leaders direct insight into all their youth pers- pectives and and

[20:40] and youth want to be heard. They want They want to know that their voice is is

[20:44] heard and and they want to be able And they have great ideas, you know. Um, a

[20:48] lot of times youth can be discounted, you know, they're just young, they don't

[20:51] know, but they have they have some wonderful, wonderful ideas and can

[20:55] really add to, um, our community. >> And and and if we look at it from the

[20:59] perspective, let's just say 5 years down the road, um, or five Let's just say 5

[21:05] years from when they graduate, You know, what would be your hope

[21:10] that this experience brings to them 5 years from the point that they're done

[21:14] serving on the council? >> Well, you know, my my hope is in in not

[21:17] just for the council members, but also for for all these students that we're

[21:21] working with that, you know, we we want to we you've got a lot of wonderful,

[21:26] bright, young minds in our schools. And I want to I want to keep a lot of those

[21:31] bright, young minds. Too often, um the a lot of these students feel like I've got

[21:35] to leave Thomasville go to Atlanta to to find a good job or be able to do

[21:38] anything with my career. But, I want to encourage those to stay here in

[21:43] Thomasville. You know, stay local. Um and help grow this town um because um

[21:49] you know, we'll we'll take all of the great, wonderful, bright minds we can

[21:52] get, you know? And so, I hope that yeah, 5 years down the road that once they've

[21:55] graduated that they they do come back, you know, after they either they've, you

[21:59] know, got a their college degree or they've got some kind of technical

[22:04] expertise um that they um want to come back and they want to give back and

[22:09] contribute to to the city of Thomasville.

[22:11] » And that and that's such a key part because there's so many ways to give

[22:14] back. Um you know, and and and that's the that's the key part of it is

[22:20] uh you know, one of the things we discussed with them as you bring that up

[22:23] in the orientation was uh the value of all of our 450

[22:27] employees, for example. Um that it's not that the city manager is the most

[22:31] important. You know, when our solid waste uh truck drivers are out on their

[22:36] route, at that moment they're the most important. When the electricity goes

[22:40] out, the electric team is is the most important. So, you know, when public

[22:44] safety, when they're out on patrol, they're the most important. So, everyone

[22:48] has their role to play and each each is of equal value. And that's one of the

[22:52] things that we hope that as part of this, you know, we're able to extend on

[22:56] to them is how many different ways they can make an impact,

[23:00] not just through our organization, but just in the community um as well. So,

[23:05] » Absolutely. >> But Dr. Sweeting, Ashley, executive

[23:09] director >> Hey, thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

[23:11] » Um >> Glad to see you guys got you all's

[23:12] executive titles today as well. [laughter]

[23:14] » Yeah, for the day. It's like adopted. It's like honorary.

[23:17] » We'll get you a name tag. >> [laughter]

[23:19] » We've got a couple of those.

[23:22] But we appreciate you guys being here. Did we Did we Anything

[23:25] that that we left out? Anything you guys like to add?

[23:28] » Just as as as I think we said, just thank you to the to the city for for

[23:31] allowing this, for all of y'all to putting this together, and

[23:34] what it means to the students. There's just not enough not enough thanks to be

[23:37] said because of the doors that'll open for them. We haven't even seen them all

[23:40] yet. So, >> Yeah, and now you get to experience the

[23:43] best part cuz Austin is going to talk to us about our

[23:47] "Did You Know?" segment. Austin, you want to jump right into that?

[23:50] » All right, here we go. In honor of the bicentennial this year, the 2026 podcast

[23:55] will include Thomasville history "Did You Know?" segment with information

[23:59] provided to us by the fantastic Thomasville History Center.

[24:04] Let's get to it. And you know, Ashley you know, probably

[24:08] knows our history more than all the rest of us combined. So, he could probably

[24:12] fill fill us in, color this information for us. But did you know that in 1889,

[24:17] Saint Thomas Church and First Presbyterian Church are built?

[24:21] Also in 1889, electricity is introduced to Thomasville.

[24:27] And also the Southern Enterprise and Thomasville Times newspaper merge to

[24:32] create the Thomasville Times Enterprise. And then lastly, in

[24:39] 1890, the Thomasville County population stands at 26,000

[24:45] 154. So, population boom. That's you know,

[24:50] right in the middle of the resort era for the city of

[24:53] Thomasville when a lot of northerners were coming in. So, a lot of stuff a lot

[24:58] of history was happening at that time. So, yep.

[25:02] » Yeah, how about that? >> Yeah, that's a large population at that

[25:05] time. >> Yeah,

[25:06] it was huge. Big city. >> Uh and apparently it still is a little

[25:11] bit controversial that that Yankees were coming in at that time or you know,

[25:15] pretty close to the Civil War and >> not use that word Yankees?

[25:19] » Oh, yeah. [laughter] Okay, northerners. Northerners, okay.

[25:22] » It's offensive. >> Yeah, I'm a Mets fan.

[25:25] » Well, that's true. Okay. >> You can call me anything else.

[25:27] » Anything else. >> You don't need to be Mets. It could be a

[25:30] lot of other things. But just don't say that word.

[25:33] » That's right. Northerners coming in and so it's kind of controversial. That's

[25:38] right. It's kind of controversial to this day.

[25:41] To this day people still kind of there are counties that are not happy with

[25:46] Thomasville, [music] Thomas County for being welcoming to

[25:50] to northerners. >> To Mets fans.

[25:52] » People like Mets. That's right. We only have three in our city. Three Mets fans.

[25:56] So, there [laughter] we go. >> We've got more than three.

[26:00] » All right. Ricky, upcoming events.

[26:03] » Uh things are a little quiet right now. So,

[26:06] we invite everybody to come out to our as as always come out to our public

[26:10] meetings and you know, we do remind everyone to visit public meetings

[26:15] calendar at thomasville.org for meeting dates, times and locations. A lot of

[26:19] changes due to the municipal building renovation. So, a lot of the meetings

[26:24] being held across the city. So, please be be sure

[26:28] to check out the calendar and know where your favorite meeting is being held.

[26:33] » All right. I just want to thank everyone for listening to the show. Thank our

[26:37] guests, [music] Dr. Scott Sweeney and Ashley Palmer, Executive Ashley Palmer.

[26:41] And again, appreciate you listening. Please subscribe

[26:45] on your favorite listening app and we will talk to you next time.

[26:50] » You've been listening to Thomasville Insights with the city of Thomasville.

[26:54] The show is produced by the city of Thomasville marketing department.

[26:57] » [music] >> The show's music is by pond5.com.

[27:01] To learn more about the city of Thomasville, visit thomasville.org or

[27:05] follow us on social media. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast

[27:09] on your favorite listening app so you don't miss an episode. Thanks for

[27:13] listening.

Youth Council Gives Students Power To Learn- Season 6 Episode 3

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