In this episode of the Bentonville Beacon Podcast, Danny Collins joins host James Bell to discuss Bentonville’s booming outdoor recreation industry. Danny is the founder of 37 North Expeditions, which focuses heavily on making the Ozarks more accessible for everyone. On the show, James and Danny discuss how 37 North helps people fall in love with the outdoors, the importance of equity and inclusion in the outdoor recreation industry, and why the Ozarks have become the next outdoor recreation hot spot.
Show Notes
Shownotes
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0:27) Introducing Danny Collins and 37 North Expeditions
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4:36) Falling in Love with Northwest Arkansas
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6:57) Helping Everyone Fall in Love with the Outdoors
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14:36) Prioritizing Diversity and Equity in the Outdoors
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18:56) What Business Owners Need to Know about the Ozarks
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25:33) Advice for Outdoor Recreation Entrepreneurs
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30:12) What’s Next for 37 North?
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33:34) The 37 North Team
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35:57) Choosing a Superpower and Closing Thoughts
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Quotes
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Our very simple goal and aspiration is to get as many people outside as humanly possible and to make it really simple and convenient to do so. And really, a byproduct of that is helping people fall in love with our beautiful natural landscapes and therefore want to protect it.” (
2:01) - Danny Collins
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Northwest Arkansas is growing at such an incredibly rapid rate, and there’s so many exciting aspects to that…It’s a really vibrant combination of these people that are moving in from really everywhere with a community that is putting everything into the outdoor connection.” (
15:11) - Danny Collins
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For so long, [outdoor programming for youth] was just about teaching your kid how to fish, teaching your kid how to kayak, and the list goes on…For us, we are like, ‘Teach your kid how to love the outdoors. Teach your kid how to feel comfortable in the outdoors and how to slow down.’ So we lead with the connection to self, connection to others, and connection to nature.” (
32:05) - Danny Collins
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