Chris Coulter with Local Color Studio

Intro: [00:00:07] Broadcasting live from the Business RadioX studios in Woodstock, Georgia. It’s time for Cherokee Business Radio. Now, here’s your host.

Stone Payton: [00:00:24] Welcome to another exciting and informative edition of Cherokee Business Radio. Stone Payton here with you this morning, and today’s episode is brought to you in part by Woodstock Neighbors magazine, bringing neighbors and business together. For more information, go to Facebook and Instagram at Woodstock Neighbors dot wbvm. And if you have a heart for community and want to grow your small business, please consider joining our Main Street Warriors Community Impact Movement. Go check us out at Main Street warriors.org. You guys are in for a real treat this morning. Please join me in welcoming to the broadcast with Local Color Studio Mr. Chris Coulter. Good morning sir.

Chris Coulter: [00:01:10] Good morning Stone, how are you?

Stone Payton: [00:01:11] I am doing well. It is an absolute delight to have you in the studio. You know, you and I connected, I believe, right down the street here at, uh. What’s the name of the. It’s a co-working space. Uh, circuit? Yeah, the circuit with the, uh, the coffee shop. Love those folks at the at the coffee shop. And I knew the moment we started talking, we got to get this guy in the studio. You got some really cool stuff happening up at local color studio in canton. I got a thousand questions, Chris, I know we’re not going to get to them all, but, uh, maybe a great place to start would be if you could share with me in our listeners mission. Purpose. Uh, what are you and your team really trying to trying to do for folks with this thing?

Chris Coulter: [00:01:52] Well, Stone, first of all, I’m excited to be here. Equally as excited to be here as you are to have me. So thanks for having me on. Um, yes, we’re very excited about the studio that we’ve opened up there in downtown canton. And the purpose of the studio is it’s a community arts studio. That was really a vision of my wife’s, Shana Colter. Um, who that. And it’s it’s just a home for creative folks in canton. Um, it’s 6200ft² of space there in downtown canton that houses some resident artists that, uh, lease out uh, 11 co-working studios for artists and, uh, and also teach classes out of the studio. It’s a teaching and learning studio, uh, with classes that vary from, uh, pottery, ceramics to, uh, uh, portrait painting to en plein air to all kinds of different disciplines and modalities. Um, we have a full ceramic studio there, uh, at local color, with ten pottery wheels and three kilns and a bunch of paints and glazes, also an open studio with all kinds of art materials and supplies that you can come in and, and work through the day, uh, painting or working on whatever you’re creating. So really, it is a place where creative people can come in and, uh, practice their craft and all different disciplines from beginners all the way through novice. Shana, really, I think, wants to, uh, take that piece of creativity that everyone has in them and develop that and help you and help you communicate that and, and get better at what you what you like to do.

Stone Payton: [00:03:15] Okay, I got to know what is en plein air. Okay.

Chris Coulter: [00:03:18] En plein air is, uh, is in plein air. Uh, okay. Translated literally, but basically it’s landscape, outdoor painting. Okay. Um, we have a, we have a, uh, an artist that is, uh, Brenda Pinnock, who’s a local artist there in canton that teaches that class, and she’s a really high quality, uh, instructor and painter. And so, um, it’s it’s, uh, but it’s outdoor painting. It’s it’s landscapes. It’s what you see when you walk outside has a lot to do with light and landscapes and just natural settings.

Stone Payton: [00:03:46] I’m going to sound so smart when I go talk to my wife, who is kind of artsy herself. And so she’s going to be thrilled that we’ve had this, this conversation. So there’s dedicated space that an artist can rent full time. Like that can be their space. And there’s space that someone like my wife Holly can just walk in and say, hey, I need a space for the day.

Chris Coulter: [00:04:06] Or absolutely, there’s an open studio where you can come in and, uh, purchase a day pass that’ll that will allow you to use the materials that we have there and, and take space in the studio and just and just work and express and, and be around other people that are also creating. Um, I think artists like to work in collaborative environments, and that’s what Shana’s trying to create down there at the studio is an environment where you’ve got really professional resident artists that are interacting with people that are at different skill levels so that they can kind of come together and learn from each other.

Stone Payton: [00:04:34] Man, I just love the concept. My wife, Holly, is an accomplished painter and I know I’m biased, but she’s an accomplished painter. She’s a novice. Uh, what do you call it? Pottery? Yeah, yeah, the clay stuff. Uh, but, uh, you probably you have, uh, instruction as well. Like, can she take a class?

Chris Coulter: [00:04:51] Absolutely, absolutely. There. There will be a full set of programing for the ceramics studio come January that will include, uh, you know, beginner pottery where you learn to throw, uh, throw pots on a wheel or coffee cups or platters or whatever it is. That. Right? Right. You’re looking to make you come in and take a piece of clay and you form it into what you like, and then you you glaze it, paint it, and you have a finished piece. But yes, I mean, you could come in and purchase a class that was a five week class, let’s say that was, uh, one class per week, two hours a week for five weeks. And at the end of that class, the the, the. The goal would be that you, you, you reach a certain skill level and that you learn how to throw a cup, and then you could take it from there and develop into more, uh, you could further that discipline. So it doesn’t matter that she’s not a professional potter. We want her to come in, right, and register for a class and take a class and and start that journey and start start creating. And from that standpoint, or if she’s an accomplished painter already, she can certainly come in and look at the instruction that we have to further her discipline there as well, because I can guarantee you that she’ll find some classes that I think she’ll find beneficial and that will help her develop her craft.

Stone Payton: [00:05:56] I love it. And then when she reaches a certain point, can she also just say, you know what, I think I’ll go throw a pot next Tuesday. I’m going to go to local color and rent the wheel for a little while. Is that it? Absolutely.

Chris Coulter: [00:06:07] There. You know, we do. We we teach a lot of classes, uh, because we do want people to kind of come through, um, taking a class until they get proficient at what they’re doing and then yes, there then you can come in and purchase a day pass and have access to the pottery wheel and, and the paints and glazes that we do have. Um, some of the materials that we have, you know, will be basic and you can certainly purchase your own. And if you’re a member of the studio, um, you know, you get some locker space. So if you have your own paints and glazes that you want to keep in a locker, you certainly can come in and do that. Um, but yeah, we have we have day passes, we have monthly memberships, annual memberships, and then we have all the way up to, you know, like I said, renting the the studio space, which, you know, they range anywhere from 95ft² to 110ft². And, uh, and, you know, you could set up your own studio and just be in there working.

Stone Payton: [00:06:53] I love it, and I think you’ve probably just earned a new customer. Awesome. I’ve got a locker at Maxwell’s cigar shop, and I can see Holly with a locker at your place.

Chris Coulter: [00:07:01] Very similar. Absolutely.

Stone Payton: [00:07:03] Uh, so I can’t wait to tell Holly about this. Okay, let’s back up. Let’s talk about the the origin story, because I’m trying to envision, uh, Shana, you said. Right. Shana is my wife, Shana. So she walks in one day and she says, all right, Chris, I got this new idea. Like, how did it come together in the early.

Chris Coulter: [00:07:19] Oh, that’s funny stone. So yeah, you kind of hit it right on the head. So Shana taught, um, at Cherokee High School for seven years, and she was the art teacher there, um, and the head of the art department when she left Cherokee High School. Um, she decided, uh, in 2021 to not renew her contract. Um, you know, after, uh, after teaching there for seven years, um, she felt that she wanted to create an environment that she really wanted to teach in. She loves teaching kids, and she loves being with kids, and she loves bringing creativity out of out of kids. And so she decided to create her own, uh, environment to teach in. And yes, she came to me and said, I’m not renewing my contract. I’m not teaching next year. I can’t do it. Um, and she, you know, told me about the idea of opening the art studio. And yes, I was very nervous in the very beginning because, uh, you know, I’m in the mortgage business and, you know, by nature I’m a risk risk analyzer. And, uh, you know, this was a large piece of, uh, a large, square foot space that we were taking. Yeah. No kidding. And, uh, but Shana was very persistent, uh, to say the least. And she pushed and kept defining the vision and kept defining the vision and kept defining the vision. And so, after two years of laboring, um, she brought this thing into, into into reality.

Chris Coulter: [00:08:29] And, uh, you know, she I had to it took me a minute to get on board, to be honest with you, from the, from the very beginning. But I think once I understood the vision and saw, I saw the, uh, saw the potential for, uh, you know, who could benefit from this and the way it was going to build community. Like you said, it’s, uh, if you’re interested in building a community, this is a great, uh, radio station for you. And that’s what we wanted to do in canton. And that really is, I think, one of the main thrusts of the studio. It’s a community art studio. What the community wants it to be is what it will become. So if someone comes in and asks and says, you know, we want to do a drawing class on Monday nights, um, then we want to be able to provide that space for an outlet for people to come in and, and be creative. Um, and so the, uh, so, yeah, this thing will take shape as we go, but we want it to be there in downtown canton for the community. And, you know, canton is a developing downtown. And, you know, we’re really hoping that this will have an impact on the culture and the community there in canton in a positive way. Um, that adds some depth and, uh, and, uh, culture, if you will, I guess, to to canton as it develops.

Stone Payton: [00:09:26] So are you finding, I’m sure the answer to this is yes, but I’m going to ask anyway. Are you finding that the local business community, the community leaders, are embracing your idea and trying to help you get the word out and supporting you in this effort?

Chris Coulter: [00:09:40] Absolutely. I think canton has been hugely encouraging to, uh, Shana as, as as she’s gone along. In fact, I would say in the very beginning of the development of her vision and idea, it was probably the business community in downtown canton that kept her persistent and pushing forward, um, because they, uh, you know, they, they, they really wanted to see this happen. So, yes, the business leaders from council people and people in government to other businesses that were investing in the community at the same time, uh, were very encouraging and supportive and brought her and us into the fold, um, and continue to support us, um, you know, as, as we go through it. So, no, absolutely. The community, the business community and the government and leadership in downtown. Canton has just been phenomenal.

Stone Payton: [00:10:25] Well, I’m not surprised, but I am delighted to hear that. And I’ve heard other people speak of the canton community that that way. So I, uh, yeah, not surprised at all, but, uh, but delighted. So I know it’s kind of early as the things unfold, but at this point, what are you enjoying the most? What are you finding the most rewarding about getting this thing off the ground?

Chris Coulter: [00:10:45] Well, really, I think, you know, for me personally, it is, uh, it is number one, uh, seeing my wife happy and, uh, and and seeing her, uh, bring this vision to life and just get that kind of satisfaction. This is what she was born to do. Yeah. Um. And she created the environment for herself. So watching her go through this, uh, uh, phase of building this and, uh, creating this vision has been super rewarding for me personally. Uh, you know, I’ve enjoyed the, the number side of it. I’ve enjoyed looking at the financial projections. I’ve enjoyed, uh, the business side of it. And really, I see that as my role in the company is to, uh, make sure that this vision is able to stay here for, for a long time. And, uh, and, you know, from a financial standpoint, I would like for Shannon to be able to continue to do what she does best and, uh, and support her in that way. So I’ve really enjoyed I’m a numbers guy myself. Um, and so I’ve enjoyed, uh, I’ve enjoyed bringing that along and doing the books at local color and running the payroll. And, you know, just those things being involved in, in a project like this and getting it off the ground is, uh, has just been a lot of fun.

Stone Payton: [00:11:48] Now, you mentioned you got a day job. You’re you’re in the mortgage world, right? Yeah. Tell us a little bit about that work.

Chris Coulter: [00:11:53] Oh, Lord have mercy. It’s, uh, the, you know, that’s a career I’ve had for 29 years. And, uh, you know, in a lot of respects has been has been really good to us as a family. And, uh, I remain in that community and remain, um, uh, in that business, um, you know, as you know, the mortgage business has taken a, taken a hit in the last couple of years with rates being as high as they are and the price of housing being as high as they are, you know, you’ve got a lot of people sitting on the sidelines. Not a lot of people buying houses out there right now. Um, and it’s been that way for 18 months. We hope that that’s going to change in 2024. Um, you know, with some of the Federal Reserve announcements last week, it looks optimistic for that business, uh, you know, this coming year. But it’s, you know, also, it has given me an opportunity to kind of, uh, not step away, but to, uh, to take interest in other things as it, as, as it has slowed down. Um, so maybe, maybe that was, uh, maybe it was meant to be that way. Maybe God was telling me to move in this direction and, uh, and get get involved in local color. And so he’s provided me with that opportunity. But the business is still there. I still have a lot of connections in that world. And, uh, and a lot of good relationships and a lot of good friends. Um, and we’ll continue to use that as a, as a revenue stream and, uh, and serve that community, um, as well as we, as we go forward.

Stone Payton: [00:13:07] So how does the whole sales and marketing thing work for a mortgage guy? Because you can’t you can’t pick up the phone and just call someone and ask them if they’re interested in a mortgage. I mean, they got to it’s a timing thing. Is it is it mostly referral? How do you how do you get new mortgage business?

Chris Coulter: [00:13:22] Sure. Well, I mean, I have a database of 29 years of closed customers that, you know, also have friends and family that are coming up. And so certainly I can get on the phone and call them and ask them if they’re interested in a mortgage. And that’s part of what. Oh, okay. That’s part of that’s part of what I do on the, uh, on, on the daily. I mean, you know, I’ve always built my business over the years in the, on the mortgage side with, uh, it’s realtor based. So I know a lot of real estate agents in the community, and, uh, you know, those guys control, in large part, the buyers in the market. And so they have the opportunity to connect those buyers with, you know, with mortgage people. And so I’ve developed relationships over the years with realtors. That’s one way, um, and continue to press those relationships. I work with a lot of teams, a lot of real estate teams, as well as individual agents. But, uh, we’ve I’ve kind of set up my mortgage team to work with real estate teams. Um, and so, you know, we we do a good job. We know what we’re doing. My partner and I have been in the business both for about 29 years. And, uh, and so yeah, realtor based is, is is is probably the main source of revenue. Um, there’s a, you know, like I said, the marketing to my database, I’ve got a large database and then I’m in a lot of networking groups. I’m in a power core group that is a closed networking group that meets on Friday mornings, and that’s full of community business owners and leaders. And, you know, we we support each other’s business and that referral network. And so really, it’s just a networking, uh, you know, event and a and marketing to real estate agents in my database.

Stone Payton: [00:14:51] So and then same question I guess sales.

Chris Coulter: [00:14:53] And then this year I’m sorry I mean to cut you off. But this year you know, what we wanted to add was things like this, um, getting on the radio, there’s different ways to do business and. Right, right. You know, we want to we want to make sure that in canton and in Cherokee County that we own our backyard and that we are the go to mortgage people in this county. And so we really want to connect well with everybody here. Um, and not just in not just realtors and not just my database, but we want to be involved in the community. Um, so that. And we want to let people know what we’re doing so that so that when there is a need for a mortgage that they hear about, that we’re the people that they think about.

Stone Payton: [00:15:29] Yeah. And doing good work for 29 years. That’s a pretty good sales tool as well. Right. That’s true. It’s like the best sales tool you can have. Yeah. Same. You know what we’re doing. Same question I guess on on on the local color studio. Like how do you get new business. New business. Can you advertise for that or are you just you’re out in the community doing stuff and just let them know or all.

Chris Coulter: [00:15:48] Of the above? Absolutely. I mean, you know, Shannon and her team, I think, have a really strong social media game. So. Ah, yeah. So if you if you follow us, you can follow local color. It’s at local color. Canton. Okay. Um, on Facebook and Instagram. Um, and you can see some of the class offerings that we have and they market that way. Certainly. Um, you know, also it is, you know, there’s a lot of low hanging fruit for, um, a community art studio. You know, there was a there was an arts center in Cherokee that closed down a couple of years ago. And so there’s kind of an orphan community of, uh, of of artists out there and potters out there in particular that didn’t have a place to go once that studio closed. We’re filling that gap. And so it’s a matter of letting people know that we’re here through things like this radio program, um, through, uh, on the ground networking at Whipple, like, is where you and I met. Yeah.

Stone Payton: [00:16:39] By the way, for those of you who don’t know, this is young professionals of Woodstock. And Chris could still slide under the wire, but I’m a little long in the tooth to be called a young professional. But. But they let me come every week, and I. That’s it’s another example of a great community. Right. It’s those folks coming together.

Chris Coulter: [00:16:55] Absolutely. It’s just been that and the canton business leaders up there in canton, um, you know, that’s a big group. And, um, you know, I mean, we’ve gone door to door in downtown canton handing out invitations to our holiday soiree to let people know that, hey, we’re your neighbor. Um, you know, we’re here. Please come, uh, look at the studio, check us out. Uh, understand what we offer and help us, because we need help exposing this to the public and letting people know that we’re here. Um, and so really, it’s been through networking and, um, in those ways. And so the marketing, I think for this is it’s wide open in terms of who our customer is because everybody has some form of creativity. I mean, even you and I sat down and talked and you said, well, my my wife Holly is an accomplished painter. I didn’t know that before I walked in here, but it seems that many people that I talked to say, you know, my so and so, my brother, my sister, my cousin, my wife is a, uh, is a is a potter or is a painter and, uh, would love some instruction in that way. So I think the, the number of people that can benefit from knowing that were there and would be interested in coming to the studio, um, is just it’s a really wide net.

Chris Coulter: [00:18:02] So, you know, we’re we’re, uh, we’re trying to market this on the ground in the community at canton first. Um, but just, you know, social media and then, uh, purely on the ground networking and attending events. And, you know, we had a holiday party on Saturday night, and we invited people to that. Uh, we need people to come into the studio to really get a sense and a feel for what goes on in there. It’s a I think when you walk into local color studios, uh, and get a cup of coffee and talk to Shannon and take a look around the studio and see what’s there, you’re going to want to come back. The feel there is, is is very positive. It’s very creative. It is very, um, it’s a it’s a loving community place, I guess is a is is one way that I would describe it. So we want we want people when they come in to, to to feel a certain way and to get a certain thing out of being at local color, even if it’s just for a short period of time. So I would encourage people to stop in and say hello and, uh, and see what we’re about.

Stone Payton: [00:18:57] That strikes me as the best way to do. I mean, it’s fine if you want to hop online, you know, you want to join a class, you know, join a class. But if nothing else, just just come visit, right. Have a cup of coffee, look around.

Chris Coulter: [00:19:07] We’ll give you a free cup of coffee. Won’t cost you a thing. There you go. Just come in and and talk to us for a minute and see what? See what’s there. And, uh, you know, it’d be it’d be our honor to have you and to host you.

Stone Payton: [00:19:17] Well, and I was thinking, too, and I, to my knowledge, have no artistic ability on any of the things you describe. But I can envision, like a Business RadioX team, uh, event. You know, maybe we could reach out and say, you know, I’d love to get my team down there and we’ll all paint, or we’ll all make a pot or we’ll all. I mean, we could probably organize something like that, right?

Chris Coulter: [00:19:35] Absolutely. We want people to do that. We definitely, uh, you know, as we have led up to Christmas, we have tried to promote team events that, okay, where you could come in and and create a Christmas ornament and spend two hours, um, yeah. You know, creating that or whether it’s, uh, printmaking or there’s a wide variety of, of activities that you could do and, you know, come in and have a glass of wine and, and listen to some music and create something. And people respond to that and love that. Shannon does a teacher’s lounge on, uh, I believe it’s the third Thursday. It’s coming up on the 21st where all of her teacher contacts, um, you know, have an opportunity to come in from 7 to 9 and, uh, and, you know, just relax and just decompress, be together, create something. Um, and, you know, uh, listen. The music and just visit. So yes, it could be a great team building atmosphere. You know, with my mortgage team, I want, you know, we’re going to do a we’re going to do an event in January that’s a thirsty Thursday where.

Stone Payton: [00:20:31] She’s going to give you a decent price. That’s going to give you a break.

Chris Coulter: [00:20:34] No she’s not. He drives a really hard bargain. It’s going to it’s going to cost me more I think. So that’s okay because you know I’ll, I’ll, I will happily, uh, add to the bottom line of local color with, uh, with my mortgage business any time that I can. So, uh, we’ll come in and host a group of realtors that can come in and have, you know, a glass of wine, and we can just visit, see the studio, and Shana will give them a couple of hours worth of instruction, and, uh, and we will, uh, and it’ll be a great team building event. So, yeah, we love doing stuff like that. You know, we had, uh, we had music in there on Saturday night. We’re going to start doing music in there. That was we had a holiday party, like live, like live music. Wow. Yeah, we had, uh, we had Scott Puckett, who’s a local canton musician, in on Saturday we had a holiday party, not for our staff, but for the public. Um, it was a fundraiser that we did, but the, uh, but we had Scott Puckett in from 3 to 6, and then we had Jamie and David Roberts, as well as Emily Tober playing, um, uh, playing music there, uh, from 6 to 9.

Chris Coulter: [00:21:33] And so it turned out to be a great space for live music. The acoustics were very good. And the, uh, and, and it was a, it was a great environment for that. And we really, really had a good time and decided. And what came out of that on Saturday night, I think, was the decision to have live music on Friday and Saturday nights. And so, yes, you know, we’re going to do a 5 to 9 type of, uh, type of uh, our program where we bring in different musicians to play. I mean, music is art. Um, so certainly it fits well with, with what we’re doing. And you can come in and, and listen to some good music that way. We, we, we think that’s important. And, uh, and we’re going to start that coming in January. And I think the first one is going to be Scott Puckett on January 5th. I don’t have the hours yet, but if you if you if you stay tuned to our Instagram and our Facebook, that’ll be coming online and you’ll be able to see, uh, see us promote that.

Stone Payton: [00:22:26] So I’m going to switch gears on you a little bit before we wrap. Uh, I’m interested. I don’t know when you would find the time based on what you’ve said, but what passions, if any, do you pursue outside the scope of the mortgage work and the local color studio? My, uh, my listeners know that I like to hunt, fish and travel, but is there anything that you just outside the scope of what we’ve talked about that really turns you on, that you pursue it?

Chris Coulter: [00:22:48] Does I mean, the, uh, well, I’ve always been a music lover, so the uh, so I would have cited that, except now that kind of folds into the right, right into the work world as well. So I love barbecue. I love to, I love to cook. Um, and I love to feed people. Um, I would call that another one of my passions. And so the, uh, you know, that that has always gone hand in hand with my mortgage business, um, feeding people. I’ve, you know, it’s the way I’ve kind of built the business in a way, was, uh, was feeding realtors, um, realtors like to eat and, uh, and I like to cook, so, um, so that kind of fit. And I think it endears you to people when you, when you cook for them. And over the years, that just became a kind of a mission of mine. When there’s a need and when, when, when somebody’s always ill, somebody’s always needing a meal. So, uh, if I could step in and provide. And then I became a person that people called when meals were needed, um, or events were needed. You know, I’ll do you know, I’ll feed. What I really like to do is feed large groups of people I like to I like the challenge of feeding 300, 350 people. Oh, wow. And barbecue is a good way to do that. I mean, if you smoke, you know, six pork butts, you can feed a couple hundred people, and that’s not smoking six at a time is not that hard. I mean, you know, as long as you’ve got the equipment to.

Stone Payton: [00:23:55] Do it, well, it can be a fun ritual, right, though.

Chris Coulter: [00:23:57] Absolutely. I mean, it’s a it’s it’s it’s it’s great work. I mean, a great a great Saturday to me is to, is to, uh, is to, you know, get up at, you know, 8:00 in the morning and start the smoker and, uh, you know, get that going and have a cup of coffee and put the meat on the smoker and watch a Georgia football game, uh, you know, do yard work and keep feeding the fire. And, uh, it’s just I find that to be really satisfying. Both, uh, cooking for for large groups of people and just feeding people in general, I really enjoy.

Stone Payton: [00:24:25] Well, I’m so glad I asked because I enjoy, uh, smoking the meat and all that. Not for large groups, but at the house. I’ve got a little smoker, starter smoker that, you know, where I don’t hurt myself too bad, but I like the idea that I now have maybe a Chris hotline. I can say, okay, I’m getting ready to maybe try to smoke some venison, coach me through that so it doesn’t dry out on me or absolutely.

Chris Coulter: [00:24:44] Or you just bring it to me and say, hey, uh, you know, drop this off and I’ll have it ready for you on Monday, Monday morning or something. There you.

Stone Payton: [00:24:51] Go. Or sit with you and have an IPA. While.

Chris Coulter: [00:24:53] Absolutely, I love that that’s the best. That’s that’s the way that’s the way to to to do it is to is to sit there and visit and talk. You got it. We got eight hours to do it. So there you.

Stone Payton: [00:25:02] Go.

Chris Coulter: [00:25:03] We can do what we can accomplish a lot in eight hours.

Stone Payton: [00:25:05] But I’ve said this before, gang, but if you want to get really expert advice and make friends quick and get some some help like this, get you a radio show. You meet the smartest people and they always they’re always good at something. That’s right. It’s a great way to meet them. All right. What’s the best way for people to. Connect with you guys. Tap into the work you’re doing at local color, whatever you think is appropriate. Websites, LinkedIn, Instagram. I just want to make sure that people can connect with you. With you all.

Chris Coulter: [00:25:31] Absolutely. Website first. So it’s local local color dot studio. Um, and on that website you’ll find a calendar, um, of programing going out through January. Um, and you can see some of the classes that we’re offering. We’d like for you to follow us on Instagram and Facebook at local color. Canton local c o l o r c a n t o n at local color canton. Um, you’ll find us on on Facebook and Instagram. And really they’re they push out a lot of content and a lot of promotional material on some of the, some of the programs that we, that we offer. So those two places, uh, if you, if I, if you want to reach me directly, um, you know, I’ve got my cell phone is 404 7353111 Chris at local color dot studio or the direct line to the studio. (678) 269-7441. And we’re located on 85 North Street in downtown canton. That’s important because we want you to stop by.

Stone Payton: [00:26:34] You’re right there in the heart. You’re right there.

Chris Coulter: [00:26:35] We’re downtown. We’re right downtown. Yeah.

Stone Payton: [00:26:37] Fantastic. Well, Chris, it has been an absolute delight having you in the studio, man. Keep up the good work. What you’re doing is important on so many levels, and, uh, we sure appreciate you, man.

Chris Coulter: [00:26:50] Hey, thank you for having us on Stone. It was a real pleasure to be here.

Stone Payton: [00:26:52] Oh, my pleasure, man. All right, until next time. This is Stone Payton for our guest today, Chris Colter with local color studio and everyone here at the business Radio X family saying, we’ll see you again on Cherokee Business Radio.