All right, all right.
Beanie talks with friends.
Episode 141.
We're in a special place with some special people.
What's up? Teresa?
Hey, Eric.
What's up?
Brian? Hello, Eric, how are ya?
We're at people's Bank.
How are we doing? People's bank?
We are doing great.
We've had some big news the last couple of weeks,
so we're excited to share everything that's been kind of coming down the pike.
But it's been a great few weeks to be a people's bank person,
so we're really excited.
Nice, nice. Yep.
We're on 102 LaSalle.
102 LaSalle road, right in the heart of West Hartford Center. Yep.
Don't mind the construction. They are open.
We are open.
We are here for business, and so are all the restaurants.
So everyone should definitely make a point to come down
and patronize all of the small businesses on LaSalle road.
Right next to the post office, in between Max Burger and Brisco.
I can't be.
It can't be better than. That.
You know how many times you hit a brick for lunch?
We can't disclose that because it is way too much.
We are way too often, so we we can't.
You got to give Billy a good deal.
I'm like, some financial advice,
and maybe he can give you a good deal on some dinner. And some dinner.
Yeah, that Penny is kind of with chicken.
With chicken? Yes. That is the best. So good.
Well, I'm very excited to be here at people's Bank.
My name is Eric Feeney, founder and president of Friends of Feeney.
Our mission is to help
children and families that need assistance after heartbreak or tragedy.
And I use this podcast.
Feeney talks with friends and I talk to wonderful people in the community
that are doing great things.
And you just had a wonderful weekend in the community doing great things.
We did.
So we were lucky enough to spend the entire weekend within the community.
People's Bank was the presenting sponsor for Celebrate West Hartford.
So it's just a great opportunity to kind of support
West Hartford, support the area, and kind of get as involved as we can.
Yeah.
Did you both go?
Yes, I think I popped 1 million bags.
At least a million kernels were popped over the weekend, rain or shine.
Saturday was a little bit you know, rainy, but it didn't.
Great turnout.
For anyone. Right now.
Was it postponed at all? No, no.
They ran business as usual, rain or shine.
It was open the whole time. 30 minutes. They shut down. Okay.
Yeah, there was thunder, but there's a. Little bit thunder.
Lightning at one point on Saturday.
Kind of positive for about 30 minutes.
But we kept popping popcorn. We did? Yeah.
We were joking.
We were saying we were like the the the Titanic, the band on the Titanic.
They were still playing as the ship sunk.
We were stopping popcorn as it was thunder and lightning out.
So I love it. It was a fun day.
Was it your first time going to.
It was. Yeah, ever.
Yeah, actually. Nice when you think.
It was a good turnout.
Yeah, there was a lot of people.
It's nice to see everybody, the community coming out.
Like, I know. West Hartford is great for that.
It's been going for how long now?
It's been going for decades.
And then the Geissler,
she does such an amazing job kind of organizing it all year round.
It takes an entire year to get ready for one weekend.
And she just does such a great job.
She makes it easy
for us to come in as presenting sponsors to just kind of plug and play.
And she just is amazing.
Yeah, the same artists come out, it seems like year after year
two and they kind of want to be in the same spot.
So they say, you know, people will be able to find them.
Oh, they know like, hey, if I want to see this person, I go right here.
Yeah, yeah, we had a booth once.
We did hugs for a donation.
It was like, oh fine. Oh that's. Nice.
That is really. Cool. Hugs. And
no good time.
Always a good time.
Yeah. It's been there for 38 years. 30.
And you guys have been the sponsor for how long?
We have been the last couple of years we've been the sponsor.
Last year was my first year with people's Bank coming in.
So this is the last few years it's been
it's been a great opportunity for us, as you know, a bank coming in.
We're headquartered in Holyoke, Massachusetts, set.
So we're a small community mutual bank.
So being able to come into West Hartford and kind of make as big of a splash
as we've been able to has been such, you know, a blessing
and a great opportunity for myself and our associates
to really kind of reinvest in the community that we live in.
So it's it's been a great opportunity.
Cool. No.
Awesome time.
What's your favorite carnival Carnival ride there?
I can't get on ride. It's because I'm 14.
You're too short.
Just wait. You stole my joke. You stole my joke.
And I'm on the other end.
I'm 12 for most of I'm six foot five.
So we kind of max our admin out on a lot of things together.
Yeah. What do you.
What did you eat while you were there? There.
They actually had different vendors.
So I didn't have fair food.
But there is a place in Hartford called Van Me or Van Sandwich or.
Yeah, we had by me and then, we had spicy garlic noodles.
Wow. That's. Which was fantastic. Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, a little bit of everything there is so great Thai place that was there.
The rotary, they always do their grill out.
So that's always a great table to get to. Yeah.
But I mean, you can't go wrong with the food, you know, and if you have kids,
it's a great place to kind of go get some kids on some rides,
check out all the vendors.
They do a great job of having helpful vendors.
You know, we're all kind of walks of life,
whether you need vinyl siding or solar power.
Or windows.
Windows or you're just kind of looking
to find a nonprofit to give back, you know, there's a lot of there's like.
A lot of wellness.
To out of wellness, which has been a big thing, which is really awesome.
You know, we all kind of deserve to give back to ourselves, which is nice.
I wonder if Jenny,
Jenny SRT was there.
She was my last guest about mental health.
She is, psychotherapy practitioner.
What is it?
Well, psycho therapist who's lost it for a minute.
Therapist? So she was definitely there.
Purple table singing bowl. Jenny was there.
I don't know, I didn't go, Shout out to my wife's cousin, Patrick.
Congratulations.
He graduated from Molloy College in Long Island.
Very proud of him. Patrick.
That was really.
It was cool to go down, but driving to and from Long Island in one day.
No fire.
No, no, no anything in New York.
Driving is not fun.
So I missed it.
But anything else to share about celebrate?
Are you going to are you going to sponsor again next year?
I think so if they'll have us, you know, we're we're definitely committed
to the community. We're committed to that event every year.
So we always have a blast.
You know, it's it's I'm lucky to have the team that I have because they come out
and they say, right, like, what do you need us to do?
We have associates from all of our other branches who want to volunteer their time.
They want to come spend the weekend with us.
So, you know, as long as Linda and her team allow it, you know,
I think we are definitely on board for continuing the tradition
of being the sponsor.
We love it.
And, you know, I don't think there's any better way
we can give back to the community. Yeah.
It's a fun week and.
There's a fun run. Do you guys do the fun run?
No, we did not do the fun run.
When did you win it? Theresa, what is a fun run?
They do.
They throw color on you or you just runs.
So on Sunday morning they do their five K so a walk run five K it was oh that.
Was Sunday morning.
Sunday morning. Yeah.
So that was a little too early for me, especially after having
you know, been at celebrate all weekend.
I actually my associate Roman I, we spent Saturday night
at the Hartford Boys and Girls Club.
They had one of their annual events, so we got the opportunity
to go to that after.
So that was an amazing event.
You know, be downtown Hartford, support such a great cause.
They were to raise over half $1 million. Wow.
The Boys and Girls Club of Hartford, you know, another great opportunity.
As you know, a. Big sponsor of that, too.
We did? Yeah. So we had some sponsorship with that.
So, you know, as we kind of grow into the Hartford community, we are really
looking to kind of get as involved with in the communities that we serve.
And a lot of that is giving back our time, our resources, and really just
being the agent of change within that area, which is really cool.
I love it.
I worked at the Greater Waterbury Boys and Girls Club for,
I want to say 6 or 7 years.
I was the physical director, so I was like the gym teacher,
basketball coach, ran the basketball league so great.
I seen so many kids grow and flourish from that program.
So I'm very sure that Hartford's the same way. Yeah.
So you doing good? Thanks. Keep up the good work. That's awesome.
Yeah. It was. It was a great night.
We're here at people's Bank.
Ryan young, Teresa Le Chardy.
What are we going to talk about?
First roles and responsibilities.
Well, we always say so.
I have, like, Asterix and I come over when I have an open position available.
Just who is lucky enough to take a chance?
I had to, you know, take her out to dinner.
I had to make her home cooked meals.
So I had her over for a Sunday.
Sunday sauce?
Yeah. And dinner.
It was definitely a courtship. Yeah.
I definitely had to court her.
So I was very lucky when she officially applied.
And I can see it in ADP and I was like, all right, I got I got her.
I'm going to be great.
So it was, you know, the timing of everything just kind of went perfectly.
And you know, when I got promoted last fall and I knew I needed a strong,
competent assistant manager, I was like, I know, I know who I want.
So we had always kind of we previously worked together in a different capacity,
so it was nice to keep in touch and, you know, reach out when, you know,
I had that opportunity.
And I think she was in a place where she was ready to kind of grow and progress.
So, you know, we the stars kind of aligned.
And it worked out perfectly.
And at the end of the day, I just needed a bad cop because I was
my team on the test like I am.
I am the nice guy, which is kind of good and bad for a lot of things.
So I was like, all right, so we got Theresa.
She will be the hammer.
So hold down the gantlet for other groups.
So small.
But mighty.
Small but.
Mighty right small. I'm just a big pushover.
So I was very lucky to get her.
I don't think. So.
Assistant manager. Nice. How long have you been here? Now?
December. So almost, six months.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, you definitely make your presence felt
because it feels like you've been here longer.
Yeah, at the parties, you know, very, social and welcoming.
And you're a good friend.
You got a great hoodie on.
I do, yes.
Representing today.
So a little too hot for the winter hand.
I know, yeah I know, yeah.
I do have a hat too. Yeah, yeah, we got all this way.
What you take on people's bank. So far.
How do you think it's going? I think it's going well.
I the culture speaks for itself.
I think when people walk through the door, you really feel that community feel,
It's like the. Cheers.
I'm probably dating ourselves, but you know, where everybody knows your name.
It it does feel like that here.
And it feels like that
when you go to really any banking center, it's not just in West Hartford
and it's the culture.
So I think that makes a big difference for people
because you're kind of earning that trust,
you know, helping them financially, but also just being a good friend. Do.
So yeah. Yeah.
You're like, Norm. Norm. Yeah.
Rest in peace to your way home, George Wendt.
Yeah. Brought up cheers. Yeah. I don't. Know.
So back to our we got a big congratulations to Ryan.
Yes. Huge congratulations.
But first let's talk about the manager position. Right. Yeah.
So it's almost a year now, right? Yeah.
Just about a year old last, October, I was officially promoted
to bank center manager here in West Hartford under sort of the the,
supports and, the support of, my regional manager, Roma O'Dowd.
She's been a great sort of mentor and colleague since I joined.
You know, when I came here for my first couple interviews,
you walk through the door, you see, you know, you're immediately
greeted by our associate, Neelam, who has been here for years.
She is kind of the fixture here, you know, everybody knows.
Neil, it's great to always be that person next to Neil.
And, you know, she's.
She's fantastic.
So the moment I walked in, it was like we said, like,
you know, we are friends with everyone we knew.
Everybody knows. Hey, can we get you a water?
Would you like a coffee?
Did you park in our loft so you're not going to get a ticket,
you know, and it just was that immediate kinship.
Friendship.
And just meeting Roma, it was almost like we were kind of pinching ourselves
that, like, you know, we as a bank, we win all of these awards
for our best place to work and kind of best culture.
And, you know, when you're trying to make a change and go somewhere else, like,
you know, you want to believe whatever one says in the video, but it's hard.
But when I met Roma and Neil, it was just like, wow.
Like, why didn't I, you know, look into this sooner.
It was that immediate warmth and support and just knowing that,
you know, we have your back and we're not going to let you fail.
So it's been a seamless transition.
And it's been a simple one, you know, essentially,
you know, kind of transitioning from being center manager
when I was first hired to then kind of taking the reins
and being the manager where you're like, oh, gosh.
Like, you know, everything kind of is on your shoulders in a sense.
And so it was a nice tour,
kind of a transition, knowing I had an alum support and Roma support.
And of course, the bank has been nothing but supportive since all of the changes.
So can't can't speak more highly.
Ryan Young doing things.
Big things. Big things. Yeah.
Ryan Young, the young professional of the year
from the West Hartford Chamber of Commerce.
Congratulate. Thank you.
I like to say I am the oldest young professional and they just,
you know, had to give it to me because I was about to age out of it.
And we're going to pull up this purple picture right here.
Boom.
That guy.
So yeah there's Ryan.
So young professional of the year.
What a fancy picture.
There's a lot of that.
So, I'll take the picture.
It was professional headshots, that, you know, people's bank.
You know, took care of for us.
So they were great to kind of empower us to come and get them done
just for our professional growth and development.
So it was a great opportunity.
A lot of faith.
A lot of you know, Photoshop went on.
Look at Ryan took.
A both and it when you guys don't see on the back as our hair
and makeup team here that I've been here since the morning
tirelessly spackling our faces and getting us ready to roll.
So June 25th, fourth, fourth.
The award ceremony? Yep. The award ceremony. Yeah.
The West Hartford Chamber, their annual dinner is the
the 24th Tuesday amazing event.
You know, if you're a chamber member, please get your tickets.
If not, you can still go.
It's it's a great event every year.
Big shout out to Chris Conway.
And, Kate Cobb is at the chamber. Since me
joining people's Bank, they have been nothing but a great resource.
You know, sounding board.
They have been able to kind of uplift and kind of empower myself and people's bank.
You know, we work really well with them and they have such a great team,
I think, within the chamber, where I believe
the largest single town chamber in the state of Connecticut. Wow.
So they do an amazing job with community outreach and making sure
that, you know, the businesses within the chamber are supported and empowered.
Yeah, kudos to Chris and Kate.
They're wonderful people.
They're future podcast guests. Loves.
Actually, they were supposed to be previous
podcast guests, but my daughter's softball game got rained out and postponed
to the game day of the podcast, and they were very flexible
and thoughtful, and they said, we'll do it in July.
So I look forward to Chris and Kate.
Even though Chris has been on before
episode 91, he was in Hot Wings.
Oh. Wow.
How hot were the hot wings? Like ghost pepper.
Ghost pepper? It's called the bomb.
Oh, okay.
Yeah. It's hot.
Well, nuclear the scale like it's from hot ones.
Yeah, it's actually we did the hot. Yeah, yeah.
Like love. That. We did hot ones. We started off
the bomb was that.
We're signing up for that. You're in? Yes. Deal.
Abby runs it.
It'll be our third annual one. Yes, we have.
They are in. We're saying he does that.
Over the holidays, he was eating the raw horseradish with his brother.
Yeah. Oh.
The spoonful. Yeah.
I saw that video.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah. I do not. Wish that I love him.
Hot ones.
There has been some funny, funny guys I know.
I didn't know about it.
Well, I knew about it, but I was like, oh, that's not worth watching.
I know it is.
I'm like, did the Hot Ones contest?
I'm like hooked. Yeah.
Okay. All right.
Like Conan O'Brien did one.
All of them are great.
Billie Eilish even like I'm learning about people I wouldn't really.
Maya Rudolph, you have to watch. That was a good one.
Yeah. I'll have to ask that.
She's great.
Yeah. No.
Thank you so much. People's Bank.
You are very thoughtful.
Speaking of thoughtful and generous, you have been so supportive to friends.
Afeni.
You are an exclusive whole sponsor for our golf tournament,
our fourth annual, which I'm going to pull up a flier.
Oh, ask at the flier. Our brand new fliers.
Color copy for you guys on hard nights.
Pay what?
We're going to put it right.
Here we go. Boom, boom.
But yeah.
So you've been, exclusive whole sponsor.
This is going to be your second year
in a row out of the four, so I can't thank you enough.
It's going to be on Saturday, September 13th at this country club.
You have a table.
So, yeah, feel free to come hang out.
We'll be there, share some swag, talk to golfers.
Start. No popping popcorn? No.
No popcorn.
No popcorn allowed.
Be cool.
No, not until out.
We do not know. Open. Okay, okay.
We miss place. Now
I'm back to Holyoke, so we start.
Doesn't come out until December.
Those courses don't have this, but you get breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Dang. All round.
Longest drive contest.
Hole in one contest, closest to the pin.
Special vendors will have a long drink hole a whiskey hole.
School of Rock hole will be at the hole bank.
Hole,
and it's our largest fundraiser.
The first year we raised $10,000.
Then it went to $18,000, then to 23.
Our goal is 30 this year.
So to help us reach our goal, we had game day.
Connor from the yard goats.
He's a heck of a hole, so he'll tell you like your shorts are too tight.
Your socks don't match in the middle of your swing.
Oh my goodness.
And then school of Rock plays music during your swing.
So it's really fun. It's like the Happy Gilmore of.
Love that government and. Love.
So that's our fourth one.
Check that flier out. Check.
That's your copy, please. You have a community center or a board.
So we do leave it right in the office for everyone to kind of see these are.
The better golfer, Theresa or Ryan.
I would probably have to say Theresa only because I have never played
golf in my life. I'm me.
Not many golf.
Yeah, yeah.
Many Theresa men in golf.
Yeah, yeah I'm sitting.
Yeah, yeah.
I wouldn't need to be fit for kids clubs.
I can't use regular clubs and.
My clubs are like ten feet long. Yeah.
So that. Would be a great.
Addition to being super supportive and thoughtful and generous.
You have also sponsored our parades. Yeah.
We have you on the shirt for Memorial Day,
Saint Patrick's Day and Park Road Parade.
So thank you again.
Chrissy Kitty has been amazing.
Yeah, she's a wonderful person. She's a good friend.
She is a good friend.
Our motto is be a good friend.
Hold the door, pick up trash, give compliments and be charitable.
And she knocks off C early embodiment.
She actually reached out to me, was like, hey,
you didn't fill out for the sponsorship this year or hey.
So yeah.
Amazing person.
Thank you. Chrissy. Yes. Yeah.
She's been such a great support down in here because we do so much.
You know, when she sees how much we do.
So it's kind of, whatever you guys need.
She's been always just so supportive,
you know, kind of seeing the value in what we do.
And even if it is like a late submission or something,
you know, she always finds a way to make these,
you know, big impacts within the community almost out of nothing.
You know, she always tends to pull something out of a hat
and just really surprise us.
And, you know, her and Matt Bannister, we couldn't be more grateful
to have them on our team.
You know, they're just such a great support team.
And it's, you know, all hands on deck with that.
So I. Have a Chrissy Kitty. Post.
Oh, it's only. Kitty post.
Team Spotlight Ryan Young, West Hartford Banking Center manager
I'm honored to work alongside Brian Young, banking center manager, people's
bank was Hartford
Ryan is one of those special people you meet who's not only an absolute
expert in his field, but also a generally good human being.
Man. That's good. He's a good fast. Again, I have to brag.
Good human people.
How much did you pay in two months?
From guiding associates to finding creative solutions for his customers?
He always got our backs.
He does it with a big smile.
Give the camera your big smile. Okay?
Shout out for my mom for my braces.
Those are some good chompers,
Everything you do at people's Bank, our associates and our community,
your leadership and kindness
and unwavering commitment makes this team and bank better every single day.
Next time you're West Hartford, swing by LaSalle road for your banking needs.
And don't forget to say hi to Ryan sidekick
Burke.
We'll put this on purpose.
Yes, my my son, Bertram Marino young,
I said. I said, which one's cuter?
Something really a top.
He's definitely has a better beard than I do. You guys.
You know the Bowser.
Is he down now? So was when the humans.
Started to look like the dog?
No. I'm tired. I have a dog. Barkley.
I should pull up that picture, too.
I had the beard.
Well, sometimes I have the beard, and he has a gray beard.
And I had a gray beard. And we're like. Twins.
When Bowser's.
Both constantly in the doghouse.
Or just you. Oh.
Yeah.
We share the dog, Barkley and I.
But now and then you have some really good comments.
Okay. Al Marino.
Oh how nice. Right.
Thank for shout out to.
He just retired. He's dead.
Good friend Al Marino. Cher is going to miss you.
We're all going to miss. We all going to miss South.
Ryan's a good man who's gotten to know through the West Hartford Chamber.
And he's done hashtags to look at Al Marino, do hashtags.
Oh, hell, I don't have you as a hashtag guy.
He does it.
I was just Teresa, the charity assistant baking man.
And this couldn't be any cuter.
Honestly. Honestly, it could.
It could really. Be somebody else. Oh, no.
No, the dog couldn't be any cute.
Yeah, yeah, that's for sure. Maybe I'll put him.
Maybe I'll put my Bowser pick later.
Bother. Pick? Yeah. Bauer's about.
Also.
Yeah, the thank you's continue our, sponsor of this podcast.
So on the intro page, you're like, right here.
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You could see, oh, people's bank here of, And then when Dave shares
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You know when you're a good friend, it comes back, you know.
And I think that's so important with that.
You know, the karma in the world that if you do good things,
you know, it's going to come back and it takes a village.
And I'm glad that I have an amazing village here because,
you know, you give and you got and it's just been an amazing journey.
You know, you get good, you got good.
And with West Hartford Lock, watch what I do.
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What are three keys that make you a great manager of this thing?
So we were kind of talking about that collectively.
You know, I think I love to be as collaborative as possible.
So I'm always asking my team kind of to help me,
you know, because I need as much help as I can get from my own team.
So kind of just
the most kind of
simple first kind of prong to being successful
or trying to be successful, you know, because we're all just,
you know, trying to keep our head down and just kind of make it through
life, is just we're customer service based job.
You know, Teresa and I, we both come from service industry backgrounds.
You know, we didn't major in finance.
We weren't set out to be bankers, but we kind of got there
by hook or by crook or whatever kind of roads lead us here.
But yeah, kind of the crux of this job is building relationships and.
And that's really important to both of us.
Yeah.
And just delivering that customer service and just being treated
how you want to be treated and being heard.
With, White glove service. Right.
White glove service. Yeah.
I mean, that's always kind of been kind of part of our philosophy,
whether it's working in a restaurant, bartending,
you know, merchandizing at a mall, it's having that customer service,
creating those relationships, especially in a town like West Hartford,
you know, it's all about kind of who you know and what connections you have.
And, you know, it's.
How you feel when you're here and when you leave
because there are so many banks around. Yeah, right.
Even in this area.
The eternal struggle where you walk outside, there's ten banks
within a two second walk.
So what kind of sets us aside? Yeah.
You know, first off is our customer service.
I don't care if you're giving money away.
If you go in and you have a bad experience,
all the money in the world doesn't matter, you know?
So the first prong I think for us is customer service.
You know, it's what we live and breathe every day.
We deliver to our customers, we deliver to our internal associates.
I think that's a big thing, too, that when you're talking to,
you know, a different department or someone else within the bank
that you kind of deliver that same type of service that we do.
You know, people coming in, the brands, you know,
we have a care standard here at people's Bank.
And it's really kind of keeping all of those values.
Living the values.
Living the values, and just really kind of,
you know, being treated how you want to treat people.
You know, it's easy and simple when you kind of think of it like that.
Yeah.
You know, I would say, I mean, kind of second we were kind of talking,
it's when you wake up in the morning, do you want to come to work?
You know, and I think a lot of that has to do with the work culture
and kind of being like, hey, I know today may be a challenging day.
I have a lot of things coming down the pike, but like,
I know I have Neal, I know I have Linda, our newest
associate, dummy, has been a great addition.
And I know that, like, you know, if we head into a storm that I have
my team behind us, and just that work culture makes such a big difference.
You know, it really does.
And, you know, Teresa and I, we put in a lot of hours.
Our team puts in a lot of hours, and we do a lot of after work events,
before work events.
And we couldn't do it without our team and having that working culture that,
you know, we're empowered to get out and to attend these events
and make time for it because we all see the value in it, you know?
So being empowered, I think we say empowered
a lot here at people's Bank, because we do empower ourselves
and our associates to really do the things that kind of spark joy,
and that will kind of better the communities that we serve us.
So it's all about our empowerment here.
And then I think kind of lastly, what's, you know, all three are important.
But I think for being locals here in the area,
the desire to give back to your community and kind of,
you know, be a good friend and not just,
you know, go home and shut your door and kind of realize that, you.
Know, work doesn't like we don't just shut the door and go home.
We're still in the community.
We're still a community that. But.
You know, I've had people that say, you know,
they're challenging, like living and working within the same town.
And I, you know, I think I love it, you know, I love West Hartford.
I grew up in, a West Hartford
type town north of Boston and Massachusetts.
And coming here has just been kind of like a coming home.
You know, everyone's so welcoming and just the community is so great,
and we're given the opportunity to make a big impact
that as bankers, you're really not often able to do.
You know, it's much more kind of rigid and boring.
Yeah.
I did notice that banking this these days are totally different
than back in the day.
Oh yeah.
I didn't know who my bankers were, were nice to me.
I went in cash, my check I left right.
Did you guys, like, consider you guys friends the.
We're in an opportunity.
Like we're given that opportunity to get out into the community
and just put our money and opportunities
where our mouth is and just, you know, be a presence.
And I think that makes a big difference when you have ten
different options to to bank with fourth key.
If I have to add one, the coffee machine.
Yes. The coffee shout.
Out to the coffee machine. It's absolutely amazing.
I joke it's like NASA, you press a button French vanilla, it's press.
And you want coffee?
Expreso hot cocoa.
Steffen, you want something?
No. Not yet. And I will get you some.
What's your what's your drink of choice?
I'm pretty generic, so I usually kind of toggle back
and forth between decaf coffee and hot tea.
Decaf coffee.
What's the point of that?
I know, I know, all the coffee haters are gonna hate me or all the coffees.
And that sounds fun.
But what a snooze fest, right?
I'm not a boring, but I promise.
You're not.
Right. What's fun?
I switched a mushroom coffee.
Is that here?
No. Not yet. My wife loves that, actually.
Yeah, like it's good for your brain.
Like six different.
Yeah. Logan. My, I tried it. It's really. Good.
It's really got a real.
Unique taste, but you get used to it.
Oh, well, I love mushroom. I like. Oh, yeah.
No matter.
What. Brand do you use? Rice. Okay.
I think we use that one too.
Very cool. Yeah, well that's her.
So I mean, so if it's here, I'm doing the green tea like I
do, I do use it and it comes out of that, that we have the hot water.
Roger. Yeah. That's right.
Yeah.
So we, we definitely encourage your viewers to come and check out.
We also have hot chocolate for kids too. It's not just a coffee machine.
So adults like hot chocolate.
I know, but bring the kids.
Like my bring them Saturday morning when I need to mail stuff out.
Like beat someone, buy swag, I park here.
Yeah, come.
And go to the post office, get my drink first.
Yeah, because the line is usually long.
Yeah. You need. A coffee? I had it my friends, my peeps.
Hang out, go to the post office, mail my thing.
Oh it's amazing.
So I highly suggest if you have the mail letter, come get a coffee for me.
I love it. Meet my people's down at people's Bank. Yeah.
They're good.
There's one.
Or two LaSalle. 1 or 2 LaSalle road.
Then go over and see Luann and Dan at the post office.
Yeah. Wow. Great. Oh, yeah. We got office.
I love those are good friends. Those are our good friends.
You know, you gotta get in with the people locally, you know?
Yeah.
They're always they're good supporters of us.
People's bank. Yeah. 1 or 2
we'll sell.
Oh bank at people's dot com 86023183 6:05 a.m.
I correct.
You are correct.
I. Check them out bank at people's.
Now how come you don't.
How come you not people's bank.com.
Because. So yeah. What happened.
There was a long opportunity.
So we were given that opportunity.
So kind of our it's a great teaching
a teachable moment as my partner would say, is that, you
know, 100 years ago there was the people's Bank out of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
They through all bank mergers, all of that jazz,
merged with United Bank to become People's United Bank.
And then maybe 4 or 5 years ago at this point, Marty, from upstate
New York came in.
They gobbled up everything, and they all became, M-A Bank.
So we're lucky, you know, we're a small, mutually held community bank.
We've been around since 1885.
We're headquartered in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
So big shout out Holyoke, mass.
And we're, you know, we're one of those
last true kind of community banks where we really are
kind of smaller in that sense, where we really can make a big impact.
So when those mergers happened, you know, that,
what is that?
The the web address became available, you know, and from kind of
what I've heard in the past, because it makes sense. Why is it.
You can talk and explain matters here.
Let me.
Yeah. Go let me go.
So it was we were given the opportunity.
But you know we're always trying to pivot and kind of get out
of that sort of connotation of people's bank, People's United Bank.
So we've they've kind of pivoted and it's bank at people's dot com,
which is a really great, web address that brings you to our beautiful website.
And because there's no space between bank and people.
Yeah, we we've removed the space between the bank and the people.
So it's, bank of people's dot com people's bank.
One word
which we think is really important because there's like this said, no space
in between banking and people.
Oh well done.
No space in between banking or people.
Did you make that up?
I did not I will take credit for it.
You make that up.
She might have Neelam.
Neil.
I mean, yeah, I'm a big pusher of it,
you know, she's always, you know, bank of peoples.com.
Neelam love her name. My daughter's name is Neil.
Oh, okay. Very cool.
So Neil and Neil, we talk all the time about the great name we had.
Brahma, good peoples. Linda, Linda. We.
Have a great team.
We Matt Bannister, we. Have an amazing team.
I couldn't be more more blessed and supported by them.
And we like to say, you know, I am so lucky to have a team that is women leads.
You know, I have an amazing team of women here,
mostly minority as well.
So it's we it's a great representation of the area, great
representation of what West Hartford is nowadays.
You know, it's a it's a melting pot of melting pot of cultures
and shared experiences.
So I'm lucky to have all of these amazing,
brilliant, smart women by my side every single day.
Good people, good peoples.
So we talked about, oh, Matt Bannister also walked in the UConn parade.
Yeah. Did you guys do that there?
We did not walk into that. You Matt.
How did Matt get in there?
Can you call me next time?
Matt. Matt.
Come give us a ring. I spoke to him a little bit earlier.
He's like, just don't go off the rails on this.
He said, all right, now I'm going to shave my head.
We want buffalo scraps, you know.
Like you say, good walk in the parade. Ryan.
What? Matt and.
I. We're going to sign you up.
We'll send an email. You heard he here. Matt banister.
When they win again, when I can walk. Yeah.
Ryan said it's okay.
All right. Thanks, Matt.
Well, well, either starter finish at the new people's Bank arena downtown.
Ooh. Glad you brought that up. That's huge.
Congratulations. Thank you. It's been kind of nice.
Got courtside seats yet? Yeah.
I think we're gonna have, like, names with our plaque seats with Teresa.
Nice name on them.
I'm a block. We're going to be in a.
Yeah, yeah. Bank arena.
Do you know about that? Before it was announced. We can't talk about.
Oh, come on, give us give us an exclusive.
So we always say, you know, it's a very tall ladder and I'm in position.
I'm on the first rung of the ladder, so I, I'm usually the last one to find out
which is good because I can't keep a secret.
So Theresa knows. Roman knows.
Don't tell Ryan.
It's great if you want it to stay a secret.
So I was told I had to show up downtown Hartford
at the former Excel Arena for just something.
So I got there and lo and behold, a ribbon cutting.
And it was ours.
It was.
Oh, it was our unveiling.
That's amazing.
It's exciting, you know, and.
I think amazing opportunity for. Us.
It is, you know, and as we grow into Connecticut,
we've had a commercial presence
in the Hartford County region for the last 20 years.
So kind of the last piece of the pie was getting our retail kind of in the area.
And so we've made a huge commitment to Hartford,
downtown Hartford, with this, naming of the people's Bank arena.
So we couldn't be more excited.
You know, and I think as a bank based out of Massachusetts
coming into Hartford, we've been embraced, we've been empowered,
and it's just really a big commitment from us and our executive leadership
team that, you know, we believe in Hartford, we believe in Connecticut.
And we're excited to make a big splash.
And, Let me know when you get the suite.
Yes, we will get you to this three rows max.
Yeah. Billy Joel, come on.
We got some good people coming. Yeah, well.
So we have wrestling. Wrestling?
What are they?
Ali is coming for Andre. Bo. Charlie?
Yeah.
You got to get to.
Give that to him for.
The the monster. Truck monster trophy.
That fun? Fun? Yeah.
We're head.
That was, like, super loud. Really?
It's fun though.
Yeah, yeah.
People's bank arena.
That is amazing. Congratulations. That's exciting.
I know, you know, they're doing a big renovation to it.
I think it's going to be a great draw for Hartford.
You know, in addition to Pratt Street and, Duncan Stadium, you know
Hartford, it's it's kind of.
How much do you think the sponsorship you got?
Numbers don't.
Have any.
Well, the only number I have is as a ten year commitment.
So, you know, committed at least for the next ten years,
to be having this impact, within the community.
So we're excited and we will be having some sort of a physical presence
with some sort of banking center,
kind of a setup within downtown Hartford also,
you know, so we're more than just kind of slapping our names up.
We're going to have a physical presence down there to help the community.
You know,
we have a lot of unique banking products that you don't see within banking.
You know, we do a lot of fee free accounts.
We keep it kind of some of our slogan is, real simple banking, you know, so
we're not in kind of the business to fill you up the wazoo, make it challenging.
We're able to really kind of meet our customers with their wants and needs,
and we see it.
And, you know, we're live in kind of the culture that we breathe.
So you said there will be a bank presence. Yeah.
So we. Are, you know, a street or aware.
Don't know yet.
They're not selling me.
They don't tell me anything.
You know, I, I tend to tell a few people.
So we will be having some sort of, kind of a hybrid brick and mortar downtown
for residents in the area to come and, you know, be a part of people's Bank.
So we're excited for that presence.
It's it's really important to have a presence in a, in a capital city.
And I think as a lot of banks are moving out of Hartford,
you know, we've seen a great opportunity to pick up that slack and say, hey,
you know, we're here, we're committed, and we're ready to make an impact.
Yeah, great big things.
You hosted Celebrate sponsored celebrate
young professional about to have your year anniversary.
Yeah we're coming up man.
Sponsoring what's what's better Theresa having her year anniversary.
We're getting people's bank arena.
You know what I mean?
Selfishly, for me and is having Theresa here
because it was a lot of back and forth, a lot of meals.
I had to, commitment issues.
But I'm here now.
Yeah. So now she's committed to me.
I have and committed to, people's Bank.
So we're excited for that.
And, you know,
on the gratuitous side, we're excited for, you know, people's Bank arena.
Yeah.
Now, will you still have sponsorship money for guys like Friends of Feeney
and nonprofits?
You know, the little guys, of course.
You know, and I think what is kind of a testament
to Christy and Matt and kind of the philosophy within,
and the culture and within people's Bank is that we're not kind of that flashy
will sponsor you a year, you know, kind of wave a check around and make it look.
Like a people's bank arena and then not give back to the community.
Yeah. So, I mean, we're we're committed to it.
And, you know, we love to work with the same nonprofits year after year.
We love to see that grow.
And, you know,
if we've supported you one year, we we love to be continued supporters of it.
You know, it's not just,
All right, next year, on to the new next flashy nonprofit
that people are talking about.
You know, we're invested in what we contribute to
and support and, participate in.
So don't you worry.
Are you going to we will still be here supporting you
ever.
You need to allow us to say the country.
Will always be a good friend.
Thank you, thank you. Yeah.
Some events so those are past events.
Some events coming up. Pride event.
And you want to talk about that. And, Tracy's run. Yep.
Tracy's ride.
It's Tracy's ride is coming up this Thursday.
What is today? Today's the 10th.
So this Thursday, the 12th at the bicycle is where we are kind of starting off.
And it is just a great remembrance charity run.
So if you're around in that area, this Thursday, please come check us out.
Myself and the rest of the board of West Hartford Pride will be there,
and we are gearing up for the 2025,
Pride Festival, which will be Saturday, June 21st.
We are doing a rally at Town Hall at 1030, and then the actual festival
itself, goes from noon to 6 p.m.
at 50 South Main row, our street vendor.
So Main
Street, Main Street, right at Town Hall.
So if you're in the neighborhoods, please come check us out.
We'll have lots of vendors, lots of supports.
And it's just it's it's an amazing event.
Every year I'm lucky to be able to, be a part of it.
And it's definitely something that now more than ever,
you know, we need people to come together,
be good friends, be there for each other, and just support the community.
Yeah, we had a booth, 20, 21.
We made these shirts, as you can see.
The elaboration. Friends of Feeney, West Hartford Pride.
Be a good friend in the rainbow colors. Love it.
Like you said, you can help me sell a few. You like.
You see, Ryan, they're only 20 bucks.
What?
All these colors. We. We did have to sell them for 25.
But if you're a friend of Ryan, 20. But come on.
Good afternoon and see us now.
It was great.
I have some pictures.
We had a wonderful.
We had, a raffle.
We had pride, legos, pride, bracelets, a pride flag.
It was a great raffle.
We had a a little booth, I don't know where's,
there's Berry and some people call.
Out, shout out to Mary and Johanna.
I love that.
We had some.
Oh, there's a raffle. There's some people were just.
Thank you for that support. Yeah, it was 2021.
I feel like we haven't done in a while because it's the day
after the last day of school and it's just a lot.
And sometimes we travel.
We've been going to Lake George right after,
but, there's my good peeps, all my good friends.
It was a great time.
Barry, Barry, Walter's amazing person, episode 56.
He is the president of the.
Yeah, so he is he runs, West Hartford Pride with, his co-chair, Joanna.
So they do. It's just an amazing work.
I don't know how they find the time to do it.
On top of all of the other
selfless community stuff that they're involved with.
So thank you guys for kind of bearing that burden of getting everything
kind of up and running.
But, you know, it's it's a labor of love.
And you can really tell that Joe and Barry really love what they do.
And yeah, you know. Shout out to John Barry.
Shout out to Joe and Barry.
Go back and watch 56 with Barry. Barry's great.
When will this when will this podcast air?
Maybe two. Weeks. Two weeks ago.
When I say June 21st, we didn't try to get it out.
I would normally do a plug for volunteers.
We're still, you know, actively looking for volunteers.
But no worries, you can always hit us back for, 2026.
So they'll be looking for volunteers on as well.
And then June is pride month.
And then June is pride month. Yes.
Or excited.
And then shout out, we talked about Tracy Wilson, a doctor Tracy Wilson's book,
Amazing Person near and dear, a role model.
Just you know, she was a teacher for 38 years.
I'm in my 21st year, so, God bless her thinking about her.
She taught at Conard for out of the 38, I think 36, all at Conard,
she created a program, African-American studies,
that's been going on since, she celebrated.
We have a nice picture.
We celebrated West Hartford's teacher union.
I wouldn't mind putting a picture of Doctor Tracy.
Let's see Eric Feeney in the middle and Best Buy right here.
West Hartford icon. Icon and legend.
She wrote this book.
She's a she was our town historian,
and I had her host a trivia event at the 100th podcast.
So I'm so honored that she was there.
It was, Park Road Association versus West Hartford Chamber of Commerce.
So Tracy did West Hartford history.
So it was amazing.
And this is like going to but she had signed this for me.
I love that.
There you represent so much what makes Hartford a great community.
Read page 178. Best regards, Tracy Wilson.
So like if you put the ones that way.
Once every. Day is a.
Is it going to be a high school mugshot of you.
Walk.
It's school where I teach at fast point facts.
And walk a park where I, you know, spend a lot of time
walking my dog or sledding or playing pickleball basketball.
So she told me to turn to her so she knows it was really important to me.
So it's like I'll treasure this forever.
I love. That, yeah.
I'm Tracy Wilson, thinking of you always.
I know I'm so honored and proud to have this.
And so honored that she was on episode 100.
So, thinking of you, Tracy and I.
I really want to do this 9.59.5 on a bike.
Yeah, it's a long I mean, I wanna I think.
I could do it, I think to honor.
Yeah. On a. Bike. Absolutely can do it. On a bike. Right.
Do you like a basket? I could say it's on and I can do it.
Oh, you do.
Yeah I mean stationary.
But if I.
Get pegs will you sit on the front and you write on the back.
What a motley crew that would be.
What about a. Side to the basket like. Eating.
There's a side car like a side by the side. Best I.
Want to be on the side. Burton. The side that.
Well that's true. That's true. Yeah.
Cute little. Helmet.
Yeah, I got a cat.
It looks so cool with the helmet on.
Love you. Could definitely do a 9.5.
Yeah. Oh, speaking of. So, we always do
three keys.
Sponsored. Excuse me. Whatsoever.
Lock sponsors. Three keys, three keys.
And want a pizza? Sponsors. Favorite restaurant.
People's Bank now is going to sponsor what makes him a good friend.
What makes her a good friend?
We're going to play right now starting today.
People's bank.
Teresa, what makes Ryan a good friend?
And same question to you when she's done.
Or do you want to go first?
Ryan no, I would love to see my assassin go first.
Yeah, I'd like to see your answer.
I think Matt Ryan's dependability.
I think that if you call on Ryan
and you need something that he is always going to show up.
I think that makes you.
That's what I was going to say about Teresa. Just,
Yeah, I think that you're reliable and you're dependable.
And I think that you have made quite a name for yourself in this community
and not only just as a banker, but I think that anywhere we go
and in the chamber or any local business knows who you are,
it also helps that your six five.
But thank.
You. You're you know, you do.
You have made your presence very known.
Thank you, thank you.
What makes Tre so good, friend?
There's so many, so many.
Qualities and reasons that make Teresa a good friend.
She's done a great job at giving me a lot more gray hairs in the last,
you know, almost the year that she's been here.
But when I was looking, you know, when I had the assistant manager
position open and I was, you know, got a ton
of external people applying, and I was like, who are these people?
And I was like, I know Teresa, you know, and I know what she's capable.
You knew I was going to give you a gray hair.
Yes. You know, I think it's just like,
you know, finish out the gray hair that I have with with Teresa.
But in all honesty, like knowing her and just knowing that
she's the first one to kind of roll up our sleeves at the end of the day.
And I know that, you know, I can.
Go crying on this podcast.
There's no keep a very short sleeve.
That I can trust.
Teresa, you know, to kind of be here, like she said, like
she's always going to show up for me.
And I love and I appreciate that.
And she's been, you know, such an amazing friend.
You know, in the 4 or 5 years that we've known each other, it was just this.
She was the first person I thought
about when, you know, the position became available.
And she's just so great, you know, and she's there for me.
She's such a great support.
She works so great with the team,
and I just couldn't be more lucky to have with Tre.
Tre, as we call it.
For all Tre trees, I call it. Yeah.
Oh like it?
Don't just don't call her Terry.
Yeah. No, no. Terry battled Terry.
Now back it up Terry I. Can't.
So we're we're. Like. That was our.
What makes someone a good friend sponsored by people's bank.
I like to have. And then we're going to do.
Oh we should do favorite teacher sponsor. I got to get permission from Beth.
But maybe favorite teacher sponsored by doctor Tracy Wilson,
because I said on the hundredth podcast, she's your favorite teachers.
Yeah. Favorite teacher.
But anyway, so speaking of teachers, never had Tracy as a teacher,
but amazing person. Did you have a favorite teacher?
I'll let you go first.
Tree. Tree.
School for me?
I can't say I had a favorite teacher.
What town did you grow up in? Bethel.
Nice. Yeah.
Maybe elementary.
Miss Armstrong always stuck out to me. She was my.
I think she was first grade.
First or fourth grade, I can't remember.
It's been a long time, Eric.
She had really nice handwriting,
and I always get complimented on my handwriting and I always think of her, so
I feel like maybe it was first grade because that's when you sign up to start.
Yeah. Very cool.
Right. And this. Is Armstrong. Yeah. Shout out to my sister.
Thank you for the handwriting okay.
Yes. Bethel school system.
Yeah.
We can't talk about Florida.
I would say I mean I probably wouldn't
be able to go home tonight if I didn't say that.
My partner, Nick Marino is my favorite teacher.
He's a professor at Trinity College, Kerry Hartford.
So he's. Not out in. That position.
There is for sure my favorite teacher that I know.
I wasn't the biggest fan of school going through it.
I was much more of the the talker.
You know, we can't.
So, you know, coming into school late with a bagel
and an iced coffee that you'd have to, like, hide in the empty locker
right before you went in to get your late pass.
So Nick lets me slide on a lot of it because, you know, he doesn't correct
my grammar.
He doesn't? Yeah.
I'm very lucky to have that.
He's he's a great teacher, a great partner and a great guy overall.
Good friend. He's a good.
If I had to pick one.
Eric, you're not my teacher, but you'd be my favorite.
Oh, thank you, thank you.
I've heard that a few times. Yeah. Thank you.
And I met Nick. Nick's a great guy.
Nick is a great guy.
Actually does a class or he does podcasting at Trinity.
Or know someone that does. Yeah.
So they all kind of work together
to kind of, you know, it's been such a, such a cool thing,
you know, podcasting with them last I mean, decades or so, like,
that podcast has been kind of a huge thing.
And, you know, Trinity is always kind of on,
you know, trend on trends with the, you know, that and they do a great job.
So they have podcasts and classes and really cool
3D printing labs, which is really cool, which we didn't have in our nick.
Should be a Feeney guest.
Yes. Oh, no, it's in the back. That's in the works.
Oh, good. Yeah.
We talked at the let's grab lunch Christmas party.
I want to either try to get involved at the school
or have him on or both or me.
I had the interview at the school, and then I saw him again at Parkville Market.
Yeah. And talked again.
Oh, yeah.
The mural there is fabulous.
Beautiful. Shout out to Parkville.
Mom, that is a beautiful here's us.
Oh, speaking of what?
Here's some stickers.
We we honored it with a sticker.
Less than I.
Have the stickers.
On, but we have stickers all over this branch.
The magnets are great. I got one on my car.
You know, I've got a sign outside of my house.
So do you. Hey, do. Yeah. All right. Oh.
My back there, you guys, I have a West Hartford Pride sign.
And then a really nice quote from Doctor Martin Luther King.
So I love it.
Yeah. Love it.
And then our favorite restaurant, sponsored by Luna Pizza.
And we're going to go fast because we're getting close up.
You go. First. You go first. For dinner guests. Favorite restaurant?
It can be anywhere in the world.
And their house.
Guests can be dead or alive.
Wow. Anywhere in the world?
I don't know, you know I.
Here comes the sun.
Yeah, yeah, it would be the Beatles for sure.
And I would say Carmine's just because it's family style.
And there would be five of us, so.
Oh, yeah. Where's Carmine's?
Nope.
It would be in, Times Square in New York City.
Oh, cool.
Thanks, Carmen.
Carmine's in Times Square with the Beatles.
Love it.
So for me, kind of I was thinking all day kind of like, who do I pick?
Kind of keeping in theme with Pride Month.
I would say the forward probably be the late, great Whitney Houston.
If they can be dead or alive, I would also do
kind of it would love to kind of sit down with Harvey Milk.
He was a Harvey, gay activist in the time out in San Francisco.
First mayor. First mayor.
Absolutely.
I would love to have dinner with Kylie Minogue
and kind of wrap it out with Barry White's, you know, another late.
Great.
Are you going to one restaurant with all these people
or a different restaurant with each of them?
And unfortunately, I don't know who Kylie Minogue should.
I know that.
You don't know Kylie. My gosh.
Should I say that out loud?
That's okay.
Be careful. Actress singer. Songwriter.
Although she is an Australian pop
gay icon, Australian.
You're you're going to go flack for all your gay friends.
Okay. Come on. Oh.
All right.
What's her favorite best song? I don't know. Gosh.
Then I'm going to listen to on the way home. Yeah, yeah.
Well, maybe we could pull some copyright.
Maybe YouTube will copyright us. Hit the banger.
How about this? Yes.
What is Whitney Houston's favorite coordination?
What do you mean by that?
Like a coordination like hand. I
caught a.
Hand. Eye coordination.
Oh, he. Didn't get it.
He's got. It. Hand-eye coordination. Needs.
All right.
It's been a long day.
Oh, it is Tuesday in the bank.
Whatever you do, don't edit this out at all.
Please keep all of that.
And so I.
Can't call yourself a Whitney Houston fan if you don't know hand-eye coordination.
Coordination? Because I know the lyrics.
I don't know the, the joke, and shout out to Dolly Parton
for actually writing that song. Oh.
So yeah. So she's getting very serious.
And where would I go?
I don't know, you know what I really I forgot to keep a low call.
Oh, we don't know. He's okay.
Where in the world. How do you are in the world?
Carly and Betty White, thank you for being, friends.
I would say I would love to go to, like, a Benny.
You should go right in.
Like the height of Benihana, right?
Like in was a big in the 70s. Like a hibachi place.
A Benihana like in Hawaii with those people drinking my ties.
I think, you know, having Betty White.
Whitney Houston, Harvey Milk, and.
I leave a know, even.
Though, man, I'm learning something new, I see I'm a lifelong learner.
I learn something new every day.
If you're not learning, what are you doing.
As a sister, Kylie Minogue.
You have to.
Yeah, I'm going to come in next time. Bump into. Yeah.
Not going to be on every pride playlist.
Please check on out.
You'll know some of her songs though.
Okay, I'm not going to tell you which ones, but you know, them.
Being a pride. Don't forget to get your pride shirts.
Yes, and comes to Town Hall June 21st, Saturday all.
Day and do the ride for Tracy Wilson.
Yes, we'll see you Thursday.
And thank you again for being such wonderful sponsors.
And you're thoughtful and generous.
Before we go, any recommendations?
TV shows, movies, books,
banks to go.
To, those banks to go to a, you know, one right on 1 or 2 LaSalle road here
in West Hartford Center.
We won't get too much more.
Shows that I've been really watching.
There's a lot of good documentaries going on Netflix.
Where do we.
What do we have time to watch shows?
That's now off with, you know, all of our after hours stuff?
I do a lot of Bob's Burgers.
Oh, what is it?
Bob's burgers had a disconnect and disassociate after a long day.
Love that.
Abbott elementary. Do you watch that? Oh, hilarious.
My daughters love that.
They put me on for that. Them. Oh, it's so funny.
So please. Watch. They tease me for the guy,
the white
kid, the like they they're like that you that you dad that you you got a little.
Bit more credit on that guy. Yeah.
He like, tries to be cool. Yes. Yeah. No.
That's me.
That's how I relate with them I try, All you got to do is try,
what's his name? I forgot, so there's.
Everyone hates Chris.
Everyone hates Chris, and they're dating.
She wrote the show? Yes.
Quinta Brunson wrote this.
Oh. Shout out to Waterbury
every episode.
Waterbury.
Shea Ralph is the kindergarten teacher.
Oh, she's from Waterbury.
Over in that show, Abbott Elementary. It's a great.
She just won Grammys.
She's our pride and joy. Waterbury, Connecticut.
And it's a great role that you can kind of pick up and watch.
You don't have to watch in order. You can kind of like The Office.
You can just pick it up.
It's the best.
Doesn't matter if it's an order.
You can watch episode 100 or episode two.
You know what's going on, but you know what?
You should shout out and recommend the sushi place that I missed.
Go home.
Oh yes. Definitely.
So we're out. Shout out to Gordon.
I you had the party.
The best party ever. Yeah. And I missed it.
We said, did you forgive me yet or.
No. No, because you also didn't come to celebrate either.
Oh, man. Strike two straight.
There won't be a strike three.
There better not be a trick or treat treat.
So that fun gone.
So again, thank you for being good friends.
Thank you for your generosity and continued support.
Any closing remarks?
Oh, well, thank you for highlighting, you know, two boring bankers
and what we do here within their community.
It's been so great to know you over the last couple of years and kind of see
your involvement and kind of, you know, your energy is palpable.
So it's, you know, you become a good friend.
You want to be a good friend, having known
you and knowing the amazing team that you have within your organization.
So you guys killing crush it.
And we're
we're glad to be a small part of that and we appreciate the collaboration.
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Yeah, shout out to Ali.
You have Bristol Blues coming up July 12th.
All you can eat, all you can drink 25 bucks.
Can't beat it.
Yard goats game.
Friday, August 15th probably 16th.
Which one.
And then our fourth annual golf tournament September 13th.
Can't wait.
My friends want to come in.
Rob and Matt, you want to come in for the
we're going to say be a good friend on camera.
Come on.
All the people behind the scene here, people.
The chairman of the board, Heller
and my good friend, probably biggest donor.
He. Good friend.
That's great.
On three we're going to say be a good friend.
Okay? One, two three.
Be a good. Friend.