Like how important is it to let people in the state know that there are great places to go and check out?

I think it's hugely important, and it's definitely a big part of the work that we do for many different reasons.

One of the reasons I mentioned earlier, w- which is that we are looking to keep those tourism dollars in our local economies, support our local businesses, and educate residents about all the great things that there are to do right here in their own backyards.

Um, again, if you live over on the shoreline, you can head over and com- experience a completely different landscape over on the other end of the state and vice versa.

So there really is so much to do and explore and so much versatility right within the state.

So we're looking to educate residents about that so that we can, uh, capitalize on, on tourism dollars in our state.

But in addition to that, it's about pride and quality of life and educating residents about how great it is to live c- in Connecticut, how much there is to do and see here.

How did that start, and what was that like running your own place?