In Episode 76 of Downtown Depot, show host Austin Meek interviews Rocky Miller. Miller discusses how a military career prepared him for civilian life and he previews the upcoming “Feast in the East,” a yearly festival which he organizes for lower income Wacoans around Christmastime. Before that interview, Meek shines the Small Business Spotlight, presented by American Bank, on Jonathan Martin of Black Oak Art, and commercial expert Gregg Glime recaps the top real estate stories of 2019.

Inside the Episode:

0:31 - The Small Business Spotlight: Black Oak Art
5:23 - "What's Happening Here? with Gregg Glime
10:49 - Rocky Miller's Waco history
12:07 - What Rocky learned from the military
14:04 - East Waco Empowerment Project
15:28 - WIBO entrepreneurship program
17:45 - Hand up vs. hand out
19:30 - Feast in the East
21:40 - Ways that Waco is changing, good and bad
22:51 - Finding ways to interact with Waco's growth
24:31 - Making our communities more equitable